The old article with descriptions of various glitches fixed by the ddraw patch follows. Depending on your version of Windows you may encounter some display glitches when connecting to War2.ru. This article provides an overview… Read the full article
Display
Black Bars Around the Screen (aspect ratio issue)
Warcraft II displays at 640×480 pixels which is a 4:3 aspect ratio. Since most newer computer monitors use a 16:9 aspect ratio the game won’t fully fill the screen by default and instead appears centered… Read the full article
How to install the ddraw color fix (all Windows versions)
In Dec 2015 aqrit released a new version of ddraw.dll specifically for Warcraft II which fixes 100% of the common display glitches that tend to happen on Windows. The fix will eventually be included in future versions… Read the full article
Black Screen with Small Window in Top Left Corner
This is a somewhat common problem that seems to be related to Windows 10 + graphic drivers. Here’s how you can fix it: Right click on desktop and select “Display properties” Once that opens click… Read the full article