Fix for AMD

[Gott mit uns]

Everyone knows that the games based on the ancient HoI 2 DD Arma engine (meaning: AoD, IC and DH, plus the first mentioned itself) crash on loading for an AMD graphic card users . Apparently AMD cleaned up their DirectX code for any version up to 9.0c and wrapped up stuff referring to those libraries, in the latest driver packages. Anyway, after Crimson v15.7.1 or so, issues began to occur.
Exactly two files, supplied with the each game's installation, are responsible for that behavior:
T-carrier a-fire c-min d-ne.bmp
T-carrier a-fire c-min d-sw.bmp
That's because they exceed the cap for any size dimension of 8192 pixels for a "texture", of any DirectX before 10 (including DirectDraw, on which the games' engines are based), venturing themselves into the almost 11000 pixels territory.

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INSTALLATION:
1. Download the edited .BMPs from here.
https://mega.nz/#!V4l2kASL!RvxgTS0kNymdpcrpiI_GiB6XIRHxfMpX-y2aS9q98jQ
2. Unpack the stuff into the X:\Your AoD or IC or DH or HoI 2 DD Arma Installation Directory\GFX\MAP\UNITS\BMP\ and overwrite.
3. You're done and can now play the game.

[coles4_ns]

Thank you!

[Freshly Squeezed Douche Juice]

Brilliant!

[dj]

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[Boogie]

Opprinnelig skrevet av ｄｊ:

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thanks forum gods

[Gott mit uns]

https://www.strategium.ru/forum/topic/83832-the-ultimate-fix-for-dh-aod-ic-and-hoi-2-dd-arma-for-the-amd-drivers-issue/

[Jack]

Thank you! Worked perfectly

[Cablenexus]

Any idea why my game is not crashing on any of the older Paradox games (HOI 2, For the Glory, Crusader Kings, Victoria, Arsenal of Democracy and all others while I have the 17.9.3 AMD driver installed on a AMD R7 card on Win10 Pro, without chaning any of the compatibility settings etc?

All games start and runs flawless, except that my mouse cursor is flickering like a broken lightbulb. When I use the tool "dxwnd" (Google it) and use window or fullscreen mode the flickering stops.