Hello All,

Here's my recipe for Arcanum on Windows 10.
Requirements: Fresh Install Arcanum 1.0.7.4 (English)

Instructions
Step 1: Install Unofficial Arcanum Patch.
- Set the destination folder to your Arcanum game folder.
(EG: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Arcanum\Arcanum)

Step 2: Install High Resolution Patch (1.5).
- Copy the folder HighRes into your Arcanum game folder.
- In the HighRes folder, edit config.ini to your liking.
- ALWAYS leave DDrawWrapper as 0.
- Run _install.bat.

Step 3: Install DxWrapper.
- Delete ddraw.dll from your Arcanum game folder.
- Extract ddraw.dll and settings.ini into your Arcanum game folder.
- Rename settings.ini to ddraw.ini
- Edit ddraw.ini and set DDrawCompat to 1

Complete: You are done!

Downloads
Unofficial Arcanum Patch
High Resolution Patch (1.5)
DxWrapper

FAQ
Q: Why Not Use High Resolution Patch's DDrawCompat?

A: The High Resolution Patch has a copy of the DDrawCompat project built into it, however through a fair bit of testing I could never get it to cooperate as cleanly as DxWrapper's version.

Q: Why not use Aqrit's DDrawFix for Infinity Engine games?

A: Aqrit's DDraw.dll proxies API calls and passes them to Wine's WineD3D which is actually an OpenGL wrapper. Long story short, it mods Arcanum to use OpenGL instead of DirectX.

Q: What is DxWrapper and DDrawCompat?

A: The DxWrapper Project integrates the DDrawCompat Project which is also a wrapper for DirectDraw however DDrawCompat does not use an external rendered such as OpenGL (It instead serves as a translation layer to current day DirectDraw).

Yeah not good mate,
did this and now it doesnt even start.

Try adjusting your Width and Height and then re-running _install.bat.

During tests, I have experienced the game refusing to start with the same configuration as when it works perfectly -- not sure why. By uninstalling and reinstalling high res mod and adjusting the width and height, it started working again.

I had the same problem. Fixed it though.

Ignore step 3 above, and instead change DDrawWrapper to 1 in the HighRes config. The videos will still be windowed, but the game uses the resolution you set in the HighRes config.ini file. I have it running in 1680x1050 now.

This is odd, DxWrapper containers a newer version of DDrawWrapper (DDrawCompat) than the one included with HighRes 1.5

What is your GPU?

Worked perfectly for me as described with resolution set to 1920x1080. Thank you very much.

Probably going to make a lot of folks super happy.

Bravo, good sir.

Geforce GTX 650 Ti with 388.13 drivers.

Thank you both for letting me know it worked on your systems - glad I could help :)

If you can, what GPU do you have?

I have a GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB.

It's not necessary unless you are having some issues with the version already in the hi-res patch, but its good to know.

Thank you!!
This game finally runs smoothly for me!

A blurry line appears when I scroll though but I can live with that.

Wow it works! Thank you so much!

Is the GOG Arcanum not 1.0.7.4? As I try to run the hi-rez install it fails because it thinks this isn't 1.0.7.4.

Thank you!

Following your Instructions to the letter worked perfectly for 1920x1080 on GeForce GTX 1060 and Windows 10 (cleanish install).

Note: I tried it without the DxWrapper step and framerate/responsiveness was super jumpy. After the DxWrapper step, framerate was a farily solid 60fps except for times loading resources.

EDIT: I followed these instructions on the GOG version of the game.