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I don't have a copy of the official DVD version "wc4dvd.exe". If you're willing to upload that somewhere, I'd like to take a look and see where it differs from the modified GOG version. One thing you could try is renaming the "dwrap.dll" file from my DVD patch to "ddraw.dll". I suspect there...

@Knobi Wan Penobi: I intend to have a look at both Prophecy and Privateer 2 when I get the chance. Although out of the two, P2 is of more interest to me. @Liner: I didn't get any crashes playing that or the following mission but I did notice some movie issues. I'll take a closer look when I get...

Thanks for the offer. :) I have an old Logitech Force 3d stick which should get me started. I'm busy with other things at the moment but it's definitely something I want to look into at some point.

New updates for both patches, version 0.5.0 for wc3 and version 0.2.0 for wc4. Both can be downloaded by following the links in the first post. Details: I've added linear filtering when scaling GUI and Cockpit/Hud elements to make things look a bit smoother especially a lower resolutions. If...

The new joystick/controller stuff uses Windows.Gaming.Input, if that helps. Not sure if that's been implemented in wine. I'll make it optional in the next release, so you can fall back to the original joystick functions. In that case, you would loose the new configuration options but everything...

Yep, I'll put that on my list. @sleeper: I was curious so I found a copy of the German wc3 disk1. Strangely the file "VICD2.iff" which is causing the problem, has sounds stored in wav format instead of the acm format that the KS exe uses. None of the other iff's on the disk seem to be like...

@Kevin Caccamo: I'm not a Linux user, so my help here is a bit limited. The VirtualProtect bug is actually fixed within the patch so the fact that your seeing it probably means the patch isn't being loaded. From what I've heard, in Linux you have to enable the usage of local dll's to get the...

@sleeper: Damn, I must have messed up something in the inflight movie playback. I'll look into it. @Quien: There are a lot of similarities between both games, so I could reuse a lot of code from the WC3 patch. Most of the differences were in Movie playback and the 16/24 bit colour options. I...

WC4 now has an enhancement patch and my WC3 patch has also been updated. The first post has been updated with links. Enjoy:) @sleeper: the cockpit mode seems quite stable for me, once saved. If anyone else is having this issue let me know.

@sleeper Thanks for the feedback, glad you're enjoying the patch. I was a little worried about the Joystick Setup, thought I might have over complicated it a bit. You should be able to set the default cockpit mode under the "Alt+O" menu, un-click the cockpit button under the misc section and...

Hi All, A new version is finally out wc3w_en_v0.3.0. You will also need to grab libvlc_min_pack_3.0.21 as I've updated the version of VLC media player the patch uses. You should be able to unpack these over a previous install without issue. The main new feature is a controller setup utility...

@Hannibal_Barca Yep, -mitchell still works, I just gave it a test to be sure. Glad your enjoying the patch. Just a quick update: I should have a new version out in the next couple of weeks. The main additions will be joystick\controller mapping options and a UAC option so you can play the...

Hi all, Been real busy lately with work and life in general, still plugging away with the patch when I get the chance. @Kel9509: Really glad to hear that you made it through the game without any problems. I still intend to do the same with wc4 at some point. Probably not until the new year, work...

About time for a progress update. I haven't been moving along with this as quickly as I would have liked. Apart from life in general getting in the way, there have been a few hurdles and setbacks. I wanted to fix the strange behaviour when making small movements, where the ship would turn in...

You can use the "ALT"+"o" key combo when in flight mode to change various settings, including difficulty. Also I made a note on the patches GitHub page to reduce confusion around DirectDraw_Hack. I have the Kilrathi Saga version and I haven't tested the "GOG"dos to win patch route yet. You...

Updated the patch: wc3w_en_v0.2.0 Added the ability to patch the game by loading separate game data files in place of files located in .tre archives. These should be placed in the "data" folder in your game directory. And have the same folder structure as the paths in "globals.iff". @The Crank...

Wondered when someone would notice that. Unlike other HUD elements, the targeting rects and way point markers(white cross) are drawn in relation to the 3d space view. I do intend to fix that at some point, just be a bit of mucking about figuring out there position in relation to the scaled HUD...

I agree with you. It's just my process, trying to track stick position down to ship movement and understanding whats happening along the way. In the mean time, if you want to drop the frame-rate: Open the "wc3w_en.ini" and under "[SPACE]" add the line "SPACE_REFRESH_RATE_HZ=24". Changing "24" to...

That's sounds great, it's amazing the level of detail you can pull from such a small bunch of pixels. Looking forward to any improvements you can make. :) I was thinking of doing the same for wc4, once I'm happy with wc3. As I assume their quite similar internally. Progress update: At the...

I'd like to add the news reel at least. Not to sure on the how at this point. In space the frame rate is limited to 24fps as original so I wouldn't think that is the problem. I was actually working on increasing the fps in the patch but it was causing a lot of problems, so I've dropped it for...