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can't open video device #222758 08/20/08 21:38 08/20/08 21:38
Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 40 pfeldman OP Newbie
pfeldman OP Newbie Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 40	When I try to run any Lite-C program, I get the following error message: Error E1242: Can't open video device. Try -W3D command line option. Adding the -W3D command line option has no effect. Any suggestions will be appreciated.

Re: can't open video device [Re: pfeldman] #222817 08/21/08 02:31 08/21/08 02:31
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Spirit Moderator Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 929	http://manual.conitec.net/engineerrors.htm Is it that what you were looking for?

Re: can't open video device [Re: Spirit] #222820 08/21/08 02:43 08/21/08 02:43
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delinkx User Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 553 Singapore	Error E1242: Can't open video device E1242 is issued when the D3D device can be opened, but a video device is not available for the given resolution. The engine tries some lower and higher resolutions before giving up. You need a 3D video card for running DirectX applications. Further possible reasons are installation of a wrong video driver, or an extremely high nexus setting (above 500 MB) that consumed all the virtual memory. A7 commercial Team / VC++ 2008 Pro homepage \| twitter \| facebook

Re: can't open video device [Re: delinkx] #222834 08/21/08 05:28 08/21/08 05:28
Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 40 pfeldman OP Newbie
pfeldman OP Newbie Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 40	It looks as though there may be a problem with either the video driver or DirectX. Thanks!