Fix for resolution problems.

[Sepheus]

Hello everyone, this is my first post to 'The Org' but I have been browsing the forums for many years. I have written what should be a fix for the 800x600/640x480 resolution cap on higher end cards. This should mean an end to the rebooting shenanigans that were previously required. I do not yet have the ability to attach links to posts, but I can provide the fix on request and I will amend this post when I have the privileges required for attachments/links.

Update:

The download can be found here: Removed link as the file has become available in the forum download section.
Please feel free to message me with any questions you may have.

-----------------------edit by drone---------------------------------
Uploaded locally to the Org, link here

[Dellathane]

This is the most exciting thread title I've seen on the Org, including TW:RII. It works beautifully. Thank you Thank You THANK YOU!!!

Now I've got to change my signature......

[drone]

My MTW setup never had the problem, glad to see it worked for you. I wonder if this fix works with Shogun, I think I'll post this in the Sword Dojo as well...

I'll be uploading the fix to the Org download section soon. I would like to rename the file to something a little more descriptive if that's ok with you, Sepheus?

[Sepheus]

This is the most exciting thread title I've seen on the Org, including TW:RII. It works beautifully. Thank you Thank You THANK YOU!!!

Now I've got to change my signature......

I am glad you have found it of some use! Please let me know if there are any issues. It is my first time doing anything like this, hopefully I have not overlooked anything.

My MTW setup never had the problem, glad to see it worked for you. I wonder if this fix works with Shogun, I think I'll post this in the Sword Dojo as well...

I'll be uploading the fix to the Org download section soon. I would like to rename the file to something a little more descriptive if that's ok with you, Sepheus?

It should work with Shogun, I have not tested that, but I do believe Medieval Total War and Shogun Total War used the same engine. If not - I could certainly make it work. You may rename the zip file, the DLL needs to remain named ddraw.dll. Once the fix is in the download section is it possible to update the file, should I release any more fixes (such as a windowed mode or a fix for Intel/GeForce 8000/9000 cards)? If I have the time I would like to make fixes for more issues and hopefully add a configuration file for the DLL.

If anyone has any questions, please feel free to ask.

[drone]

It should work with Shogun, I have not tested that, but I do believe Medieval Total War and Shogun Total War used the same engine. If not - I could certainly make it work. You may rename the zip file, the DLL needs to remain named ddraw.dll. Once the fix is in the download section is it possible to update the file, should I release any more fixes (such as a windowed mode or a fix for Intel/GeForce 8000/9000 cards)? If I have the time I would like to make fixes for more issues and hopefully add a configuration file for the DLL.

I'll have to ask the admins about replacing/updating files in the downloads. If the board software doesn't allow it, I could just apply a version number to each update's filename. For this fix, I was thinking of calling it something like: "Sepheus_ddraw_fix_v1.zip".

[Sepheus]

I'll have to ask the admins about replacing/updating files in the downloads. If the board software doesn't allow it, I could just apply a version number to each update's filename. For this fix, I was thinking of calling it something like: "Sepheus_ddraw_fix_v1.zip".

Very well, that is fine with me! Hopefully people with the issue will be able to find it easily enough.

[drone]

File uploaded to the Org, local link added to the OP.

[Baron von Manteuffel]

@ Sepheus - A big thank you for your brilliant fix. I've had the Vista OS now for almost 4 years and my computer couldn't run MTW until this ultimate fix. So many people were trying to get this game to work with high end computers and then you come along with this? I pretty much gave up trying to get MTW to run with my Quad core i7, Vista 64-bit OS, and ATI Radeon HD 4850 Video card, but tonight I had the game running flawlessly for about 2 hours. I only shut it down so I could post a thank you to you, LOL. Amazing!!!

[Stazi]

Once the fix is in the download section is it possible to update the file, should I release any more fixes (such as a windowed mode or a fix for Intel/GeForce 8000/9000 cards)? If I have the time I would like to make fixes for more issues and hopefully add a configuration file for the DLL.

If you could make a fix for GF 8XXX/9XXX cards it'd help a lot of people (like me ). Those cards are a little outdated but if you mostly play old school games like MTW they are still enough.
I haven't had any problems with resolutions but anyway thanks for the fix. It may be very much needed when I'll buy a new PC.

[Geezer57]

http://www.smallfiles.org/download/1340/MTWFix.zip.html

Sepheus:

That site is showing as malicious to my antivirus software. If I PM you my e-mail address, would you attach that file to a message?

[HopAlongBunny]

Sepheus:

That site is showing as malicious to my antivirus software. If I PM you my e-mail address, would you attach that file to a message?

Same; the .org link worked for me though.

Thank you Sepheus; works as advertised and has cut my crashes going to the Main menu from game :)

[Sepheus]

Hello everyone, I am glad that the fix has been of some use to you! Geezer57, I have removed the original link and recommend that you use the link that drone inserted into my post. If anyone is interested in the source code, please feel free to message me privately and I will see what I can do.

[huth]

It should work with Shogun, I have not tested that, but I do believe Medieval Total War and Shogun Total War used the same engine. If not - I could certainly make it work. You may rename the zip file, the DLL needs to remain named ddraw.dll. Once the fix is in the download section is it possible to update the file, should I release any more fixes (such as a windowed mode or a fix for Intel/GeForce 8000/9000 cards)? If I have the time I would like to make fixes for more issues and hopefully add a configuration file for the DLL.

