Gangsters Organized Crime wont start on Win 11 x64.

[SirManson]

Got a copy from GOG, followed these instructions ----> https://github.com/elishacloud/dxwrapper/wiki/Gangsters-Organized-Crime

When I try to start the game i get a box thats saying.
"Sorry...
Unable to start game as I can´t access the direct draw driver"

I will include my dxwrapper log.
Any ideas what might be wrong?

dxwrapper-gangsters.log

Kind regards.

[elishacloud]

I have not updated all the wiki sites yet. That update was really old (I just updated it now). There was an issue with newer versions of Windows 11 that broke dxwrapper.

Try this update: gangsters-fix.zip

[SirManson]

Tried the new update = same box as before..

I have Freesync turned off in my AMD software.
Tried to a different name on the .exe

Latest logs:
dxwrapper-gang.log
dxwrapper-gangsters.log

[SirManson]

Out of curiousity, im not a techie but what is the issue with the game?
Is it a windows problem or an old directx problem?

[elishacloud]

The issue with this game is that it merges GDI on top of DirectDraw. However, on newer OS's the interaction between GDI and DirectX don't work the same as it did in older OS's.

[SirManson]

Did you find time to look at my latest log?

[elishacloud]

I don't see anything wrong with your logs, per se. I also don't have AMD to test. I tried on both Nvidia and Intel and in both Windows 10 and Windows 11 and I am not seeing any issues. Try the following:

1. Use this latest update (I made a change that might help). Unzip all these files into the Gangsters folder overwriting any file that exists there already: dxwrapper.zip
2. Make sure that you run the game as Admin. See properties below.
3. Launch the game directly from the gangsters.exe file. Make sure not to use the GOG launcher.

Note: With this update I basically replaced the native IDirectDrawX::GetCaps() function with the one from dd7to9.