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Dino Crisis SeriesThere is an error from DirectDraw.(80004001) (9 posts)(9 posts)
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Posted February 02, 2025
Has anyone else had trouble launching Dino Crisis and receiving the error - "There is an error from DirectDraw.(80004001) Please refer the online help."

I don't think I've seen it brought up on this forum yet, the GOG search bar doesn't seem to be working for me.
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Posted February 04, 2025
It uses ddraw.dll when you remove that, you may get a similar error.
Posted February 06, 2025
Having the same issue. Tried some random older mods, uninstall/reinstall, repair, still can't get game to launch. I put in a ticket with support so just waiting on that I guess.

Update! Found a fix!

Go to where Dino Crisis is installed, probably C:\Program Files (x86)\GOG Galaxy\Games\Dino Crisis

In that folder is a program "dxcfg.exe". Open it and it's settings for the game. Set the "display mode" to a proper resolution for your monitor.

After doing this, game launched correctly without error. Perhaps before this, it was trying to launch in an incorrect resolution?
Post edited February 06, 2025 by thetorsoboy
Posted February 08, 2025
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thetorsoboy: Having the same issue. Tried some random older mods, uninstall/reinstall, repair, still can't get game to launch. I put in a ticket with support so just waiting on that I guess.

Update! Found a fix!

Go to where Dino Crisis is installed, probably C:\Program Files (x86)\GOG Galaxy\Games\Dino Crisis

In that folder is a program "dxcfg.exe". Open it and it's settings for the game. Set the "display mode" to a proper resolution for your monitor.

After doing this, game launched correctly without error. Perhaps before this, it was trying to launch in an incorrect resolution?
Can confirm this fix works :) thanks!

Got super excited about seeing Dino Crisis on sale, immediately bought it to relive my childhood gaming memories.

Game wont launch, DirectDraw error. Annoyed. No obvious answers on google. Figure Ill try the GoG community and theres a perect working fix right here <3
Posted June 07, 2025
Hi, I am trying to run Dino Crisis on GOG Galaxy on SteamDeck with SteamLinux and have the same issue with DirectDraw and code. I am not sure how to fix it on my configuration. Anybody help please or give clue, I am fresh Steam Deck owner (regular Linux user) ... not sure how to apply fix that worked for Windows (?)in up posts .

This definitely bug and should be fixed , do we have bug tracker here?
Posted June 09, 2025
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lazydonuts: Has anyone else had trouble launching Dino Crisis and receiving the error - "There is an error from DirectDraw.(80004001) Please refer the online help."

I don't think I've seen it brought up on this forum yet, the GOG search bar doesn't seem to be working for me.
Hey, I having the same error. I got it to launch the game by going to where the game was installed and just launching dino.exe directly. I tried setting the display with the "dxcfg.exe" but it still was giving me the same error when I tried to launch it from the gog galaxy app so maybe it is related to that.
Posted June 11, 2025
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edwmamedov: Hi, I am trying to run Dino Crisis on GOG Galaxy on SteamDeck with SteamLinux and have the same issue with DirectDraw and code. I am not sure how to fix it on my configuration. Anybody help please or give clue, I am fresh Steam Deck owner (regular Linux user) ... not sure how to apply fix that worked for Windows (?)in up posts .

This definitely bug and should be fixed , do we have bug tracker here?
Launching it directly from where the files have been installed through Dino.exe works. This issue seems to be with the launcher.
Posted July 12, 2025
For anyone using Steam Deck and Heroic Launcher, this worked for me:

1. Open Heroic, go to Game Options ➝ Advanced Settings.
2. Under Environment Variables add:

WINEDLLOVERRIDES = ddraw=n,b; dinput=n,b

That resolved the issued for me
Posted July 20, 2025
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stephenluke76: For anyone using Steam Deck and Heroic Launcher, this worked for me:

1. Open Heroic, go to Game Options ➝ Advanced Settings.
2. Under Environment Variables add:

WINEDLLOVERRIDES = ddraw=n,b; dinput=n,b

That resolved the issued for me
Thanks!

For Lutris:

- Go to Configure > Runner Options > DLL overrides
- add ddraw and dinput as keys with n,b as the value for both
- Disable Gamescope
Post edited July 20, 2025 by callmenoodles
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