Month: December 2024

While the game has been fixed for Windows 10 with a patch released by the developers in September 2023, it still crashes on Windows 11 24H2.

The first part of the workaround has been posted by Cíphęr廾awK on the Steam forums, while the 2nd part is based on my own troubleshooting.

1. Download dgVoodoo2
2. copy all DLLs from the ZIP’s subfolders 3DFX/x86 and MS/x86 and the “dgVoodooCpl.exe” from the root to the “game” subfolder of where the game is installed.
3. Config dgVoodoo2 according to this screenshot https://share.getcloudapp.com/qGuDyGmx (GIF)
4. – Under Config folder/running instance make sure to add the games location that you pulled earlier and make sure it is selected.
   – You want to make your changes to the configuration and then click on “apply”
5. Switch to the “DirectX” tab, and make the following settings:
   Particularly important is to disable the options “dgVoodoo Watermark” or else you have a watermark in the game, and “Disable Alt-Enter to toggle screen state, or else you will never be able to switch the game to fullscreen mode.
6. Set the following compatibility settings for “game.exe”:

This has been performed using the GOG release of the game, works for the Steam version as well, however:

There are 2 errors you will run into on Windows 11 24H2, especially when you run the game on “HD, 2K or higher resolutions”:

-MFC RESIZE ERROR
-“SWAT MFC Appliaction has to close”

The first is happening due to the mission briefing FMVs being in Indeo movie codec which is old and obsolete and no longer updated. Hence installing an old codec presents a security risk.
There is however a mod that can be downloaded, tocompletely replace them all with re-encoded versions that use the popular XVID codec.

Download the replacement movies from The Mod Database:

http://www.moddb.com/games/police-quest-swat-2/downloads/swat2-xvid-movies

The 2nd error happens once characters and weapons have been selected and you want to start the scenario!

ou need to skrink the screen.

It should look like this:

http://i.imgur.com/3OLvf20.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/GtWgkPN.jpg

After the scenario is successfully running you can put the window on fullscreen again and reposition and resize the elements within the window to your liking!

Credits for both fixes go to users Max Payne and Slippery_Jim_ in the Steam forum thread MFC Application ERROR