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Phoenix-D said:
The thing is SE4 doesn't -use- DirectDraw. Or DirectX for that matter..Starfury does, and as you say it supports changing resolution on startup.
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Hard for me to imagine, but obviously must be true. I certainly have noticed that Starfury has the feature I am looking for.
Anyhow FWIW, I've found a batch file that does work on Windows XP, although at least with the demo, it still borks my desktop. The real game should arrive early next week, and I still have hopes I can make it work with the real game, while leaving my desktop clean.
Here's the reference where I found my batch file, it also requires downloading and installing a freeware program called Multires. Multires' purpose in life is to replace the functionality of deskcp16.dll (referenced in the original post), which apparently is only available in some Versions of Windows 9x.
Batch File:
http://jeffwalso.tripod.com/batch.htm
Company that provides Multires:
http://www.entechtaiwan.com
Here's my current Version of "RunSE4.bat":
"C:\Program Files\MultiRes\MultiRes.exe" /1024,768,32 /exit
se4.exe
"C:\Program Files\MultiRes\MultiRes.exe" /restore
pause
Edit:
Added Entech link
Corrected batch script (needs the "pause" at the end)