Unlagged graphics with ddraw driver for RA2/YR

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for me the game ONLY lags if there are at least 2 brutal Yuris in a Skirmish game.
that ddraw.dll better fix THAT or it's useless.

I don't think YR uses any hw acceleration... I got one of the heaviest GPUs that are out there (GeForce 7900 GTX), can play TES4Oblivion on full detail level without any lags (for instance), and as said above, with 2 brutal Yuris, the game's unplayable on max speed.
it's the game engine that sucks, not directx

about DirectDrawCreate and ~Ex, there's no big difference except that the ~Ex gives you a couple of options that non-Ex doesn't give.
DirectDrawCreate isn't outdated, just that since DirectX8, there is no DirectDraw anymore.