D3DWindower Alternatives
D3DWindower is described as 'Forced window mode for D3D/DirectDraw applications' and is an app. There are four alternatives to D3DWindower for Windows. The best D3DWindower alternative is DxWnd, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like D3DWindower are WinExplorer, zeckensack's Glide Wrapper and DirectX OpenGL Wrapper.
- Free • Proprietary
7 DxWnd alternativesWindows hooker - intercepts system calls to make fullscreen programs running in a window, to support a better compatibility, to enhance video modes and to stretch timing. It is tipically very useful to run old windows games.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Windows
DxWnd VS D3DWindower
5 WinExplorer alternativesFor every window in the hierarchy, you can view its properties, like handle, class name, caption, size, position and more. You can also modify some properties, like Caption and Visible/Enabled.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
Country of Origin
Israel
Platforms
- Windows
WinExplorer Features
WinExplorer VS D3DWindower
It implements and emulates the 3dfx Voodoo cards' native Glide2 and Glide3 APIs on top of OpenGL
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
DiscontinuedNo longer updated since June 2005
zeckensack's Glide Wrapper Features
zeckensack's Glide Wrapper VS D3DWindower
DirectX OpenGL Wrapper emulates API calls thru OpenGL commands and other platform specific commands in order to run DirectX 8 application running on other platform than Windows.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Country of Origin
France
EU
Platforms
- Windows
DiscontinuedNo updates since 2003 : https://sourceforge.net/projects/dxglwrap/files/dxglwrap/
DirectX OpenGL Wrapper Features
DirectX OpenGL Wrapper VS D3DWindower
