IndirectInput
A simple DirectInput wrapper to work around a Windows 10 device enumeration bug (by riverar)
GameStretcher
Run 2D Windows Games (GDI, DirectDraw, D3D9) with a stretchable window, and a SuperXBR upscale filter (by Dwedit)
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0.0 | 0.0 | |
about 2 years ago | about 2 years ago | |
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MIT License | - |
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Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
IndirectInput
Posts with mentions or reviews of IndirectInput.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-08-18.
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Microsoft's backwards compatibility is insane
Lots of Microsoft app compat stories out there, but plenty of breakage too. One example: I had to create IndirectInput [1] to fix Myst on Windows. Microsoft refused (via private email thread with leadership) to take responsibility for what is clearly an appcompat bug and were jerks about it too. Oh well.
[1] https://github.com/riverar/IndirectInput
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Configuration Guide - Myst IV: Revelation - Windows 10 - Widescreen - Borderless Windowed
- `dinput.dll` [-link-](https://github.com/riverar/IndirectInput/releases)
- Myst IV not running in Steam / Windows 10
GameStretcher
Posts with mentions or reviews of GameStretcher.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-08-18.
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Microsoft's backwards compatibility is insane
I once made a program (Intended for Games only, doesn't support standard windows controls) that allows you to stretch an otherwise fixed-size window. Uses D3D9 and Pixel Shaders to draw the upscaled window.
https://github.com/Dwedit/GameStretcher
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Filling in some gaps in the story of Space Cadet Pinball on 64-bit Windows
As for the program not being high resolution enough to play on a modern PC, I made a program that hooks into Windows APIs, allows a window to be stretched, maximized, or made full screen, and uses SuperXBR upscaling. It's called GameStretcher. The tool is compatible with Space Cadet Pinball.
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*builds high end gaming PC* ... *plays space cadet pinball*
I actually made a program that allows you to resize the screen for Space Cadet Pinball, available at https://github.com/Dwedit/GameStretcher/releases/tag/1.0.2
What are some alternatives?
When comparing IndirectInput and GameStretcher you can also consider the following projects:
old-new-win32api - Organized bookmarks to Win32API posts of Raymond Chen's blog "The Old New Thing".