Posted December 04, 2021
THANK YOU! Came back to this game after a number of years and ran into the same problem. Windows 8.1 system, version 1.04 - I tracked the issue down to the Reduced Color Mode option under Compatibility. Turning it off let the videos play, but with very bad lag. Turning it on (16-bit) got rid of the lag but the videos were audio-only.
The combination that finally worked for me was replacing ddraw.dll with the dgvoodoo2 version and the video files with the updated ones originally provided by SilveryCorgan. Used GoronMegaZord's mirror. Starting and ingame videos are now working fine.
I've run into a different (much smaller) problem though. The new ddraw forces the game to scale to my desktop resolution regardless of compatibility settings, and the graphics deteriorate a lot when stretched to fit modern monitor dimensions. If anyone knows a fix for this, I'd like very much to hear it.
The combination that finally worked for me was replacing ddraw.dll with the dgvoodoo2 version and the video files with the updated ones originally provided by SilveryCorgan. Used GoronMegaZord's mirror. Starting and ingame videos are now working fine.
I've run into a different (much smaller) problem though. The new ddraw forces the game to scale to my desktop resolution regardless of compatibility settings, and the graphics deteriorate a lot when stretched to fit modern monitor dimensions. If anyone knows a fix for this, I'd like very much to hear it.