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--- en:game_tech:gog.com_directx_wrapper [2022-04-01-21-41] – ↷ Links adapted because of a move operation 7saturn
+++ en:game_tech:gog.com_directx_wrapper [2022-04-01-22-56] (current) – [GOG's Approach to Getting Older Games to Run] 7saturn
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 ====== GOG.com DirectX Wrapper ======
 ===== GOG's Approach to Getting Older Games to Run =====
-Many games released on [[..:games:gog]] are equipped with a file named //dxcfg.exe//. This is actually a convenient graphical user interface editor for the file //dxcfg.ini//. Together with the file //ddraw.dll// they are the GOG DirectX Wrapper. This is a tool to enhance or facilitate the game experience of games using [[DirectX#DirectDraw|DirectDraw]]. Some games crash without it. Others may look better using it. In order to optimize this, the //dxcfg.exe// allows to configure it in a convenient way. It is used on/provided with games such as [[..:games:star_trek_-_armada_1|Star Trek: Armada]] by GOG.
+Many games released on [[..:gaming platforms:GOG]] are equipped with a file named //dxcfg.exe//. This is actually a convenient graphical user interface editor for the file //dxcfg.ini//. Together with the file //ddraw.dll// they are the GOG DirectX Wrapper. This is a tool to enhance or facilitate the game experience of games using [[DirectX#DirectDraw|DirectDraw]]. Some games crash without it. Others may look better using it. In order to optimize this, the //dxcfg.exe// allows to configure it in a convenient way. It is used on/provided with games such as [[..:games:star_trek_-_armada_1|Star Trek: Armada]] by GOG.
 ===== Using the Wrapper =====
 The wrapper is automatically used, once it is placed inside the game's base folder. The desired behavior can be adjusted with the config editor //dxcfg.exe//. Its interface looks like this: