diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d199333..46b8acc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 all:
-	i586-mingw32msvc-gcc -D_DEBUG -Wall -Wl,--enable-stdcall-fixup -shared -s -o ddraw.dll main.c palette.c surface.c clipper.c ddraw.def -lgdi32 -lopengl32
+	i586-mingw32msvc-gcc -Wall -Wl,--enable-stdcall-fixup -shared -s -o ddraw.dll main.c palette.c surface.c clipper.c ddraw.def -lgdi32 -lopengl32
 
 clean:
 	rm -f ddraw.dll
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 5de7f95..c9f5f25 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -64,8 +64,20 @@ HRESULT ddraw_SetCooperativeLevel(void *_This, HWND hWnd, DWORD dwFlags)
     fakeDirectDrawObject *This = (fakeDirectDrawObject *)_This;
     printf("DirectDraw::SetCooperativeLevel(This=%p, hWnd=0x%08X, dwFlags=0x%08X)\n", This, (unsigned int)hWnd, (unsigned int)dwFlags);
 
+    /* Red Alert for some weird reason does this on Windows XP */
+    if(hWnd == NULL)
+    {
+        return DDERR_INVALIDPARAMS;
+    }
+
     This->hWnd = hWnd;
 
+    if(IDirectDraw_SetCooperativeLevel(This->real_ddraw, hWnd, DDSCL_NORMAL) != DD_OK)
+    {
+        printf(" internal SetCooperativeLevel failed\n");
+        return DDERR_GENERIC;
+    }
+
     return DD_OK;
 }
 
@@ -77,6 +89,8 @@ HRESULT ddraw_SetDisplayMode(void *_This, DWORD width, DWORD height, DWORD bpp)
 
     This->width = width;
     This->height = height;
+    This->width = 1024;
+    This->height = 768;
     This->bpp = bpp;
 
     MoveWindow(This->hWnd, 0, 0, This->width, This->height, TRUE);
@@ -111,6 +125,7 @@ ULONG ddraw_Release(void *_This)
 
     if(This->Ref == 0)
     {
+        IDirectDraw_Release(This->real_ddraw);
         free(This);
         return 0;
     }
@@ -153,20 +168,40 @@ fakeDirectDraw iface =
     null  //WaitForVerticalBlank
 };
 
+int stdout_open = 0;
 HRESULT WINAPI DirectDrawCreate(GUID FAR* lpGUID, LPDIRECTDRAW FAR* lplpDD, IUnknown FAR* pUnkOuter) 
 {
 #if _DEBUG
-    freopen("stdout.txt", "w", stdout);
+    if(!stdout_open)
+    {
+        freopen("stdout.txt", "w", stdout);
+        setvbuf(stdout, NULL, _IONBF, 0);
+        stdout_open = 1;
+    }
 #endif
 
     printf("DirectDrawCreate(lpGUID=%p, lplpDD=%p, pUnkOuter=%p)\n", lpGUID, lplpDD, pUnkOuter);
 
     fakeDirectDrawObject *This = (fakeDirectDrawObject *)malloc(sizeof(fakeDirectDrawObject));
-    This->Ref = 1;
     This->Functions = &iface;
     This->hWnd = NULL;
     printf(" This = %p\n", This);
     *lplpDD = (LPDIRECTDRAW)This;
 
+    This->real_dll = LoadLibrary("system32\\ddraw.dll");
+    if(!This->real_dll)
+    {
+        return DDERR_UNSUPPORTED;
+    }
+
+    This->real_DirectDrawCreate = (HRESULT WINAPI (*)(GUID FAR*, LPDIRECTDRAW FAR*, IUnknown FAR*))GetProcAddress(This->real_dll, "DirectDrawCreate");
+    if(This->real_DirectDrawCreate(NULL, &This->real_ddraw, NULL) != DD_OK)
+    {
+        return DDERR_UNSUPPORTED;
+    }
+
+    This->Ref = 0;
+    ddraw_AddRef(This);
+
     return DD_OK;
 }
diff --git a/main.h b/main.h
index 397ea56..f70d239 100644
--- a/main.h
+++ b/main.h
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ typedef struct
 
     HWND hWnd;
 
+    HMODULE real_dll;
+    LPDIRECTDRAW real_ddraw;
+    HRESULT WINAPI (*real_DirectDrawCreate)(GUID FAR*, LPDIRECTDRAW FAR*, IUnknown FAR*);
+
 } fakeDirectDrawObject;
 
