![]() Instead the game runs like DxWnd doesn't exist.Īnd from that fact you can also see that it's not true that Windows 10 cannot run "DirectX 7 or older" games in general. The hide option should not be used if you want to play in fullscreen mode, because in that case you don’t have a cursor in the save/load you choose DirectX9 instead of DirectX7 at DirectX Version Hook in the DirectX tab, DxWnd never gets active since Mystery of the druids is a DirectX 7 game while DxWnd now waits for DirectX 9 calls to intercept. ![]() Otherwise it can happen that you have an additional cursor within the game if you leave the game window and return to it after you’ve used a different window. If you want to play in window mode I suggest to also check the “hide” option in the “Cursor visibility” section of the “Input” tab. Then simply press ENTER (this answers the question with yes) to close the hanging game task. Do you want to kill the edd.exe task?” is highlight and release all keys. Now press ALT+TAB until the task “Warning. If the game hangs press CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+F12 (instead of F12 you press the key you’ve chosen at “Kill proc.”). Wait until the login screen appears and log yourself in again. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to open the Windows lock/sign out/switch user screen and choose “Sign out”. If the game hangs, simply do a rightclick at the green dot named “edd.exe” in the DxWnd Window and choose “Kill” to close the game window.ģ. Before you start the game move the DxWnd window to a place that won’t be covered by the game window. The easiest and fastest one if you play in window mode. Press “Cancel” and the game closes itself.Ģ. Now you get an error message from the game. If you want to leave the game, create a savegame with the now working save menu. The easiest and fastest one if you play in fullscreen mode. I can’t even open the task manager if this happens. Sometimes the game hangs if I want to leave it from the menu. There’s one small inconvenience using DxWnd for the game. It does for me while they don’t work without DxWnd. Open the menu using the ESC key and check if load/save works. Now start DxWnd again and doubleclick at the green dot named “edd.exe”. Afterwards go to “File” and choose “eXit”. Go to “Edit”, then “Global settings”, select a key at the entry “Kill proc.” in the section “Hot keys” (for example F12) and click at “OK”. You should see the small DxWnd Window with a green dot named “edd.exe” next to it. Other options (checked or unchecked) should stay like they are by default.Ĭonfirm the changes with a click at “OK”. I’ve only mentioned the options you should change. Afterwards go to the “DirectX(2)” Tab and check the “Forces HEL” option in the “Ddraw tweaks” section. Now go to the “DirectX” Tab and check the “DirectX7” option in the “DirectX Version Hook” section. If you don’t want to play in a window mode disable “Run in window” in the “Generic” section. All other resolutions doesn’t look good in window mode. The resolution of the game is 640x4x960 is simple twice the resolution. Check the “Desktop center” option and enter 640 in the “W” and 480 in the “H” box in the “Position” section (or 1280 at “W” and 960 at “H” for a bigger window). To find the Mystery of the druids installation folder simply do a rightclick at the Mystery of the druid entry in the Library of your steam client, choose “Properties”, then “LOCAL FILES” and then “BROWSE LOCAL FILES…” to open the file explorer where you see the installation folder in the command/folder line.Īfter you’ve chosen the “edd.exe” it should be shown with its folder in the “Path” box. Now navigate through your drives and folders to the Mystery of the druids installation folder, choose the “edd.exe” and click at “Open”. Go to “Edit”, “Add” and click at the “…” next to the “Path” box. )Īnd you don't have to play in window mode.Īfter you’ve downloaded and extracted DxWnd, start it by a double click at the dxwnd.exe. But the only reason is my overdetailed description. Sadly it doesn't work with more actual versions of DxWndĭon’t worry. ![]() I was able to get the save/load menu back using a tool named DxWnd (version v2_03_94fx2).
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