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Direct draw error
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2001 5:28 pm
by WW2O
Downloaded v5.01 downloaded the vid988
extraced both ... vid to /snd/stream tried to run but its a no go
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2001 8:51 pm
by Paul Vebber
Diresct Draw errors are caused by the making Direct Draw cals that the cuurent version of Direct draw you have, or your video card drive can;t understand. I would reinistall DirectX (v7 or higher) and your video card driver.
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2001 10:35 pm
by WW2O
got direct x 8 installed. still no go
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2001 11:15 pm
by Paul Vebber
What's you system config? It has to be something particular to your machine. I assume your drivers are up to date, but with the size of hard drives these days, file corruption is always a possibility. I'd reinstall your video drivers, then the game.
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2001 11:35 pm
by WW2O
celeron 466
ram 328
riva tnt 2 xentor 16 meg.
All drivers up to date.
will reinstall drivers and then again the game.
downloaded v5.2..and the v6.1
still won't work
exact error is "direct draw initilizing error -x (and here a big number)"
anyone else ever have this problem ?
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2001 1:22 am
by Marc von Martial
For your TNT2 card I recommend you to get the latest Detonator driver pack from NVIDIA
www.nvidia.com
The Detonator drivers solved my direct draw errors that I had with Close Combat when I upgraded to W2k.
Hope this helps
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2001 4:54 am
by WW2O
detonator installed still gives same error ...could the download be corrupt?
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2001 5:42 am
by Paul Vebber
I doubt the file got corrupted, or you would get errors installing, but its possible. How long has it been since you installed windows. If you use your PC several hours a day, after 4-6 months I've found Windows 9x gets corrupted and needs to be reloaded. Are you getting other "blue screen of death" errors? I've found taking the hard drive down to reformat and reinstall everything makes a world of difference.
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2001 6:57 am
by Supervisor
Some gamers have beaten the Direct Draw bug by uninstalling SPWAW completlely, right down to directory removal, rebooting and reinstalling SPWAW fresh never to see the bug again. It's worth a try.
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2001 2:52 am
by WW2O
THX!
The uninstall didnt help . But manually delteing everything helpen . Thx guys see u on the battlefield someday
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2001 4:13 am
by Supervisor
WW20: Does that mean your good to go and it's working or is additional help required?
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2001 8:11 pm
by Larry Holt
What OS are you running?
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2001 2:08 am
by WW2O
the game works .
thx
os: win 98