[HOW TO] Launch Hogs of War (Win10)

[Linkolas]

Hey!

I was searching for a way to launch the game on Win10, happened to have it running but quite buggy, but then... I found a compatibility patch on a french website, and everything is working fine so far for me!
Thought it was a really good news, so here is how to make it run smoothly on Win10:

Source : https://www.abandonware-france.org/ltf_abandon/ltf_jeu.php?id=2783

1/ Download the patch files.
- Go on the source, click "Télécharger le jeu", click "Patch de compatibilité pour Windows Vista et ultérieur" and then click "Téléchargement HTTP"
- Unzip it (.7z file)

2/ Install "_inmm238": it's a tool/library that helps handling old games' sounds

3/ Copy all but the inmm238 installer to your game's directory (nothing should be replaced)
- ddraw.dll will act as the missing DirectDraw library (not included in Windows since Win8)
- _inmm.ini & Music folder configures the music
- warhogs.exe is the patched executable to use both ddraw.dll (graphics) and _inmm (music)

4/ Change compatibility settings of "warhogs.exe" (which is the new working game's executable)
- Set compatibility mode to Win95
- DO NOT CHECK Launch in 640 x 480
- Optionnal: I had to set these options too:
- - Replace PPP settings: use the software
- - Launch as admin

5/ Launch "warhogs.exe" & enjoy!


As you can see, there's an installer and a new executable file. I don't really care if you trust me, I'm just here to let people (and maybe the devs) find a way to play it.

The source website is a quite well known french community about old and abandonware games. I'm not affiliated in any way with them.


Hope it works for you too!

Linkolas

[Nao Nauno]

I approve this.

[Ryuu]

Thanks for work.
I wish Steam would allow including user patches in games, like GOG does.

[Nao Nauno]

I had to pick different settings than you.

Basically, I only checked the last two choices:
- run as admin,
- disable displayer scale for higher resolutions (or whatever the English is for it).

[Dave]

We are llocking this thread, until we can check out its safety