windows 10 compatibility testing

[zakblood]

no to the black boarders bit, video is atm a bit iffy, as while i see it, it's not in the box i expect it to be in, well not fully, as part of the box displayed is a different color, but the video is watchable, but not a 100% correct, which again is a minor issue, but not game related, more of a scaling or video formatting error and or codec related with dxr 9 not fully working with windows 10 i think or have heard /read somewhere

[zakblood]

give me a few mo's and i'll re install it and show you

[cdcool]

Okay

[zakblood]

tm.asp?m=4333590&mpage=1&key=&#4333626

here you go, a new guide and version tested

[simovitch]

I found that running the game through DXWnd allows you to play the game full screen with the same performance of windowed mode.

Some folks have used it to run SPWAW. You can download it for free here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/dxwnd/

An important setting for DXWnd to work is that all compatibility settings must be removed from btr.exe.
You can do this easily with DXWnd under Tools -> Clear compatibility flags.

[zakblood]

thanks for the info

[XTRG]

Okay so how do i make a shortcut to run this at 1920x1080 windowed?

[zakblood]

full screen, 1920x1080 was my desktop preference, so a shortcut would be the default one, with the windowed mode selected in preferences as shown in post 11

[Scotters1]

I just bought this using version 1.03, and it runs very slow, and I do not get the full screen. Also when I patched to 1.03 I did not see an option for historic artwork.

I have a gaming alienware computer with a Geforce 1080, so it should not be running slow. I have windows 10, I want to run the game in 1920 X 1080. I am running it as an administrator and I did try the vista compatiblity mode.

[Scotters1]

Update. I got it to work in 1920 X 1080 using DXWnd. Thanks to simovitch! Now I just want to be able to choose the historic artwork option. The graphics are a little fuzzy too, not sure what the fix is there. The speed is fine.

[simovitch]

Not sure if you played with the old graphics for comparison. The game graphics are limited to zooming in and out on a single bitmap so things get fuzzy close up. Is that what you mean?

Alas the historic artwork option didn't make it into this patch. I think all it did was add the "broken crosses" to the tails of the German planes, no?

[dwbennett]

One thing to remember is to be sure to have the Display, Scale and layout set to 100% and not something higher as I did to start with. To change this go to the Windows Settings and select System.

Take care,

[demyansk]

ORIGINAL: zakblood

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windowed

Sam my screen looks different

[demyansk]

Its June 3, 2023 and I decided to run this game, all I get is a start up page that looks to be in 640x? and the icon spinning and then I have to go cntrl, alt tab and end task. Not sur eof whats wrong.