I need help running DOOM95 on my pc

[Trolly]

Before I say anything I just want to say:
I DONT WANT TO USE A SOURCE PORT
I already use source ports for my main stuff but right now I just bought a copy of DOOM Collector's Edition and I want to run DOOM95 to get the experience.

HOWEVER I cannot proceed due to this error:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Doom/comments/ofesg5/i_need_help_running_doom95_on_my_pc/

any help?

[[AU] Tabris:DarkPeace]

Doom 95 is just a heavily out of date Source Port anyway.

Try using a Windows 95c Virtual Machine in Microsoft Hyper-V.

[Shallex]

i don't see any error

did you try reading this https://doomwiki.org/wiki/Doom95

[itsinmyrectumohgod]

Yeah Just Go On The Wiki Page

[Trolly]

I have done all the things specified in this wiki for windows 10 and it has solved some issues. When I first started it up I got a different error and the method on the wiki fixed that, but now I have this error.

[Shallex]

what error

[Trolly]

Originally posted by Scott:

Doom 95 is just a heavily out of date Source Port anyway.

Try using a Windows 95c Virtual Machine in Microsoft Hyper-V.

I can't because I have windows 10 home

[Trolly]

Originally posted by Shallex:

what error

i used to get an error saying that DPLAY.dll was missing but I fixed that.
Now i get an error saying "The ordinal 2 could not be located in the dynamic link library (insert directory to doomlnch.dll here)" Followed by the message "Unable to initialize "doomlnch.dll"

[itsinmyrectumohgod]

Originally posted by Xlr8_Trolly_M8:

Originally posted by Shallex:

what error

i used to get an error saying that DPLAY.dll was missing but I fixed that.
Now i get an error saying "The ordinal 2 could not be located in the dynamic link library (insert directory to doomlnch.dll here)" Followed by the message "Unable to initialize "doomlnch.dll"

?

[Trolly]

Originally posted by RyanOC:

Originally posted by Xlr8_Trolly_M8:

i used to get an error saying that DPLAY.dll was missing but I fixed that.
Now i get an error saying "The ordinal 2 could not be located in the dynamic link library (insert directory to doomlnch.dll here)" Followed by the message "Unable to initialize "doomlnch.dll"

?

I dont know if the image of the error is showing up for you guys so ill just put another link here to a image of it here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Doom/comments/ofesg5/i_need_help_running_doom95_on_my_pc/

[Ikagura]

I also own Doom95 and it's a pain to make it works, I managed to play it a bit but the colors were messed up.

[Shallex]

Originally posted by Ikagura:

I also own Doom95 and it's a pain to make it works, I managed to play it a bit but the colors were messed up.

you need a direct3d wrapper, i use dgvoodoo

[Trolly]

fixed link: https://preview.redd.it/t014jokz3r971.png?width=639&format=png&auto=webp&s=794d812916ac6807f3ba0efa267f25c30755813d

[Trolly]

Originally posted by Shallex:

Originally posted by Ikagura:

I also own Doom95 and it's a pain to make it works, I managed to play it a bit but the colors were messed up.

you need a direct3d wrapper, i use dgvoodoo

Ill check it out

[Dragova]

Originally posted by Shallex:

Originally posted by Ikagura:

I also own Doom95 and it's a pain to make it works, I managed to play it a bit but the colors were messed up.

you need a direct3d wrapper, i use dgvoodoo

He'll need to use the Direct3D stuff that comes with the Dgvoodoo package. This port is some of the very first DirectX stuff. Infact Gaben himself helped developed it which helped Windows 95 gain some traction on the market. A lot of DirectX legacy code has been gutted in later versions of Windows which is why it doesn't work natively like it used to.

I recommend OP find some way to lock the aspect ratio to 4:3 for the "original experience" since it might look ugly af being stretched to wide screens.

[Shallex]

dgvoodoo can handle aspect ratios