Soldiers: Heroes of World War II

Soldiers: Heroes of World War II

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How to run the game in Windows 10 without changing your resolution
By Loktar
Easy way to run the game if you have multiple monitors, or don't want to change your default resolution (widescreen monitor users like myself).
   
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Getting the game to start
This has been covered in other guides, find your game location which should be located here

<drive letter>:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Soldiers Heroes of World War 2\

  • Find Soldiers.exe right click, go to properties

  • choose compatibility and then Windows XP








Getting the game to run without messing with the resolution
You need DXWnd for this you can get it here at sourceforge[sourceforge.net]

Launch DXWnd as administrator since SHOWW2 has to launch using admin for Windows XP compatibility settings.

Once DXWnd has launched go to edit and Add



Use the following options, there are a few things to note here however.

Paste YOUR path to the game and EXE in path and launch, so like this for both,

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Soldiers Heroes of World War 2\Soldiers.exe

Replace C: with the drive your game is installed on.

Make sure Run in Window is checked

The X and Y arent too important since you can move the window around. However make sure W and H are 1920 and 1080, this is the highest resolution the game allows.




Then go to the Video tab and choose thin frame under window style, this will allow you to grab and move the window. Also it's a good idea to set Initial resolution to 1920x1080. The rest of the options aren't necessary to change.




Now close the settings window and right click the SHOWW2 Icon in DXWnd and choose run. Enjoy the game it should be working perfectly for you!

11 Comments
Blitzkrieger 5 Jul, 2024 @ 11:35pm 
oh my god tu
desert 5 Jul, 2024 @ 3:21pm 
If it still not working for you, try installing DirectPlay through "windows features" functionality (legacy features paragraph).
Blitzkrieger 3 Sep, 2022 @ 10:18am 
program did'n want to run it!
Blitzkrieger 3 Sep, 2022 @ 5:21am 
i have windows 11
Blitzkrieger 3 Sep, 2022 @ 5:21am 
is not working for me too :steamsad:
Loktar  [author] 13 Jun, 2022 @ 5:47pm 
@zocker ugh I hit delete by mistake on your comment, for those who didn't see it,

I created a resolution and widescreen hack, which solves this problem, check out my post here:

https://gtm.you1.cn/app/11480/discussions/0/3191363272404839504
Finn [™۞] 24 Nov, 2021 @ 10:50pm 
is not working for me...
AndrewT 12 Aug, 2021 @ 1:54pm 
This soultion works for me sort of, at least I'm not stuck with 1024x768 anymore. I have two issues however:
- If I want to increase the level of detail, and try to enter graphics options, the game crashes. I believe this could be done externally, editing the "options" file in the profile folder.
- If I would like to play multiplayer, GameRanger takes control of starting the game, it doesn't really work through dxwnd. I have no idea how to overcome this.
If you have any suggestion or experience, please, don't hold any wise words back : )
pingu 22 Jan, 2020 @ 1:51pm 
Does this solve the problem of railway tracks not appearing in the game? could you please guide thanks in advance :)
. 11 Sep, 2019 @ 5:22pm 
How or can play on a windows 10 laptop at 1920x1080 because if there is a way I can't find it I get the message program will be terminated and when I followed the instructions provided I did not see anything that had said compatilbility or how ever you spell that so I am stuck I tried to get a refund waited more than a day never heard back