![]() ![]() each! At least first 2 targets needed 10 seconds without any shift pressing but third needed "longer" process (at least from my viewpoint) and I pressed shift. I went into artillery menu and amazed then I noticed that choosing target hexes lasted only about 10-15 sec. Dxwnd gets updated quite often and sometimes there might be some regression issues with the latest releases.ĭxwnd is available from this web site and it is created by the user ghotik (or gho) all credit for Dxwnd goes to him:ĭxwnd_CPU_slowdown.gif (27.96 KiB) Viewed 615 times Here is the old Dxwnd legacy version 2.03.52 (with added CPU slowdown option) just in case it works better for some users. Go to Compatibility Tab and make sure no options are checked there. You must make sure that mech.exe has no compatibility flags set otherwise Dxwnd won't work properly. Or alternatively you can start Dxwnd.exe and double click the SPWAW entry from there.ĭOWNLOAD LINK: (Based on Dxwnd version 2.03.97) ![]() Then start the game from the file: _Start_SPWAW_Dxwnd ArtyFix.cmd ![]() For Windows 7 and Vista it also fixes the color bug.Įxtract all the files to your \Steel Panthers World at War\ main -directory. It also has the option to run the program in a windowed mode if needed. Dxwnd is a program that is designed to run old games on modern systems with better compatibility and should fix the random crashing. The artillery screen fix is a batch file that tries to start SPWAW with the last cpu core on multi core systems. This is a new all-in-one fix that includes both Dxwnd and the artillery screen fix in a single. Then work down at increments of 1 until you find the sweet spot. I suggest you try setting a ratio of 1:10 and working up in increments of 5 until you find the limits of your computer. If the ratio is too low then the artillery screen will remain unresponsive. If you set a too high value then the game sounds start to get distorted and the game becomes slow. There is no one correct value since computers can have a huge variety of processors running at different speeds. (From Dxwnd main window select SPWAW then click on Edit->Modify->Timing.)īy using different values here you should be able to affect the artillery screen mouse responsiveness. If you are still having issues with the artillery screen you can start dxwnd.exe and navigate to the "Timing" tab to adjust your "System speed". Starting with version v2_03_69_build of DXWnd there is now an in-built option to adjust the CPU speed that is similar to what the " BES" program does. The only difference with the full game and the free game are the Mega Campaigns.ĬPU affinity is now set using PowerShell instead of the "start /affinity" command. Ideally everyone should first download the free version of the game and make sure it works before committing to buying the full game. In addition something that is missing from the Product Requirements page is that the game does not work properly on multi core processors. Officially the game only supports Windows /XP. It can be used to fix the colors on Win7 (and Vista) and the “Handle exceptions” option reduces random crashing.įor redundancy the unofficial patch is now also uploaded here:Ī replacement spwaw.exe to fix problemes with the intro movie not playing can be downloaded from here:Īll the fixes provided here on the forums are user made non official ones. I've tried setting the resolution to 1024 in the ini file to match the setting I chose in DXWnd, but that doesn't help.The SP:WaW Depot now has an unofficial patch (8.403d) available that corrects the artillery screen unresponsive mouse.ĭxwnd is still very useful for running SPWAW. There seem to be some messages coming up in the bottom of the DXWnd window but they're all gibberish. I THINK I'm doing this right, highlight terran, click the play icon, and then click the run icon, but it just runs the game full-screen. I downloaded DXWnd, added terran.exe and terranx.exe and used the settings shown at the apolyton link, but nothing happens. I just reinstalled it and so far it is working almost perfectly at 1280x1024, but I'd really like to be able to play it in a window because alt-tab isn't working now. I'm a long time SMAC player (lucky enough to have the Planetary Pack which seems to be somewhat rare), I've had mixed success playing it on my Windows XP 64 bit box. I figured it would be better to reopen a recent thread than start a new one. ![]()
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