This game works fine in native mode on Win7 without DxWnd and also has a windowed mode. However, there are several reasons to use it with DxWnd.
The game uses 16bit or 24bit color and this can be a problem on newer systems.
In windowed mode (without DxWnd) the colors are wrong, the whole game is green.
The highest resolution is 1024x768, with DxWnd you can have more.
With DxWnd it works on default settings and also the CD audio emulation works fine.
(not with the version dxwnd.haas3.rar it is broken there).
In Win7 of course, not natively. But in the game settings I left 24bit, the game doesn't complain even though it actually runs in 16bit. I haven't tried native mode with DxWnd.
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This game works fine in native mode on Win7 without DxWnd and also has a windowed mode. However, there are several reasons to use it with DxWnd.
The game uses 16bit or 24bit color and this can be a problem on newer systems.
In windowed mode (without DxWnd) the colors are wrong, the whole game is green.
The highest resolution is 1024x768, with DxWnd you can have more.
With DxWnd it works on default settings and also the CD audio emulation works fine.
(not with the version dxwnd.haas3.rar it is broken there).
Last edit: huh 2025-02-13
Randomly asking, does the 24bit mode work?
In Win7 of course, not natively. But in the game settings I left 24bit, the game doesn't complain even though it actually runs in 16bit. I haven't tried native mode with DxWnd.
Please, grab this: https://sourceforge.net/p/dxwnd/discussion/general/thread/c284b165c6/#e2e0
I confirm that "emulated" music works again with dxwnd.wip2.rar.