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[Alpha] DxWnd Tool for Armada 1 on Win10

MrVulcan

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Hi folks,

Gho, the developer of a compatibility tool for running older games on windows, DwWnd, has recently made nice progress with Armada 1. The game seems to be playable (although the loading menus are still a WIP). If this piques your interest, give this a try (attached a WIP version with special version for Armada). Development needs feedback from a wider audience, and the request was made to distribute this package.

To use:
1. extract all files in a separate folder.
2. right-click on DwWnd.exe -> properties -> compatibility tab -> "run as administrator"
3. run DwWnd.exe. You may get a message saying "Windows protected you from unknown app... etc". Click on More Info -> Run Anyway
4. more security prompts... Allow program to run.
5. loading may take some time. When program loads, right click on "Star Trek Armada" -> modify.
6. locate the option which specifies the path to Armada.exe. Change this if necessary. Leave all other options unchanged.
7. Do not close the DxWnd window. You can right-click Armada.exe -> run

You may use the unofficial 1.3 patch for additional compatibility, and change Armada.exe permissions to "run as admin".

Please let me know (or go directly to SourceForge DxWnd Discussion) to supply feedback to the developer. Gho is a great dev and put a lot of time and effort into making the compatibility tool work for Armada.

A shout out to Thunderchero from AFC for reaching out to Gho for help with Armada compatibility. He has done the bulk of beta testing of DwWnd for armada since early 2015.

Cheers!
Mr. V
 

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Sqweloookle

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Hey mate, how are you??
Any chance of getting DxWnd to work for Star Trek New Worlds?
 

MrVulcan

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Darklight,
I did not create the dxwnd application and I doubt that gho, the dev behind this project, frequents this form. I recommend that you follow the link in my original post to the dxwnd discussion and post a request there.

Cheers
 

Sqweloookle

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The game drops after some gameplay. Do you use DxWnd to play A1 MrVulcan?
 
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TUB_Husker

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google -> dgVoodoo star trek armada
I use it under win10, now I can play Armada 1 without glitches ec.

DXWnd work to, but with graphical glitches, stretched polygons and sprites don't work
 

Darn

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I have used both DXWnd which has graphical glitches and dgVoodoo which does not but in my case would cause it to crash when you try to access the settings whatsoever so this set of files seems to fix most of the issues and lets you use the settings and change to a wide screen format. This uses some of the files from the dgVoodoo download as well as the 2 dxwrapper files which I am not sure where I found them but togeather they worked better then separate.

The only issue which is minor is that when the game is loading and when going between missions it will shift resolution back down to 480p multiple times but if you don't issue any inputs it will go right back after and keep running.

I have had much better luck just playing the game with this setup than anything else. You just need to put the files into the root folder of ST armada and go. I would also suggest running as admin
 

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SIMON MAY

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I have used both DXWnd which has graphical glitches and dgVoodoo which does not but in my case would cause it to crash when you try to access the settings whatsoever so this set of files seems to fix most of the issues and lets you use the settings and change to a wide screen format. This uses some of the files from the dgVoodoo download as well as the 2 dxwrapper files which I am not sure where I found them but togeather they worked better then separate.

The only issue which is minor is that when the game is loading and when going between missions it will shift resolution back down to 480p multiple times but if you don't issue any inputs it will go right back after and keep running.

I have had much better luck just playing the game with this setup than anything else. You just need to put the files into the root folder of ST armada and go. I would also suggest running as admin
works great cheers
 
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