Emperor Reborn - launcher for Emperor: Battle for Dune on Windows 10/11 with fullscreen scaling and DDNS multiplayer

[azmawee]

Hi FED2K folks,

For anyone who's tried to get Emperor: Battle for Dune running on Windows 10/11, I've been working on a launcher called Emperor Reborn that addresses the common compatibility issues. It builds on wheybags' patch foundation but adds a few features I wanted personally:

- Fullscreen scaling instead of pillarboxing on 4K monitors
- DDNS/hostname support for multiplayer (useful if your home IP rotates)
- Bundled launcher UI for selecting resolution without editing config files
- Self-contained, no VC++ Redist required

Release and source: https://github.com/azmawee/EmperorReborn
Install guide: https://azmawee.github.io/EmperorReborn/

Same approach as wheybags' original patch: you bring your own game files and the official EA 1.09 patch. Nothing copyrighted is redistributed.

If anyone here still plays online multiplayer or wants to test the DDNS handling, I'd appreciate feedback. The Co-op Campaign mode is also restored.

Credit to wheybags for the original Windows compatibility groundwork that made this kind of project feasible. Not affiliated with EA or Westwood.