I just down loaded this game from GOG when i started the game it's not full screen what do i have to do to get it full screen? or can I ..

I don't know why it didn't change resolution automatically on your computer. I think the Dracula 3 game's resolution is 1024x768, and it should scale to the height of your screen. If your monitor doesn't have a setting to do this, check your video card options to see if there's anything to do with scaling.

I don't know why you'd have this issue with the GOG version if you didn't have it with the CD version -- unless GOG tweaked something to make the game more compatible. Some people like playing games in a window.

You could also check the game folder and see if there's an .ini file or .conf file or .cfg file that can be opened and read in Notepad and which states if the game is run windowed or not.

thanks ,my screen 1440x900 is that ok.

I found a discussion about this issue on the GOG forum here.

That's the same forum discussion I found too. Mine plays in full screen, but it is installed from the old disks. I have the mouse lag they describe. Dracula Resurrection and The Last Sanctuary play better on my Windows 10 than this one does.

I guess I will just play on .

Well someone did report a fix for the full screen in that thread:

Edit config.ini in the game's installed folder, and change: "bFullscreen=0" to "bFullscreen=1"

They still had problems with lag though.

thanks -can't find game install folder for this game but all the others yes -odd..

After reading this thread , I got curious , & installed the game . I did make the full screen change in the config file . Everything was fine , no cursor stuttering , sound , or video issues .Myself , I use an AMD video card . I do remember that some time ago , the game behaved very oddly , especially with new Nvidia drivers . If memory serves further , Both Microids & Nvidia kept blaming each other for the issue , & said issue was never resolved . Perhaps that is the case here ?

As I remember, Nvidia drivers were the culprit... but I'm not sure.

It was Nvidia drivers that caused this problem. It was not Microids, however, but Kheops. This game was one of a handful of Kheops games that were affected.

'Scuse the heck out of me then

Wouldn't surprise me if Nvidia messed up both Kheops' games and other games published by Microids. Nvidia drivers have broken compatibility at several points in time, with Nvidia's "latest" drivers causing problems in various games (not just adventure games). In cases where the game is an older one, Nvidia may never fix the problem and you have to go back to using older drivers. I remember in the GeForce 2/3/4 era there was a problem with game screens being way too dark in many games (not just adventure games), and the problem persisted through many of Nvidia's drivers revisions without them fixing it. I ended up replacing my Nvidia card with an ATI card to get rid of the problem, so I don't know if they ever fixed it or whether "go back to older drivers" was the only fix.

Hi everybody,
I just installed Dracula 3 (boxed dvd version) on my Win 10 pc, which has an AMD video card. As predicted, I'm getting the "flickering" on the screen all the time. I have tried all of the suggestions listed on this thread, including the Window option in config.ini. I get sound but a black screen, so now I'm back to full screen again, still with flickering. Any other suggestions that would "fix" this problem would be greatly appreciated. My wife's pc has the Vista operating system. I might try that next. Have any of you played this game on a Vista PC, and if so, did it work for you (without the flicker)? WHEW!!!!!
Sandy

I do remember in my Vista days , playing Dracula 3 with no issues . I do remember having an AMD video then . During my last run on Win 10 , I had the flickering issue in full screen (my card is an AMD RX 480 8gb) . I went back to Win 7 , no flickering at all .I did make the full screen config change .I should note however , that in my case , the flickering in Win 10 full screen mode , happened with both my boxed & GOG versions . I haven't used an Nvidia card in a long time , so I can't really say how a newer Nvidia card & drivers would perform .

Apparently this "flicker" problem with Windows 10 and older games isn't limited to Dracula 3. Here's a thread about Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
https://steamcommunity.com/app/19830/discussions/0/520518053446830141/
It's possible that some of the suggestions in the 2nd post might help -- like disabling vsync (in your video card's properties) or restricting the game to use a single processor.

Also a gamer at GOG forums claimed that changing the desktop color depth from 32-bit to 16-bit helped with stutter in the Dracula games.
https://www.gog.com/forum/dracula_series/dracula_fscreen_lickering

It's possible that using a Vista computer might help, if for no other reason than that the computer is older and isn't using Windows 10 drivers.

Thanks everybody, for your valued input. I guess I'll install this game on my wife's Vista PC and give it a try. At this moment I can't remember what video card is installed in her pc, but I sure will find out tomorrow.Of course I'll be starting the game from the beginning, but i'm not too far along in this game anyway. Wish me luck! LOL. I'll give you an update by tomorrow.
Sandy

SUCCESS
The game is running perfectly on the Vista PC. NO FLICKER! I guess that WIN 10 just doesn't like this game. I just started to play it from the beginning, so thank you all for your input. HAPPY GAMING!
Sandy

The Dracula 3 game box does list Vista.
I don't know if the problem is with Windows 10 itself or with poor video drivers for Windows 10.

Hope you enjoy it.

Thanks Jenny,
I AM enjoying it, and I've just caught up to the part that I was up to when it was on my WIN 10 pc. I'm "forging ahead" now. LOL
Sandy

Good for you, Sandy!

I now have that flickering problem on almost all Kheops games :(

I have Windows 7 x64 and nVidia card. Still, I do remember that the problem in question was indeed due to nVidia drivers - I had it before on drivers released between something like August 2015 and April 2016 (but not on older or newer drivers). However, I tried different drivers now, including those that used to work for me before, but no luck. Nothing helps - including compatibilities and drivers' tweaks. Only forcing the window mode (instead of fullscreen) works - but that is really not comfortable to play with.

All the newer titles are affected: "The Secret of Da Vinci", "Nostradamus", "Return to Mysterious Island 2", "Treasure Island", "Cleopatra", "Dracula 3" and "Safecracker".
Older games run fine: "Return to Mysterious Island", "Egypt 3", "Echo: The Lost Cavern" and "Journey to the Moon".

I have tried both switching to 16-bit color depth and the mentioned d3d8.dll fix for Windows 10 - nothing worked for me...

Thanks for the great information, Iruii...

That's interesting, Iurii. From your list, Kheops games from 2006 and later are affected by flicker while those from 2004 and 2005 are not. Did Kheops increase their games' resolution in 2006?

Are you using the original disc versions of the games? Downloads may have been "updated" in some way.

Have you checked whether the Nvidia drivers are using specific per-game settings for any of the games that work vs those that have flicker?

Sometimes installing new drivers changes default settings, and going back to the older drivers doesn't necessarily change the settings back to the original defaults.

Have you checked whether Vsync is enabled or disabled in the games that work properly vs those that have flicker?

I found this old thread on GameBoomers where this problem was being discussed. It's been plaguing gamers with NVidia cards for a good long while now.