I can't believe it's simpler to run old Windows games on Wine (without any tweaks) than on actual Windows

• cnc-ddraw

  88 2,009 9.6 C

  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

  

This also meant that DirectDraw (and GDI) had to be implemented on top of Direct2D/Direct3D. For whatever reason, this reimplementation of DirectDraw is broken, and Microsoft never bothered fixing it. So a lot of games that rely on DirectDraw ended up having issues. This is why to this day I sometimes have to resort to https://github.com/CnCNet/cnc-ddraw/releases, which basically implements DirectDraw on top of OpenGL/Direct3D/GDI, to get games using DirectDraw to work properly (it is primarily for Microsoft Windows, but it also helps with some games in WINE).

• DDrawCompat

  10 827 8.4 C++

  DirectDraw and Direct3D 1-7 compatibility, performance and visual enhancements for Windows Vista, 7, 8, 10 and 11

Currently I usually either use dgvoodoo2 which is a bit more general in that it's trying to emulate the entirety of DX1-9 (Including DirectDraw up to v7) or Glide though DX11/12 or DDrawCompat which seems fairly similar in scope to cnc-ddraw and works wonderfully for playing The Sims 1, I recommend installing it with the widescreen patcher to also enable gameplay at a larger resolution than 1024x768.

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• Sims-1-Complete-Collection-Widescreen-Patcher

  30 209 5.8 C#

  Patches The Sims 1 to a custom resolution.

Currently I usually either use dgvoodoo2 which is a bit more general in that it's trying to emulate the entirety of DX1-9 (Including DirectDraw up to v7) or Glide though DX11/12 or DDrawCompat which seems fairly similar in scope to cnc-ddraw and works wonderfully for playing The Sims 1, I recommend installing it with the widescreen patcher to also enable gameplay at a larger resolution than 1024x768.

• cnc-ddraw

  1 22 10.0 C

  GDI and OpenGL re-implementation of the DirectDraw API for classic Command & Conquer games for better compatibility with Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Wine (by mvdhout1992)

I am definitely biased, as one of the games I originally had these issues with was Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun. I don't know when the people behind CnCNet decided to fork the repository for this DirectDraw compatibility layer, but is forked from the at least 12 years old (!) https://github.com/mvdhout1992/cnc-ddraw and https://github.com/hifi/cnc-ddraw.

• cnc-ddraw

  1 66 10.0 C

  Discontinued GDI and OpenGL re-implementation of the DirectDraw API for classic Command & Conquer games for better compatibility with Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Wine (project now under @CnCNet org) (by hifi)

I am definitely biased, as one of the games I originally had these issues with was Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun. I don't know when the people behind CnCNet decided to fork the repository for this DirectDraw compatibility layer, but is forked from the at least 12 years old (!) https://github.com/mvdhout1992/cnc-ddraw and https://github.com/hifi/cnc-ddraw.

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