Diablo II under Vista64 using Labusch Glide Wrapper?

Somewhere on teh intarweb "Patrick Vervoorn" typed:
> In article <e2962$4799b03c$82a1d3bf$18722@news1.tudelft.nl>,
> Patrick Vervoorn <patrick.vervoorn.RemoveThis@NOSPAM.perihelion.demon.nl> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm fiddling around a bit with Windows Vista64 on my new gaming rig
>> (mostly checking out the visual differences between DirectX10
>> games), but I also tried to run Diablo II under Vista64.
>>
>> It looks like Diablo II in Direct3D mode behaves the same as under
>> WinXP32: a bit of a stuttering experience, but it works.
>>
>> However, the Sven Labusch Glide Wrapper seems to have some serious
>> problems with Vista64: things seem to go really really slow: when I
>> start Diablo II in Glide mode, I see characters slowly counting up
>> in ASCII in the upper left corner (it also does this under WinXP,
>> but it counts up so quicly it's hard to follow). And if I wait long
>> enough, it does start up, but with a seriously corrupted display. I
>> am using the latest version of the wrapper: 1.4b.
>>
>> Anyone here ever try this combination, and got it working? I've also
>> mailed Sven Labusch, but haven't heard anything back.
>
> Anyone? I checked the group for Vista experiences, but found
> preciously little. It seems a 'fresh' install won't auto-update via
> B.Net, but in my case I just copied the install dir from under WinXP
> over.
>
> Despite e-mailing to Sven Labusch' contact address as listed on
> www.svenswrapper.de, I haven't heard anything back. D3D works, but a
> lot less smooth than Glide/WinXP.
>
> What (other) issues did people run into when running D2 under Vista
> (32 or 64 bit)?

Sorry I can't help with this Patrick as I wouldn't run Vista if you gave it
to me (but that's a different story).

However, with my limited knowledge I would think that an API would have to
specifically (re-)written for it to run in a 64 bit environment. <shrug> As
I said, not my forté but it makes sense to me. Have you used the wrapper
with XP 64 bit before?

Cheers,
--
Shaun.
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~misfit~ <misfit61nz RemoveThis @yahoot.com.au> wrote:
>Somewhere on teh intarweb "Patrick Vervoorn" typed:

>> Despite e-mailing to Sven Labusch' contact address as listed on
>> www.svenswrapper.de, I haven't heard anything back. D3D works, but a
>> lot less smooth than Glide/WinXP.
>>
>> What (other) issues did people run into when running D2 under Vista
>> (32 or 64 bit)?
>
>Sorry I can't help with this Patrick as I wouldn't run Vista if you gave it
>to me (but that's a different story).

Yeah, well, I'm not too happy about it either, but it's unfortunately the
only way to get DirectX10 to work, eh?

>However, with my limited knowledge I would think that an API would have to
>specifically (re-)written for it to run in a 64 bit environment. <shrug> As
>I said, not my forté but it makes sense to me. Have you used the wrapper
>with XP 64 bit before?

Nope. I still have XP 32bits on that machine, and that's also what it
boots in by default. However, I'd like to reclaim that last 1GB of memory,
so that's why I, if/when I 'need' to go over, wanted to go to the 64-bits
version of Vista.

I also installed SP1 RC1 for Vista, but that didn't solve the problem
either. I still get silence from Mr. Labusch. I also started it up, and it
seems everything Glide related just runs painfully slow. I get as far as
the startup screen, and the 'create game' screen, but when I try to join
or create a game there, it goes into that slow 'test' or 'check' where it
seems to display all the ASCII chars in the top-left corner, counting up.
This takes ages, and I suppose the create/join times out in that, so after
several minutes, I end up back in the Create/Join screen.

Bioshock runs pretty nicely though, and looks a bit nicer with the
DirectX10 options enabled. Crysis is another one of those problems: the
32-bits version runs ok, but the 64-bits version displays a 'Crysis
stopped responding' after a few seconds'. No idea why; patched up to 1.1,
but that didn't help either.

All-in-all, I'll probably shelve Vista for the next 'milestone' when a
game I really like requires it...

