Flickering dark boxes in WOE - Windows 10, ENB patch with custom d3d9 and DDraw dll files.

[JaneyBananey]

Howdy y'all!

So, I installed Wings Over Europe via Steam, promptly updated it to the October 2008 patch, and fixed the stuttering by using the ENB patch for Skyrim (of all things). I also cribbed the DDraw.dll from the DgVoodoo install, which prevented the game crashing when pressing escape at the end of a mission. A couple of things to note here:

- The renderer indicated in the options menu is not ENB, but my GPU still. Despite this, the game runs perfectly fine.

- I turned the shadows down from Unlimited to High as I read on a forum post that this could help with z-fighting, but this did not solve the issue. I will turn it back up to Unlimited if it is all the same.

- There are absolutely no other graphical issues in the sim what so ever, no matter the aircraft, time of day, or weather.

The issue I am describing in the title appears like so in sim. I took three screenshots so you could see the way the dark boxes flicker on surfaces. It is not just aircraft, either, but also terrain. It seems to get culled in a circle as I turn my head with TrackIR:

As you can see, my wingman gets periodically eaten by this weird black blob. I am at a loss as to how to fix it, and if it cannot be fixed, that's completely understandable given the Biblical age of the engine. Thanks in advance!

Edited January 25, 2023 by JaneyBananey

[PeacePuma]

STEAM+SKRYM+ENB+ZFIGHTING+TRACKIR + WIN10 +blablabliblo...by now you must be surprised that it works,

I once ran Strike Fighter P1 on OSX El Capitan through Wine and was very satisfied to be able to run the start menu...XD

I see that box as some defect of the patches you are running, in my opinion if you want something cleaner it is normal to Win 7 with the game installed directly...

Edited January 26, 2023 by PeacePuma

[Wrench]

Not the first time we've seen someone complain about issue with the Steam version. There's some belief that it's NOT quite the same as WoE from the 3rd wire site.

I'd dump that, and get SF2. THAT, at least runs fine on 7,10 & 11.

[UllyB]

On 1/26/2023 at 1:51 AM, JaneyBananey said:

Howdy y'all!

So, I installed Wings Over Europe via Steam, promptly updated it to the October 2008 patch, and fixed the stuttering by using the ENB patch for Skyrim (of all things). I also cribbed the DDraw.dll from the DgVoodoo install, which prevented the game crashing when pressing escape at the end of a mission. A couple of things to note here:

- The renderer indicated in the options menu is not ENB, but my GPU still. Despite this, the game runs perfectly fine.

- I turned the shadows down from Unlimited to High as I read on a forum post that this could help with z-fighting, but this did not solve the issue. I will turn it back up to Unlimited if it is all the same.

- There are absolutely no other graphical issues in the sim what so ever, no matter the aircraft, time of day, or weather.

The issue I am describing in the title appears like so in sim. I took three screenshots so you could see the way the dark boxes flicker on surfaces. It is not just aircraft, either, but also terrain. It seems to get culled in a circle as I turn my head with TrackIR:

 

 

 

As you can see, my wingman gets periodically eaten by this weird black blob. I am at a loss as to how to fix it, and if it cannot be fixed, that's completely understandable given the Biblical age of the engine. Thanks in advance!

 

Keep in mind that SF1 series + Windows 10 = not a good match. Windows 10 doesn't like much this game engine. However SF1 series works well with Windows 7. That is the reason I had to...left my first LOVE, SF1 series ;)