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If you have the GOG release, the Campaign Films (The cut scenes) will tend to crash the game during Career Modes when they go to play the .smk movies. This is true for the standard MPS EAW Game as well, just more common. You can download a 'empty' MOVIES.CDF file and drop it into your EAWv1.2GOG version game folder and it will allow the game to get past the cut scene, by skipping it. Get the Empty Movies.CDF here at CombatACE in the EAW Downloads if you need it. (Its 7-zip so make sure you have that program to un zip it.)

Well I configured GOGs directX special wrapper that only can be used with the GOG or Steam purchased downloads. It still holds true for Windows 10 (and probably 8) that the Frames per sec for DirectX flight screens is going to be faster in a Windowed Mode setting on the wrappers config screen. I got 17-26 FPS and they where pretty steady. I do "think" that the windows mode works best. I didn't upscale the display at all, just left it at 1024x768 (maybe you want to use 800x600 for EAWv1.2GOG) Upto you. Also you don't want to remove those DX wrapper files by gog, you loose the dll and the game will load, but it will be a black screen---forever, ugh. You have to use Task Manager to sign out so the game will close automaticaly when you return as the same user. Oh, not sure if the GOG Wrapper Enhanments will work or not, I upped them all the way. Maybe you have to config the video cards control panel with the same enhancement settings to get your card to recognize the gog wrappers settings. These are my findings, since MS won't fix there slow directdraw in win8/10 (that was fine in Win7) I guess this special gog EAW and its wrapper are where we are at for DirectX flight screens. :) EDIT: Heres the wrapper section of my site. I quickly wrote that section for the GOG Wrapper, I'll add to it as I find something to write about. https://eaw.neocities.org/troubleshoot.html#wrap