It is possible to fix that? Really? It'd be... like another resurrection of Jesus...

[HopAlongBunny]

No sticky or addition to useful links?

[drone]

No sticky or addition to useful links?

I've been debating where to put it. I've added it to the wiki technical FAQ and popped it to the Org front page, but I've been pondering how to organize the stickies. There is some duplication already, I probably need a fresh thread with links to the relevant discussions (which get then unstuck).

[Nagnar]

Hello Sepheus,
I have had some problems with this fix. In combination (everything works fine individually) with the Redux mod's MapTex.tga and MapTex2.tga I get an error and crash to In-Game menu.
So my question is, is this fix dependent on Vanilla MTW's campaign map files? And if so, could it be fixed to work with modded campaign map textures as well?

-Nagnar

Edit: Link to some discussion about this problem: https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showt...5-Redux-amp-W7

[drone]

Hopefully Sepheus still lurks and will chime in.

For grins, could you try the old workaround for the resolution problems specified here? I believe Sepheus set the max memory to 2048 Mb in his ddraw wrapper. So without the ddraw.dll, try both the larger setting (2560 Mb) and smaller (2048 Mb) with Redux to see if both work. Maybe Redux needs more than 2Gb?

Welcome to the Org, Nagnar!

[ferdi]

oo my god. forum is alive.
i look almost every day to forum but it used to die...
no new thread no new message.
ı play MT XL 2 or 3 times in a weak. ı ca't give up it.
one day my thesis other day MT XL.
so hi to every one.

[drone]

so hi to every one.

I check every day, but most of the Main Hall denizens/lurkers are old timers so there's not much new to discuss. New discussion is always welcome, and will usually drag a couple of us out of the woodwork.
The game is 10 years old now, should have posted a Happy Birthday shout in August, my bad.

[Nagnar]

Thanks for the welcome drone :)
2560 doesn't work with with Redux or vanilla for me but 2048 does, I suppose It's workable despite being a huge pain what with the restarting.
I did actually know about that other fix but didn't want to use it because of the annoyance but oh well, it works I guess...

-Nagnar

[Gilrandir]

oo my god. forum is alive.
i look almost every day to forum but it used to die...

Ditto. I had been logged out, forgot my password, got a new one and - silence out there. I thought the logging out had somehow changed my settings so new posts won't filter in. Drone, you might post an empty message every now and then to let everybody know there are some survivors on the island.

[drone]

Drone, you might post an empty message every now and then to let everybody know there are some survivors on the island.

Piiiinnngggg!

Seems odd that Redux works with the old fix at 2048 MB, but not with the ddraw.dll which does the reports the same amount of memory. Maybe there is a disconnect between the code that checks memory strictly for the resolution choices, and how the actual memory gets allocated with all the necessary textures, which Redux will definitely tax more heavily.

[ferdi]

today is my off day
hmm now I'm gonna play another game...
which faction I'll choose
long live my king...
lets start

[caravel]

We're still here, just waiting for someone to ask a question or post some screenshots of their campaign...

[Sepheus]

Hello Nagnar, the fix does not depend on any vanilla files but I am not surprised it does not work with an extensive mod. Mods may change the memory requirements in such a way that the hard-coded limit may no longer be compatible. I may consider creating a configuration file where one can manually set the amount of memory that ddraw.dll should report to the engine.

[Gilrandir]

We're still here, just waiting for someone to ask a question

Ok, but remember, you were waiting for it. This seems to be a wrong thread for it and the problem was broached in my very first post at this forum, but caravel is so starved for questions...
Well, it is about attacking from different provinces. It has been elucidated by Asai that if two armies attack from different provinces the same province of the enemy thus combining into a single army, it (the army) will be headed by the general with more stars. But what if the generals have equal number of stars? What determines the appointment of the joint army's leader - piety, dread, hidden v&vs or random choice of the AI?

[drone]

Well, it is about attacking from different provinces. It has been elucidated by Asai that if two armies attack from different provinces the same province of the enemy thus combining into a single army, it (the army) will be headed by the general with more stars. But what if the generals have equal number of stars? What determines the appointment of the joint army's leader - piety, dread, hidden v&vs or random choice of the AI?

I imagine it would be the same with multi-unit stacks (which I haven't really looked at). Pile a bunch of 1-stars into a stack and see which one gets the nod.

[LordK9]

I'm going to take a complete and totally unevidenced guess: date of rank since all militaries I know of have done it that way forever. If saluting goes back to the middle ages (raising the visor to acknowledge friendly intent), then other such customs may well date back to then.

[Baron von Manteuffel]

I've tried this fix with BKB Supermod, XL Tiberious version, MedMod, Fall of Rome, and others, and it does fix the resolution problems. I always get crashes though and it's usually the next "end of turn" after fighting a battle. Is this related to the ddraw.dll when transitioning from the battle mode to the strategy map? Do you think the button fix would help? It does get annoying crashing after battles but I hate to auto resolve them.

[Stazi]

If you have any problems involving strategy map (especially CTDs) you should try button fix.