Cactus
A Modern Diablo II Version Switcher, Character Isolator, and Mod Manager (Contains: Singling) (by fearedbliss)
cnc-ddraw
GDI, OpenGL and Direct3D 9 re-implementation of the DirectDraw API for classic games for better compatibility with Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10, 11, Wine (Linux/macOS) and Virtual Machines (by FunkyFr3sh)
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| 37 | 88 | |
| 141 | 2,020 | |
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| 2.7 | 9.6 | |
| 27 days ago | 3 days ago | |
| GLSL | C | |
| BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License | MIT License |
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Cactus
Posts with mentions or reviews of Cactus.
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and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-01-09.
- Whitelist Request - 3D Audio Fix
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How to get a working install of Diablo 2 1.00??? Version changer on github doesn't seem to work!
You can use this to play any d2 version: https://github.com/fearedbliss/Cactus You can get a tl;dr; of each version here, along with recommendations on which ones to play: https://github.com/fearedbliss/Cactus/blob/main/README-SINGLING.md#patch-rationale
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Tip: Easily change D2's version.
You can easily change your game's version by using Cactus (https://github.com/fearedbliss/Cactus)
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How is D2 classic (pre-LoD) to play at this point?
Either you go the D2R Route (very different from d2 1.0). Or you install something like https://github.com/fearedbliss/Cactus for easy switching of versions on D2.
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Was Diablo 2 harder before expansion?
You can try out Cactus, which helps to switch to different patch version, including 1.00
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Ported a save from 1.05b to D2R. Old items are strange
Also, if you are not using it yet, Cactus is a great and easy to use tool to setup a multi-version Diablo II installation. Allows you to easily switch between a whole bunch of versions.
- Playing older version of Diablo 2
- Need help with Diablo hellfire
- 3D Sound for old Diablo 2?
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Any fans of playing old versions? A collection of some LOD 1.07 gear.
No problem, I used to use D2SE for 1.07 as well at first. It was alright but after finding Cactus there was no going back. I'd also suggest getting Singling as well.
cnc-ddraw
Posts with mentions or reviews of cnc-ddraw.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-07.
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"LibreOffice is better at reading old Word files than Word"
https://github.com/FunkyFr3sh/cnc-ddraw (fixes all issues you can have with DirectDraw, an old 2d API, can have its use for both windows users and people who use wine on linux)
- anyone knows how to make red alert 2 and yr work on Windows 11?
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JA2 steam version, black screen on launch.
cnc-ddraw also fixes it for me. https://github.com/FunkyFr3sh/cnc-ddraw/releases
- Massive FPS drop when playing Yuri's Revenge
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Tiberium Sun broken?
Get CnC-DDRAW, extract the .dll, paste it on your SUN folder and it should take care of the rest.
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Command & Conquer - The First Decade
And now the tricky part... and the reason why I was not able to run both RA2 and TS... You need a library called cnc-ddraw ( Releases ยท FunkyFr3sh/cnc-ddraw (github.com) ) which fixes a lot of things for old games. When using windows you need to copy the ddraw.dll and ddraw.ini files from the zip and you are done but when using wine/proton you need a simple launch option to load the custom dll file instead of the protons builtin ddraw. Thanks to u/RoweenX4 and some google-fu.
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Any up to date guides to get Icewind Dale 2 running on modern PCs (W10) in Widescreen mode?
Regardless if you had to do the above, install https://github.com/FunkyFr3sh/cnc-ddraw/releases to your IWD2 folder and run the game thenafter.
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Crashing :( (trying to play campaign RA2)
I did everything mentioned in this post regarding the file ( https://github.com/FunkyFr3sh/CnC-DDraw/releases )
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Problem starting RA2/ YR
Download CnC-DDRAW from their GitHub, paste it on your RA2 folder and launch the game again
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Recording Command & Conquer
Try installing cnc-ddraw or ts-ddraw, then use a Game Capture source to hook onto the game window.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Cactus and cnc-ddraw you can also consider the following projects:
glsl-shaders - This repo is for glsl shaders converted by hand from libretro's common-shaders repo, since some don't play nicely with the cg2glsl script.
ts-ddraw - Rewrite of cnc-ddraw with Tiberian Sun as the target
d2-plugy-qol - QOL Mod Pack for Diablo II.
d2-text-mods - Simple text mods for Diablo II
SlashGaming-Diablo-II-Free-Resolution - A project aimed at modding Diablo II to support any resolution.
Succulent - A Diablo II: 1.09b & 1.13d modification tailored for Single Player. Succulent contains strong influence from Diablo I, and Diablo II (1.00 - 1.09b).
d2gx - D2DX is a complete solution to make Diablo II run well on modern PCs, with high fps and better resolutions.
Vanilla-Conquer - Vanilla Conquer provides clean, cross-platform builds of the C&C Remastered Collection and the standalone legacy games.
ruffle - A Flash Player emulator written in Rust
em-dosbox - An Emscripten port of DOSBox
Cactus vs glsl-shaders
cnc-ddraw vs ts-ddraw
Cactus vs d2-plugy-qol
cnc-ddraw vs glsl-shaders
Cactus vs d2-text-mods
cnc-ddraw vs SlashGaming-Diablo-II-Free-Resolution
Cactus vs Succulent
cnc-ddraw vs d2-plugy-qol
cnc-ddraw vs d2gx
cnc-ddraw vs Vanilla-Conquer
cnc-ddraw vs ruffle
cnc-ddraw vs em-dosbox