Regards,

Patrick.
 >> Stay informed about: Diablo II under Vista64 using Labusch Glide Wrapper? 

In article <e2962$4799b03c$82a1d3bf$18722@news1.tudelft.nl>,
Patrick Vervoorn <patrick.vervoorn.DeleteThis@NOSPAM.perihelion.demon.nl> wrote:

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>I'm fiddling around a bit with Windows Vista64 on my new gaming rig
>(mostly checking out the visual differences between DirectX10 games), but
>I also tried to run Diablo II under Vista64.
>
>It looks like Diablo II in Direct3D mode behaves the same as under
>WinXP32: a bit of a stuttering experience, but it works.
>
>However, the Sven Labusch Glide Wrapper seems to have some serious
>problems with Vista64: things seem to go really really slow: when I start
>Diablo II in Glide mode, I see characters slowly counting up in ASCII in
>the upper left corner (it also does this under WinXP, but it counts up so
>quicly it's hard to follow). And if I wait long enough, it does start up,
>but with a seriously corrupted display. I am using the latest version of
>the wrapper: 1.4b.
>
>Anyone here ever try this combination, and got it working? I've also
>mailed Sven Labusch, but haven't heard anything back.

Well, reporting back here: I got an email back from Sven Labusch, and the
guy is amazing.

I got the Glide Wrapper working correctly by disabling the Vista 'Aero'
theme (and reverting back to the Windows Classic theme). Of course, I hope
Sven can fix his wrapper in such a way that the two don't interfere, but
at least the cause is known.

He also managed to provide me with a solution to a recently-developed
problem under WinXP32: the blue desktop-background after quitting Diablo
II + Glide Wrapper. He advised me to use a backdrop image in the BMP
format, and behold, after converting my desktop image from JPG to BMP, and
using that, I now get my shiny background back after quitting Diablo II.

So... Hopeful news, and I really hope the Glide Wrapper starts working
correctly again under Vista even with Aero enabled...

Ciao, Patrick.
 >> Stay informed about: Diablo II under Vista64 using Labusch Glide Wrapper? 

Somewhere on teh intarweb "Patrick Vervoorn" typed:
> In article <e2962$4799b03c$82a1d3bf$18722@news1.tudelft.nl>,
> Patrick Vervoorn <patrick.vervoorn.DeleteThis@NOSPAM.perihelion.demon.nl> wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>> I'm fiddling around a bit with Windows Vista64 on my new gaming rig
>> (mostly checking out the visual differences between DirectX10
>> games), but I also tried to run Diablo II under Vista64.
>>
>> It looks like Diablo II in Direct3D mode behaves the same as under
>> WinXP32: a bit of a stuttering experience, but it works.
>>
>> However, the Sven Labusch Glide Wrapper seems to have some serious
>> problems with Vista64: things seem to go really really slow: when I
>> start Diablo II in Glide mode, I see characters slowly counting up
>> in ASCII in the upper left corner (it also does this under WinXP,
>> but it counts up so quicly it's hard to follow). And if I wait long
>> enough, it does start up, but with a seriously corrupted display. I
>> am using the latest version of the wrapper: 1.4b.
>>
>> Anyone here ever try this combination, and got it working? I've also
>> mailed Sven Labusch, but haven't heard anything back.
>
> Well, reporting back here: I got an email back from Sven Labusch, and
> the guy is amazing.
>
> I got the Glide Wrapper working correctly by disabling the Vista
> 'Aero' theme (and reverting back to the Windows Classic theme). Of
> course, I hope Sven can fix his wrapper in such a way that the two
> don't interfere, but at least the cause is known.
>
> He also managed to provide me with a solution to a recently-developed
> problem under WinXP32: the blue desktop-background after quitting
> Diablo II + Glide Wrapper. He advised me to use a backdrop image in
> the BMP format, and behold, after converting my desktop image from
> JPG to BMP, and using that, I now get my shiny background back after
> quitting Diablo II.
>
> So... Hopeful news, and I really hope the Glide Wrapper starts working
> correctly again under Vista even with Aero enabled...
>
> Ciao, Patrick.

Thanks for reporting back Patrick, and kudos to Sven.
--
Shaun.
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