- Steam App
- Beachhead: DESERT WAR (614770)
- Event type
- patch note
- Published
- 26 November 2025 - 13:54:51 UTC
- Source
- steam_community_announcements
📢 Update: Modern Compatibility Fix for Beach Head 2000, 2002 & Desert War (2003) Hi everyone, We’re excited to release a long-awaited update that improves how all three Beach Head games run on modern systems — including Windows 10 and Windows 11. The original Beach Head titles were built more than 20 years ago using DirectDraw, a graphics technology that Windows no longer supports properly. As a result, many players experienced issues such as: Black screen on launch Tiny, unscaled window in the corner Crashes when entering gameplay Missing menu graphics Incorrect fullscreen behavior Stuttering or performance drops To solve this, we now bundle DDrawCompat v0.6.0, a widely used and trusted open-source DirectDraw compatibility layer. 🛠What’s New in This Update ✔ DDrawCompat v0.6.0 is now included with the game We now use DDrawCompat for both the menu and game executables of all three title...