*** PLEASE MARK AS HELPFUL IF THIS FIX WORKED FOR YOU FOR VISIBILITY *** *** CURRENLY A BETA FIX AS OF 4/15/2021, HAS GRAPHICAL GLITCHES & NEEDS TESTING *** There's a project called cnc-draw on Github that seeks to modernize DirectDraw/GDI/OpenGL/D3D9 rendering for 90s/early 2000s games. The author of the project has created a version of ddraw.dll that should fix many of the performance and rendering issues of games like IWD 2 for Windows 10 Disable any Compatibility Modes Download latest version of cnc-ddraw - https://github.com/CnCNet/cnc-ddraw/releases Overwrite w/ this dll - https://github.com/CnCNet/cnc-ddraw/files/6314516/ddraw.zip Edit ddraw.ini for your resolution, borderless windowed, shader preference, etc. There are also additional patches for Widescreen and UI: G3 Widescreen: https://www.gibberlings3.net/mods/tools/widescreen/ UI Centering Patch: https://sorcerers.net/community/threads/icewind-dale-2-widescreen-ui.68556/ Bigger Fonts: http://www.shsforums.net/topic/38626-bigger-fonts-for-bgiitob-and-other-ie-games/ It's also possible to enable the old DirectDraw via Windows Features currently, although there is no guarantee that this legacy feature won't exist in future versions of Windows. IWD2 Fix Thread: https://github.com/CnCNet/cnc-ddraw/issues/87 Otherwise, amazing game of my childhood. 5/5.
