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Darth Popas The Black has Desperados - Wanted Dead or Alive

Dec 10, 2017 @ 12:27am

Finally Got it to work on Windows 10

Hi all,

I finally found a workaround for Windows 10 that actually works. It may also work with Windows 8 but I have not tested it. We all know the issue with the framerate is due to the direct draw function that used to work fine in Win7 but MS removed it in Win10. Follow the steps to get it working in Win10:

1. Visit http://dege.freeweb.hu/ and download the latest version of Voodoo2.

2. Unzip the file and copy the contents of the 'MS' Folder to your main Desperados Installation Folder.

3. Copy the dgVoodoocpl executable to the same Desperados folder. This exe is used to configure the addon in case it doesnt work. You can also remove the voodoo watermark here.

4. Simply run the game. I did not have to configure anything for Desperados. This addon may work on other games that use directdraw.

Enjoy!

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SgtRedRock has Desperados - Wanted Dead or Alive

Dec 10, 2017 @ 12:12pm

Thanks for much for posting this. Finally a way to play this game that works without graphical artifacts, slowdowns even with radar, music/sound all working. One DL and copy/paste four files into the game dir. Simple. Nice!

Spankygaz

Dec 12, 2017 @ 3:27am

first and 2nd level works for me, but it keeps crashing when i try to load level 3, any tips?

Otherwise when it works it's perfect

Matteo Dec 21, 2017 @ 7:30am

I tried your solution, it's not working anyway... got ctd right after I start the first mission. Tried yener90 solution as well, ctd also there. Should I follow Porchlight's workaround?

Andrew92Collins has Desperados - Wanted Dead or Alive

Feb 10, 2018 @ 4:46pm

Didnt work for me either.

† MOLekuła STrACHU † Mar 20, 2022 @ 9:11am

It's funny because game works, but feels like 5 fps, and after I do what u did, it crashes after the cutscene ends...

Zaichi

Apr 5, 2022 @ 12:09pm

Originally posted by † MOLekuła STrACHU †:
It's funny because game works, but feels like 5 fps, and after I do what u did, it crashes after the cutscene ends...

game works fine. doesn't need any external program to run it.