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Warcraft II Battle.net EditionGame won't start: Direct Draw Error, black screen (Win XP, multiple computers)(9 posts)(9 posts)
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Posted June 09, 2019
I was trying to set up a LAN game of some classic War2, so I pulled out some old computers from my closet and installed the game onto them. I'm using the standalone installer and I've tried it on two different machines. Both of these machines are running Windows XP.

When I launch the game, I have a window that asks me to select a version. When I select the top option, it gives me an error window that says "direct draw error" and instructs me to set my settings lower than my OS is capable of. When I select the second option (Classic) the game instantly goes to a black screen and freezes. The black screen seems to be displaying at a lower resolution than my desktop is normally, judging my the size I see when I pull up the task manager to kill the program.
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Posted June 10, 2019
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Marscaleb: I was trying to set up a LAN game of some classic War2, so I pulled out some old computers from my closet and installed the game onto them. I'm using the standalone installer and I've tried it on two different machines. Both of these machines are running Windows XP.

When I launch the game, I have a window that asks me to select a version. When I select the top option, it gives me an error window that says "direct draw error" and instructs me to set my settings lower than my OS is capable of. When I select the second option (Classic) the game instantly goes to a black screen and freezes. The black screen seems to be displaying at a lower resolution than my desktop is normally, judging my the size I see when I pull up the task manager to kill the program.
GOG war2 officially doesn't support winxp, use War2Combat: http://en.war2.ru/
Posted June 10, 2019
Hello, its same for me when i try to play warcraft 2 in high res, thé game doesnt launch and a window pop up with a direct draw error. It tell me to set on 256 colours in compatibility mode but i tried it doesnt work. Im on windows 10 64 bit and warcraft 2 classic world.
I have the same problem with diablo, i can only play the classic version. Anyone can help please?
Posted June 10, 2019
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wally972: Hello, its same for me when i try to play warcraft 2 in high res, thé game doesnt launch and a window pop up with a direct draw error. It tell me to set on 256 colours in compatibility mode but i tried it doesnt work. Im on windows 10 64 bit and warcraft 2 classic world.
I have the same problem with diablo, i can only play the classic version. Anyone can help please?
Try this renderer instead of GOG one: https://www.gog.com/forum/warcraft_ii_battlenet_edition/alternative_renderer_cncddraw_supports_scaling_via_shaders_xbr_hqx_linuxmacos
Posted June 10, 2019
No it doesnt work same error screen
But thank you
Post edited June 10, 2019 by wally972
Posted June 11, 2019
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wally972: No it doesnt work same error screen
But thank you
Then it may mean you video card or driver doesn't support opengl or d3dshaders, though CnC should handle that properly...
Posted June 12, 2019
Try dgVoodoo. But i cant guarantee that XP\all GFX cards supported even in dgVodoo. Other proxy-dll hacks it seem that do not support.
Post edited June 12, 2019 by QWEEDDYZ
Posted June 19, 2019
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wally972: No it doesnt work same error screen
But thank you
You can create your own high res version by downloading cnc-ddraw as suggested by ilwar2, then set fullscreen=true in ddraw.ini and start the game via classic mode
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ilwar2: Then it may mean you video card or driver doesn't support opengl or d3dshaders, though CnC should handle that properly...
I think the gog enhanced version will not load any ddraw.dll, it just ignores them, someone wrote about this somewhere, can't find it now...

Anyways the classic version seems to work fine from what i've heard
Posted August 15, 2022
I got a DD error, so I applied compatibility XP s2 and Run as Admin, cleared it up for me in Windoze 10 64!
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