 #endif
diff --git a/palette.c b/palette.c
index 2a17cb0..ae77f69 100644
--- a/palette.c
+++ b/palette.c
@@ -39,7 +39,11 @@ HRESULT ddraw_palette_SetEntries(void *_This, DWORD dwFlags, DWORD dwStartingEnt
 
     for(i=0;i<256;i++)
     {
+#if USE_OPENGL
         This->data[i] = (lpEntries[i].peBlue<<16)|(lpEntries[i].peGreen<<8)|lpEntries[i].peRed;
+#else
+        This->data[i] = (lpEntries[i].peRed<<16)|(lpEntries[i].peGreen<<8)|(lpEntries[i].peBlue);
+#endif
     }
 
     return DD_OK;
@@ -55,7 +59,7 @@ ULONG ddraw_palette_AddRef(void *_This)
 {
     fakeDirectDrawPaletteObject *This = (fakeDirectDrawPaletteObject *)_This;
 
-    printf("DirectDraw::AddRef(This=%p)\n", This);
+    printf("DirectDrawPalette::AddRef(This=%p)\n", This);
 
     This->Ref++;
 
diff --git a/surface.c b/surface.c
index b44439d..044e392 100644
--- a/surface.c
+++ b/surface.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 HRESULT null();
 
 DWORD WINAPI ogl_Thread(void *_This);
+DWORD WINAPI dd_Thread(void *_This);
 void dump_ddsd(DWORD);
 void dump_ddscaps(DWORD);
 
@@ -52,20 +53,22 @@ ULONG ddraw_surface_Release(void *_This)
 
     if(This->Ref == 0)
     {
-        if(This->glThread)
+        if(This->dThread)
         {
-            This->glRun = FALSE;
+            This->dRun = FALSE;
             SetEvent(This->flipEvent);
-            WaitForSingleObject(This->glThread, INFINITE);
+            WaitForSingleObject(This->dThread, INFINITE);
         }
         if(This->surface)
         {
             free(This->surface);
         }
+#if USE_OPENGL
         if(This->glTex)
         {
             free(This->glTex);
         }
+#endif
         if(This->palette)
         {
             This->palette->Functions->Release(This->palette);
@@ -89,14 +92,17 @@ HRESULT ddraw_CreateSurface(void *_This, LPDDSURFACEDESC lpDDSurfaceDesc, LPDIRE
     Surface->Functions = &siface;
 
     /* private stuff */
-    Surface->hDC = NULL;
+    Surface->parent = This;
     Surface->bpp = This->bpp;
     Surface->surface = NULL;
-    Surface->glTex = NULL;
     Surface->caps = 0;
     Surface->palette = NULL;
-    Surface->glThread = NULL;
-    Surface->glRun = TRUE;
+    Surface->dThread = NULL;
+    Surface->dRun = TRUE;
+#if USE_OPENGL
+    Surface->hDC = NULL;
+    Surface->glTex = NULL;
+#endif
 
     if(lpDDSurfaceDesc->dwFlags & DDSD_CAPS)
     {
@@ -105,7 +111,11 @@ HRESULT ddraw_CreateSurface(void *_This, LPDDSURFACEDESC lpDDSurfaceDesc, LPDIRE
             Surface->width = This->width;
             Surface->height = This->height;
             Surface->hWnd = This->hWnd;
-            Surface->glThread = CreateThread(NULL, 0, ogl_Thread, (void *)Surface, 0, NULL);
+#if USE_OPENGL
+            Surface->dThread = CreateThread(NULL, 0, ogl_Thread, (void *)Surface, 0, NULL);
+#else
+            Surface->dThread = CreateThread(NULL, 0, dd_Thread, (void *)Surface, 0, NULL);
+#endif
         }
 
         dump_ddscaps(lpDDSurfaceDesc->ddsCaps.dwCaps);
@@ -123,7 +133,9 @@ HRESULT ddraw_CreateSurface(void *_This, LPDDSURFACEDESC lpDDSurfaceDesc, LPDIRE
         Surface->lPitch = Surface->width;
         Surface->lXPitch = Surface->bpp / 8;
         Surface->surface = malloc(Surface->width * Surface->height * Surface->lXPitch);
+#if USE_OPENGL
         Surface->glTex = malloc(Surface->width * Surface->height * sizeof(int));
+#endif
     }
 
     printf(" Surface = %p (%dx%d@%d)\n", Surface, (int)Surface->width, (int)Surface->height, (int)Surface->bpp);
@@ -308,6 +320,7 @@ fakeDirectDrawSurface siface =
     null  // ddraw_surface_UpdateOverlayZOrder
 };
 
