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DirectPlayGames

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The easiest way to work around any DirectPlay issue is to install the native version

winetricks directplay

This is a list of games known to use DirectPlay and what functions are needed to be implemented.

List of games that use DirectPlay 8

Game Comments
Civilization III IDirectPlay8Peer -> Connect, EnumHosts, EnumPlayersAndGroups, Host, ReturnBuffer, Send
Freelancer IDirectPlay8Client -> CancelAsyncOperation (All DPNCANCEL_ENUM types)

Couldn't get a game server running.

Northland - Cultures 3 IDirectPlay8Peer -> Close, Host
Heroes of Might and Magic IV IDirectPlay8Peer -> EnumHosts, Host
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl IDirectPlay8Client -> Enumhost (synchronously), Connect, GetApplicationDesc, Send

IDirectPlay8Server -> Host

Warlords: Battlecry III IDirectPlay8ThreadPool -> Initialize,SetThreadCount, DoWork

IDirectPlay8Peer -> EnumServiceProviders, CancelAsyncOperation, EnumHosts, Host


List of games that use DirectPlay

Game DX version Comments
Baldur's Gate II 7 DPWSCB_ -> EnumSessions, Open, ShutdownEx

DP_ -> InvokeEnumSessionCallbacks, SecureOpen
NS_ -> SendSessionRequestBroadcast

Commandos 2: Men of Courage 5 DP_ -> InitializeDPSP, InvokeEnumSessionCallbacks

NS_ -> SendSessionRequestBroadcast

Worms 2 5 CreateCompoundAddress -> Don't error on unknown GUIDS


Games to Confirm

  • Chris Sawyer's Locomotion
  • Homeworld 2
  • Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds
  • John Deere North American Farmer


A list of Affected Applications that caused by missing directplay implementation.

This page was last edited on 3 March 2017, at 08:37.