Re: Get The First Decade to work on Windows 10.
Well, usually I'd advise putting it in a separate thread, since that gets people's attention more easily (I am subscribed to the forum, but not to all the threads in it), but since I noticed it now, and it's clearly a discussion about exactly the same topic, I guess there's no harm in leaving it here.
Command & Conquer Gold:
- The CnC-DDraw dll is a replacement for the Windows DDraw system responsible for putting graphics on the screen. This means cnc-ddraw acts as an extra layer that intercepts the graphics handling of the game and does its own thing with it. That's the reason it offers a load of extra options. There's actually a newer version of the dll released, but I never had the time to incorporate it into my patch. I suggest you try it out and see if it helps you out.
- There is also an issue with the config tool of my patch that makes it re-enable Win95 compatibility mode whenever you save in the tool, though, and apparently Win95 mode doesn't work well for Windows 10. I don't know exactly how this boot camp stuff works, but if it uses these exe compatibility settings, make sure to change them. Last I heard XP SP3 mode worked well, but overall, compatibility modes are something you just need to juggle around a bit until something works. In fact, it might just work if you disable it completely.
Red Alert 2:
- DDWrapper has a settings file with a bunch of options in it. You might want to tweak them a bit and see if anything works...
Tiberian Sun:
- Well, the forum thread does come with the big warning "Do not apply TSpatch and the The unofficial The First Decade Patch to the same game folder!", so I assume that's never a good idea. Last I checked, TS-DDraw (the TS equivalent of cnc-ddraw) doesn't have any options to tweak, though, so I'm not sure what you could do there.
As you might have noticed, the CnCNet community is dedicated to keeping these old games working. I'm the guy who made the C&C95 patch, but for the others, it might be useful to post on the CnCNet forum itself, to reach the people working on it. If you reply to me here, please mention me using "@", like I did with you at the start of this post; it gives me a specific email notification about your reply.
Note that C&C1, RA1 and Tiberian Sun are all freeware, so you might just want to try their stand-alone installers anyway.
