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| ====== GOG.com DirectX Wrapper ====== | ====== GOG.com DirectX Wrapper ====== |
| ===== GOG's Approach to Getting Older Games to Run ===== | ===== 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 ===== | ===== 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: | 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: |
| * //Antialiasing//: This may enhance the quality of the image, especially on high resolutions. But depending on the game it might also do so on lower resolutions. It reduces the staircase effect. This may be better (looks a little more becoming on high resolutions) but may also >>wash out<< the shapes of objects. | * //Antialiasing//: This may enhance the quality of the image, especially on high resolutions. But depending on the game it might also do so on lower resolutions. It reduces the staircase effect. This may be better (looks a little more becoming on high resolutions) but may also >>wash out<< the shapes of objects. |
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