Beowulf
Kay... I ran a better test. I played with and without ddraw.dll on my W98SE machine and saw absolutely no difference whatsoever between the two visually, nor did I notice any substantial changes with the DLL 'applied.' In other words, it did nothing for W98SE.
I ran RA2 and YR both on my WXPHome machine and noticed a major difference in play speed with the DLL 'applied.' The game played no slower than usual and did not lag at the usual times.
It seems XP can actually use this to some degree while 98 just doesn't see any benefits, not that animation lag was all that bad in the first place. It's up to the user, I suppose. This may not be enough for stubborn gits like Renegade but whatever.
I ran RA2 and YR both on my WXPHome machine and noticed a major difference in play speed with the DLL 'applied.' The game played no slower than usual and did not lag at the usual times.
It seems XP can actually use this to some degree while 98 just doesn't see any benefits, not that animation lag was all that bad in the first place. It's up to the user, I suppose. This may not be enough for stubborn gits like Renegade but whatever.
I'm what Willis was talkin' about.