cnc-ddraw can fix compatibility issues in older games, such as black screen, bad performance, crashes or defective Alt+Tab.

• Supports Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10, 11, Wine (Linux/macOS) and Virtual Machines
• GDI / OpenGL / Direct3D 9 renderer (With automatic renderer selection)
• Upscaling via glsl shaders - https://imgur.com/a/kxsM1oY | https://imgur.com/a/wjrhpFV
• Windowed Mode / Fullscreen Exclusive Mode / Borderless Mode
• Alt+Enter support to switch quickly between Fullscreen and Windowed mode
• Automatically saves and restores window position/size/state
• FPS Limiter
• VSync
• Optional mouse sensitivity scaling
• Preliminary libretro shader support - https://github.com/libretro/glsl-shaders
• ...

1. Download cnc-ddraw.zip and extract it into your game folder
2. Start the game

Wine (Linux/macOS) only: override ddraw in winecfg manually or run cnc-ddraw config.exe once.

If you use cnc-ddraw with a game that got its own windowed mode built in then make sure you disable the games own windowed mode first. You can enable windowed mode via cnc-ddraw config.exe instead.

If the game starts but it doesn't work perfectly then open the config program and check the Compatibility settings.

cnc-ddraw does not support Direct3D/Glide, it will only work with games that use a DirectDraw (Software) renderer. Usually you can tell by the look of the game if it's a 3D game or not, but you can also let cnc-ddraw generate a debug log and search for "IDirect3D" - Link: #44

Some games may require additional steps before they can be used with cnc-ddraw, please check the wiki for more details.

If the game doesn't start at all or it's crashing, then please generate a debug log file and upload it.

• [Alt] + [Enter] = Switch between windowed and fullscreen mode
• [Ctrl] + [Tab] = Unlock cursor
• [Right Alt] + [Right Ctrl] = Unlock cursor
• [Alt] + [Page Down] = Maximize window

• Command & Conquer Gold
• Command & Conquer: Red Alert
• Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun
• Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
• Captain Claw
• Carmageddon
• Carmageddon 2
• Warcraft 2
• StarCraft
• Diablo
• Diablo 2
• Age of Empires
• Age of Empires II
• Theme Hospital
• Populous: The Beginning
• Outlaws
• Dungeon Keeper
• Dark Reign: The Future of War
• Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
• Atomic Bomberman
• Dune 2000
• Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
• Commandos
• Red Baron 3D
• F-16 Multirole Fighter
• F-22 Raptor
• Nox
• ...

There are a lot more games supported but I don't usually update the list, just give it a try and if it doesn't work then check the instructions above.