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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => FS2 Open Coding - The Source Code Project (SCP) => Topic started by: Hellbender on May 06, 2003, 07:44:02 am

Title: Failure to create device?!!
Post by: Hellbender on May 06, 2003, 07:44:02 am

Is there a fix for this?
I was unable to find anything in the other posts so far.  I get that error whenever I try to open any version of FS open newer than 3.5.1.  I have tried every release I could download from the fsscp site and no luck.  I've also tried every video mode.  Nothing lets them run on my system.

Any suggestions folks?

System specs:  

800 P3
1gig ram
WinXP Pro
GF4200Ti

Thanks!

Title: Failure to create device?!!
Post by: bottomfan on May 06, 2003, 07:44:44 am

I get this to.

Ive just posted in on Bugzilla.

Title: Failure to create device?!!
Post by: bottomfan on May 06, 2003, 09:54:57 am

See http://fs2source.warpcore.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=80
OpenGL is to blame...

Title: Failure to create device?!!
Post by: Hellbender on May 07, 2003, 01:56:20 pm

:thwack!:

Any ideas?

Title: Failure to create device?!!
Post by: phreak on May 07, 2003, 03:57:23 pm

Quote

Originally posted by bottomfan
See http://fs2source.warpcore.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=80
OpenGL is to blame...

:wtf: opengl shouldn't interfere with any d3d stuff

hellbender: install dx8.1b or dx9

Title: Failure to create device?!!
Post by: Hellbender on May 07, 2003, 10:27:25 pm

Thanks, but I already am running dx9.  Also tried several video card drivers.  Same thing.  Doesn't matter what mode (OGL, D3d, etc) I try it on.

Title: Failure to create device?!!
Post by: seneca on May 08, 2003, 03:57:35 pm

I just ran into this problem. When i tell the Launcher it should use d3d 8 it changes the registry value 'D3D8_Mode"=dword:00000000' to '162' dezimal wich results in 'failed to create device'.

When i change that back and tell the launcher to use d3d_5 it will run fine again.

Is there any docu / info on what this and the other d3d_8 keys do?

Title: Failure to create device?!!
Post by: Goober5000 on May 08, 2003, 05:09:23 pm

Yeah, it seems to be related to the launcher in some way.  Possibly cause the launcher doesn't using the regular FS2 keys and conflicts arise.

Title: Failure to create device?!!
Post by: Hellbender on May 08, 2003, 10:16:37 pm

Ok, so I made the registry change - worked, and can run the later editions in d3d 5 or 8, however now the glow maps no longer work - unless I use 3.5.1...have I goofed up somehow?

Title: Failure to create device?!!
Post by: Goober5000 on May 08, 2003, 10:24:22 pm

Bugzilla.  Glowmaps were one of the features that were inadvertently dropped.