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Post by Matt on Jan 17, 2016 16:31:44 GMT -5
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Post by JB on Nov 19, 2016 16:44:46 GMT -5
Hey Matt, thanks for your suggestion to use dwxnd on NHL open ice  loved the game and found it this morning in my basement but coulndt make it work on win10 but thanks to your suggestion it works like a charm Keep up the good work regards from the netherlands JB |
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Post by JB on Nov 19, 2016 16:47:18 GMT -5
ps it seems you and i played similar games when we were young  |
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Post by Matt on Nov 20, 2016 17:14:43 GMT -5
Thanks JB! Warmest regards from the US. I think you and I might be the only two people who have played this. Lol |
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Post by DSgamby on Feb 14, 2017 15:46:14 GMT -5
I had it working but then it wouldn't show anything full screen. The same as for the NHL games I had. I checked Run in Window and changed the settings to my desktop resolution fixed it.
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Post by Matt on Feb 14, 2017 19:36:23 GMT -5
Wish I could find a real solution for the crash bug and eliminate the need for dxwnd altogether. I actually did have a working fix years ago, for Win XP, but it doesn't work on 8 or 10.  |
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Post by Matt on Feb 15, 2017 13:46:10 GMT -5
DS, does OpenIce run sluggishly at all for you?
I hadn't tried playing this game in a while -- like, one Windows operating system and at least two versions of dxwnd ago. lol. Tried playing it last night and noticed it didn't look smooth. Loaded an FPS counter and saw it was only running at 15 FPS.
Under the DirectX tab, I changed the emulation setting from Primary Surface to Hybrid, and that took the FPS from 15 all the way to 50...just wondering if yours acts anything remotely like that, or if it's just me.
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Post by DSgamby on Feb 15, 2017 17:24:58 GMT -5
Works fine for me. I will look at my settings to see and post what the FPS is.
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Post by DSgamby on Feb 15, 2017 21:57:13 GMT -5
I hit 27. Changed it to Hybrid and it hit 50.
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Post by Matt on Feb 17, 2017 0:34:23 GMT -5
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Post by dusan on Jul 4, 2017 10:41:21 GMT -5
hi Matt, this thing works!! you are a life saver. this is for me and my friend a game we've been playing for 15+ years (I am 36now). We play "100 win tournaments", safe to say we are way over 2-3thousands games so far  we do play other games, but this one has a special place in our hearts. the 1st quarter crash was pain in the ass, but we had a clean copy of xp to boot from, and it worked from there pretty good. now it was uninstalled and we had problems with xp installation and found this and it works. great. thank you for the tip |
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Post by xChester77 on Sept 30, 2017 17:01:03 GMT -5
Hi, great site.
The dxwnd fix is not working for me. the game runs at playable frame rate thanks to dxwnd but the crash persists.
I am running:
amd 6300 cpu
16 gb ram
geforce 1060 3GB
any other ideas?
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Post by xChester77 on Sept 30, 2017 17:10:41 GMT -5
I forgot to mention:
Win 10 Pro 64 bit
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Post by xChester77 on Sept 30, 2017 18:18:23 GMT -5
I got it to stop crashing.
Instructions work well, but there must be some issue with latest version of DxWnd (2_04_47).
I checked the last modified date on the fix page and saw it was 2/16/17.
I decided to try a version of DxWnd from 2/17 (2_04_14) and it worked as described in the fix.
I read that at least one person is tired of running DxWnd before running OPENICE.exe.
If you paste this into a batch file (correcting path of course) in your Open Ice folder it will automate the startup process and kill dxwnd at the end.
If you don't know how to create a batch file:
Right Mouse Click on empty spot in Open Ice folder
Select New -> Text Document
Rename New Text Document.txt to OpenIce.bat
Right Mouse Click on OpenIce.bat and select "Edit"
Paste below into OpenIce.bat and save when you are done.
Don't forget to change PATH_TO_DXWND to the actual path to DXWND.
Example: "D:\Program Files\2_04_14_Build\dxwnd.exe"
I'm pinging the loop back address on the local PC just to give DXWND time to come up before OPENICE.EXE is launched.
OpenIce.bat:
copy "C:\PATH_TO_DXWND\dxwnd.ini" .
start /B "dxwnd" "C:\PATH_TO_DXWND\dxwnd.exe"
ping -n 3 127.0.0.1
OPENICE.EXE
taskkill /IM dxwnd.exe
You can create a shortcut to OpenIce.bat on your desktop if you want.
I changed the icon to use the same icon as OPENICE.EXE.
Thanks for your time.
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Post by Matt on Oct 4, 2017 0:03:58 GMT -5
Thanks for that post Chester, great info. I wasn't aware they'd changed up dxwnd that much. It's quite a bit different.
Open Ice still works for me with the latest version, but I had to click options and then select Expert mode before it would let me select the compatibility tab and the handle exceptions fix. It stays hidden otherwise. Kind of silly if you ask me, but no one did. =)
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