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[Nightingale1]

Hey guys,

I made a windowed version of Commandos 3 GOG executable. I tested it on Windows 10 x64.

I liked it to be clean just like Commandos 2, with movable/minimizable window and without using any third-party apps.

 

Make sure the executable is named "Commandos3.exe" and set the Compatibility settings like in the picture:

 

Parameters

You can set the parameters in "DATA\VAR.DAT" file:

INT        SCREEN_WIDTH      1024 # In-game Screen Width
INT        SCREEN_HEIGHT     768  # In-game Screen Height

Changes in R3:

Can change resolution by modifying VAR.DAT.

NOTE: The executable file size is increased by almost 200KB to allow adding new code and data.

 

Changes in R2:

The window is no longer top-most.

Attached Files

•  Commandos3.Windowed.R3.7z   2.06MB   3601 downloads

Edited by Nightingale1, 05 April 2016 - 12:31 PM.

[SirRH]

Nice worked on Windows 7 too although had to change desktop to 16-bit otherwise would crash

Edited by robb, 31 March 2016 - 12:10 PM.

[Nightingale1]

Nice worked on Windows 7 too although had to change desktop to 16-bit otherwise would crash

 

Glad to hear it worked!

 

Didn't the 16-bit compatibility option work?

 

Actually I tried to change the game visual mode to 32-bit, but then some textures would be messed up. I gave up as there were many changes to be made in the executable and might make it unstable (more than it already is).

Edited by Nightingale1, 31 March 2016 - 04:17 PM.

[SirRH]

 

Nice worked on Windows 7 too although had to change desktop to 16-bit otherwise would crash

 

Glad to hear it worked!

 

Didn't the 16-bit compatibility option work?

 

Actually I tried to change the game visual mode to 32-bit, but then some textures would be messed up. I gave up as there were many changes to be made in the executable and might make it unstable (more than it already is).

 

 

In windows 7 there is no 16-bit option in compatibility you have to do it in display settings, and yeah c2 is a little buggy in 32-bit window too it makes the rest of my programs flicker

[Nightingale1]

 

In windows 7 there is no 16-bit option in compatibility you have to do it in display settings

 

Ah, sorry didn't know that.

 

 

c2 is a little buggy in 32-bit window too it makes the rest of my programs flicker

 

I had problems with c2 in windowed mode too like black cursor and crashes, but copying ddraw.dll from DDrawCompat fixed them for me. Maybe it fixes your problem too?

[SirRH]

Yes that made windowed mode much better and stopped the flickering stuff, thanks!

[stankan]

Where is the file?

[Nightingale1]

Where is the file?

 

Oops, I forgot to attach the R3 version. I just attached it.

[stankan]

Ok, but resolution don't change with VAR.DAT modifications. How do it?

[Nightingale1]

Ok, but resolution don't change with VAR.DAT modifications. How do it?

 

Have you set the variables like the example in the first post?

 

Menu resolution is still 800x600. The parameters only change the in-game resolution.

[DynamoDucky]

Hey guys,

I made a windowed version of Commandos 3 GOG executable. I tested it on Windows 10 x64.

I liked it to be clean just like Commandos 2, with movable/minimizable window and without using any third-party apps.

 

Make sure the executable is named "Commandos3.exe" and set the Compatibility settings like in the picture:

c3.windowed.jpg

 

Parameters

You can set the parameters in "DATA\VAR.DAT" file:

INT        SCREEN_WIDTH      1024 # In-game Screen Width
INT        SCREEN_HEIGHT     768  # In-game Screen Height

Changes in R3:

Can change resolution by modifying VAR.DAT.

NOTE: The executable file size is increased by almost 200KB to allow adding new code and data.

 

Changes in R2:

The window is no longer top-most.

 

Hi,

Thanks for that work.

Your fix works but the window is tiny. How can I change the resolution if I have no VAR.DAT file in my folder (actually, there's no such file on my computer at all)?

Maybe with a command line?

 

Ducky

[SirRH]

 

Hey guys,

I made a windowed version of Commandos 3 GOG executable. I tested it on Windows 10 x64.

I liked it to be clean just like Commandos 2, with movable/minimizable window and without using any third-party apps.

 

Make sure the executable is named "Commandos3.exe" and set the Compatibility settings like in the picture:

c3.windowed.jpg

 

Parameters

You can set the parameters in "DATA\VAR.DAT" file:

INT        SCREEN_WIDTH      1024 # In-game Screen Width
INT        SCREEN_HEIGHT     768  # In-game Screen Height

Changes in R3:

Can change resolution by modifying VAR.DAT.

NOTE: The executable file size is increased by almost 200KB to allow adding new code and data.

 

Changes in R2:

The window is no longer top-most.

 

Hi,

Thanks for that work.

Your fix works but the window is tiny. How can I change the resolution if I have no VAR.DAT file in my folder (actually, there's no such file on my computer at all)?

Maybe with a command line?

 

Ducky

 

Need to create your own, make a empty text file in the Commandos 3\Data folder, and copy the parametres he listed inside it, and change the resolution numbers to what you want (can make the game crash or have issues if resolution is too high, I usually use 1280x720), then save it as VAR.DAT

Edited by robb, 28 April 2016 - 08:18 PM.

[DynamoDucky]

Thank you, I expected the file was missing because the Steam version was different from other available releases.

[Salvadorc17]

Have you set the variables like the example in the first post?
 
Menu resolution is still 800x600. The parameters only change the in-game resolution.

Just tested this version, but it does crash upon start, using Windows 7 64 bits..