On 9/22/05, Richard Campbell <eek2121@comcast.net > wrote:

On a side note, starcraft only uses very basic directdraw
functionality.  It was designed to work with Windows NT 4.0, and Windows
95 with even crappy video card drivers.  It won't take much to get a
version without the cd check at least partially working, if it doesn't
already.

Reuben Perelman wrote:

> Installing DirectX on ReactOS was discussed on the forum.
>
> Google cache has the first page of the discussion (don't see the rest
> of the pages):
> http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:Py6UDLgsxvIJ:www.reactos.com/forum/viewtopic.php%3Ft%3D322%26start%3D0%26sid%3Dde0061c3b2dc12e4981c2bd6987aef49+directx+reub2000+site:reactos.com&hl=en&client=firefox-a
>
>
> Magnus Olsen wrote:
>
>> DirectDraw will not work yetr in ros. we are missing to much of it.
>> if we
>> want directdraw working. we need implement alot more stuff in win32k,
>> gdi32
>> and ddraw.dll
>>
>> Status : noting works yet. to create a surface.
>> some work en reusare have been made. When I can contiune or some else on
>> directx devlioing I do not know when it will happen again.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: <eek2121@comcast.net>
>> To: "ReactOS Development List" < ros-dev@reactos.com>
>> Sent: den 21 September 2005 16:37
>> Subject: Re: [ros-dev] Starcraft Setup BSODs due to
>> KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> Try using a crack and seeing if it works then.  I know there was
>>> work done
>>>
>>
>> on DirectDraw, so you might have some luck.
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Glad I could help you, and help get my favorite game working on
>>>> ReactOS.
>>>>
>>>> BTW, the colors on the liltle setup title program (or whatever you
>>>> call
>>>> it) where weird. Just skin deep, and starcraft finished
>>>> installation as
>>>> usual. However, it fails the CD test as it usually does.
>>>>
>>>> Ge van Geldorp wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> From: Reuben Perelman
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ge van Geldorp wrote:
>>>>>>> Does the patch below fix this?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes it does.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Ok, thanks for testing. The patch is an ugly hack and I don't want to
>>>>>
>>>>
>> commit
>>
>>
>>>>> it. But at least I know what's going on now and can think about a
>>>>>
>>>>
>> better
>>
>>
>>>>> patch.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ge van Geldorp.
>>>>>
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