Wing Loader (KS/WCDX) Loader & Voice Over Mod

[Destro]

I found the solution.
And that's where this thread ends... 😅

...just kidding

The problem is that Proton doesn't use the patched ddraw.dll.
You have to use Steam/Proton override to tell it to use the ddraw.dll from the game directory.
Put in the Steam entry for the game under:
Properties -> Shortcut -> Launch Options:
WINEDLLOVERRIDES=“ddraw.dll=n,b” %command%
the line above, then it worked for me.
With the reference to the non-working patch, you steered me in the right direction. Thanks to you.

Glad to hear it. Enjoy.

 

[wcnut]

Makes sense. In Wine (and therefor proton) , you have to specify if you are using a native library which is the windows library that comes with the app vs the built-in one which is wine's version. Built-in is default. Very important to note if you are attempting dll overrides in other apps.

 

[Karrprince]

Hello everyone,

Unfortunately I can't get WC1 to work.
I installed everything according to the instructions and I get the following error message.
Can anyone help me please?

Unfortunately, Wc3 doesn't start either.
I get an error message here too.
I'm probably overlooking the most obvious thing again

Thank you .

 

[Karrprince]

Hello again,

I have found the reason why Wc1 won't start for me.

My anti-virus program has put the WCDX file in quarantine.

That's why the file has disappeared from the folder and the program won't start.

Now WC1 and secret mission 2 are running.

Secret mission 1.5 crash after briefing😭

Unfortunately, I still can't get Wing Commander 3 to work.😭

 

[deUS]

Hi, the link to libvlc_min_pack_3.0.20.zip doesn't work.
it should be https://github.com/mattwells77/Wing...lc_min_pack_3.0.20/libvlc_min_pack_3.0.20.zip

best wishes

 

[deUS]

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- The Ending voices are built into the Sega CD's music track and there is no way to separate them from the music. I just left the music in it and it sounded ok, but if you have a good ear you might notice that two music tracks are playing during the ending cut-scene.

Thank you so much for all your work!
I just had a thought – you could try adobe podcast-ai to separate the voices. Another approach could be trying stems with DJing apps like virtualDJ. PM me if you want me to try it.

Best wishes,
Alex

 

[Karrprince]

Hello again,

I have found the reason why Wc1 won't start for me.

My anti-virus program has put the WCDX file in quarantine.

That's why the file has disappeared from the folder and the program won't start.

Now WC1 and secret mission 2 are running.

Secret mission 1.5 crash after briefing😭

Unfortunately, I still can't get Wing Commander 3 to work.😭

Little Update.

WC1 secret mission 1.5 runs if I skip the mission briefing of the first mission with ESC..

But I can't get WC3 to work.

I've already installed WC3 from GOG and put libvlc min_pack_3.0.20 and wc3w_en_0.2.0 in the WC3 folder.
After patching I also get the WC3W file.

I have reinstalled and patched everything 5 times now.

And I always get the same error message.
The WC3W file cannot be started.

Sorry for my bad English.

 

[AllTinker]

Ooh I didn't see the note about the ending voice lines - here's my attempt at separating them...

I've trimmed the silence at the start and end, so you may need to add back in some silence to the start of each, depending on how you handle it.

 

[Destro]

Little Update.

WC1 secret mission 1.5 runs if I skip the mission briefing of the first mission with ESC..

But I can't get WC3 to work.

I've already installed WC3 from GOG and put libvlc min_pack_3.0.20 and wc3w_en_0.2.0 in the WC3 folder.
After patching I also get the WC3W file.

I have reinstalled and patched everything 5 times now.

And I always get the same error message.
The WC3W file cannot be started.

Sorry for my bad English.


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Sorry. My notifications must have been off and just catching this. I'm not sure what would be the issue with WC3. If you installed Wing Commander III via gog into C:\WingLoader\Wing Commander III, click the gear icon and patch, it should just add the required files including WC3W.exe.

Could you send me a screen shot of your folder structure? and what files are in the Wing Commander III folder?

I'm not sure what that says in german but it looks like it found the exe but either not the game files or perhaps AntiVirus blocking it again?

 

[Destro]

Ooh I didn't see the note about the ending voice lines - here's my attempt at separating them...

