Kurka Wodna - Game Mod - DDrawCompat v.0.7.1 - Download

DDrawCompat is a open source project by Narzoul.

Description:

DDrawCompat is a DLL wrapper aimed at fixing compatibility and performance issues with the DirectX 1-7 graphics APIs. Partially supports GDI as well. There is no API conversion involved, most of the rendering is still done by the native DirectX 1-7 and GDI libraries.

Requirements

1. Windows Vista, 7, 8, 10 or 11
2. CPU with SSE2 support
3. GPU with Shader Model 3 support

Additional requirements for Windows Vista and 7 only:

1. WDDM-compatible graphics driver - the legacy XPDM drivers are no longer supported (since v0.3.0)
2. Desktop Composition must be enabled

Installation

Download the latest version. Unzip the file and copy the extracted ddraw.dll to the target game's install directory, next to where the main executable (.exe) file is located.

If there is already an existing ddraw.dll file there, it is probably another DirectDraw wrapper intended to fix some issues with the game. You can try to replace it with DDrawCompat's ddraw.dll, but make sure you create a backup of the original file first.

Once you start the game, a log file should be created in the same directory with the name DDrawCompat-exename.log (or ddraw.log in versions prior to v0.3.0). If no log file is created, then DDrawCompat was not picked up by the game (or logging was disabled via configuration) - check the wiki for possible solutions.

Uninstallation

Delete DDrawCompat's ddraw.dll file from the game's directory. You can also delete any leftover log files (DDrawCompat-*.log or ddraw.log).

Configuration

Starting with v0.4.0, configuration is supported through text files, and partially through an in-game overlay. Check the wiki for details.

For various reasons, the below cases are not supported:

1. Games that require an internet connection
2. Insider preview builds of Windows
3. Running Windows in any sort of virtualized/emulated environment, e.g. in a virtual machine or through Wine
4. Running DDrawCompat in combination with other wrappers/hooks, including overlays or video recorders (desktop screen recorders should work when using the FullscreenMode=borderless setting, assuming they can record layered windows)
5. Applications that mix other graphics APIs with DirectX 1-7, e.g. DirectX 8+, OpenGL, Vulkan, Glide, etc.

• Last update: Thursday, January 29, 2026
• Genre: Arcade
• File size: 1 MB