+#if USE_OPENGL
 DWORD WINAPI ogl_Thread(void *_This)
 {
     int i,j;
@@ -325,13 +338,13 @@ DWORD WINAPI ogl_Thread(void *_This)
     pfd.cDepthBits = 16;
     pfd.iLayerType = PFD_MAIN_PLANE;
     SetPixelFormat( This->hDC, ChoosePixelFormat( This->hDC, &pfd ), &pfd );
-        
+
     This->hRC = wglCreateContext( This->hDC );
     wglMakeCurrent( This->hDC, This->hRC );
 
     This->flipEvent = CreateEvent(NULL, TRUE, FALSE, NULL);
 
-    while(This->glRun)
+    while(This->dRun)
     {
         WaitForSingleObject(This->flipEvent, INFINITE);
         ResetEvent(This->flipEvent);
@@ -369,6 +382,72 @@ DWORD WINAPI ogl_Thread(void *_This)
     return 0;
 }
 
+#else // if USE_OPENGL
+
+DWORD WINAPI dd_Thread(void *_This)
+{
+    int i,j;
+    fakeDirectDrawSurfaceObject *This = (fakeDirectDrawSurfaceObject *)_This;
+    DDSURFACEDESC ddsd;
+    LPDIRECTDRAWSURFACE primary;
+    LPDIRECTDRAWCLIPPER clipper;
+    DWORD width;
+    POINT pt;
+
+    memset(&ddsd, 0, sizeof(DDSURFACEDESC));
+    ddsd.dwSize = sizeof(DDSURFACEDESC);
+    ddsd.dwFlags = DDSD_CAPS;
+    ddsd.ddsCaps.dwCaps = DDSCAPS_PRIMARYSURFACE;
+
+    IDirectDraw_CreateSurface(This->parent->real_ddraw, &ddsd, &primary, NULL);
+
+    memset(&ddsd, 0, sizeof(DDSURFACEDESC));
+    ddsd.dwSize = sizeof(DDSURFACEDESC);
+    IDirectDrawSurface_GetSurfaceDesc(primary, &ddsd);
+
+    width = ddsd.dwWidth * ddsd.lPitch / (ddsd.dwWidth * ddsd.ddpfPixelFormat.dwRGBBitCount / 8);
+
+    IDirectDraw_CreateClipper(This->parent->real_ddraw, 0, &clipper, NULL);
+    IDirectDrawClipper_SetHWnd(clipper, 0, This->hWnd);
+    IDirectDrawSurface_SetClipper(primary, clipper);
+
+    This->flipEvent = CreateEvent(NULL, TRUE, FALSE, NULL);
+
+    while(This->dRun)
+    {
+        WaitForSingleObject(This->flipEvent, INFINITE);
+
+        if(!This->dRun)
+            break;
+
+        pt.x = pt.y = 0;
+        //ClientToScreen(This->hWnd, &pt);
+
+        if(IDirectDrawSurface_Lock(primary, NULL, &ddsd, DDLOCK_WRITEONLY|DDLOCK_WAIT, NULL) != DD_OK)
+            continue;
+
+        /* convert ddraw surface to opengl texture */
+        for(i=0; i<This->height; i++)
+        {
+            for(j=0; j<This->width; j++)
+            {
+                ((int *)ddsd.lpSurface)[(i+pt.y)*width+(j+pt.x)] = This->palette->data[((unsigned char *)This->surface)[i*This->lPitch + j*This->lXPitch]];
+            }
+        }
+
+        IDirectDrawSurface_Unlock(primary, NULL);
+
+        ResetEvent(This->flipEvent);
+    }
+
+    IDirectDrawClipper_Release(clipper);
+    IDirectDrawSurface_Release(primary);
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+#endif
+
 void dump_ddscaps(DWORD dwCaps)
 {
     if(dwCaps & DDSCAPS_PRIMARYSURFACE)
diff --git a/surface.h b/surface.h
index 672fda5..b7b24b3 100644
--- a/surface.h
+++ b/surface.h
@@ -75,20 +75,23 @@ typedef struct
     DWORD bpp;
     DWORD caps;
 
+    fakeDirectDrawObject *parent;
     fakeDirectDrawPaletteObject *palette;
 
     void *surface;
     DWORD lPitch;
     DWORD lXPitch;
 
-    HANDLE glThread;
-    BOOL glRun;
+    HWND hWnd;
+    HANDLE dThread;
+    BOOL dRun;
     HANDLE flipEvent;
 
-    HWND hWnd;
+#if USE_OPENGL
     HDC hDC;
     HGLRC hRC;
     int *glTex;
+#endif
 
     ULONG Ref;