I've trimmed the silence at the start and end, so you may need to add back in some silence to the start of each, depending on how you handle it.

Oh nice. I'll listen to this and maybe add it in for next update. The ending really bugged me double playing music.

 

[Karrprince]

Sorry. My notifications must have been off and just catching this. I'm not sure what would be the issue with WC3. If you installed Wing Commander III via gog into C:\WingLoader\Wing Commander III, click the gear icon and patch, it should just add the required files including WC3W.exe.

Could you send me a screen shot of your folder structure? and what files are in the Wing Commander III folder?

I'm not sure what that says in german but it looks like it found the exe but either not the game files or perhaps AntiVirus blocking it again?

Hello Destro,

Thanks for your answer.
I have attached 2 screenshots of the folder structures.
I believe that all files were unpacked correctly.
The game doesn't start even with AV disabled
.I am really at a loss.

The error message says:

The application was unable to start correctly ( 0xc0000142) click OK to close the application.
I

Thank you very much.

 

[Destro]

Hello Destro,

Thanks for your answer.
I have attached 2 screenshots of the folder structures.
I believe that all files were unpacked correctly.
The game doesn't start even with AV disabled
.I am really at a loss.

The error message says:

The application was unable to start correctly ( 0xc0000142) click OK to close the application.
I

Thank you very much.

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All the files looks correct. I'm not sure what the issue might be. 0xc0000142 looks like a virtual memory issue. Perhaps Copy protection? I'm not sure how the German version differs from the North American release. Maybe the WC3W.exe is not compatible? I'll see if I can hunt down a German version for you to try.

 

[Destro]

All the files looks correct. I'm not sure what the issue might be. 0xc0000142 looks like a virtual memory issue. Perhaps Copy protection? I'm not sure how the German version differs from the North American release. Maybe the WC3W.exe is not compatible? I'll see if I can hunt down a German version for you to try.

You could also try to set your non-unicode programs region.

Control Panel / Region / Administrative Tab / Change system locale

Select English (United States) then ok.

 

[Destro]

Ooh I didn't see the note about the ending voice lines - here's my attempt at separating them...

I've trimmed the silence at the start and end, so you may need to add back in some silence to the start of each, depending on how you handle it.

These are amazing!!!! Thank you so much!!!!!

 

[Karrprince]

You could also try to set your non-unicode programs region.

Control Panel / Region / Administrative Tab / Change system locale

Select English (United States) then ok.

Hello Destro,
Thank you for your efforts.

I have now tested the following :

I installed the English version of WC III and patched everything again.
I also changed the region setting for non-unicode to United States.

But unfortunately I still get the same error message.

As far as I know, the Kilrathi Saga was never published in German. I'm not even sure if it was ever published in Europe.

But I think I read a German user here who found it worked.

Is it possible that it is not compatible with Windows 11?

Thank you again.

 

[AD]

Hello Destro,

Thanks for your answer.
I have attached 2 screenshots of the folder structures.
I believe that all files were unpacked correctly.
The game doesn't start even with AV disabled
.I am really at a loss.

The error message says:

The application was unable to start correctly ( 0xc0000142) click OK to close the application.
I

Thank you very much.

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Maybe this link will be helpful... https://forum.dcs.world/topic/356572-unable-to-start-application-0xc0000142/

Supposedly if I'm reading the thread correctly the 0xc0000142 error is related to a visualC++ redistributable dependency. Other suggestions in the thread is that it's also connected to a permissions issue

 

[deUS]

Ooh I didn't see the note about the ending voice lines - here's my attempt at separating them...

I've trimmed the silence at the start and end, so you may need to add back in some silence to the start of each, depending on how you handle it.

Great. How did you do it?

 

[AllTinker]

Great. How did you do it?

Tool-wise I used Steinberg SpectraLayers and a bit of Audacity for the final cleanup.

 

[Salk]

You're very welcome. I'll push a silent update to correct that this week. Thanks for the feedback. Cheers.

Hello Destro!

Could you (or someone else) confirm that the silent update has been uploaded?

Thanks!

 

[Destro]

Hello Destro!

Could you (or someone else) confirm that the silent update has been uploaded?

Thanks!

Yes. It has been update with the new HitFix.