Hey...
Do not give up...!
Have you added -diag as a command line option?
If you do, you should get a file called acklog.txt that will be created in your construction folder.
That will help you diagnos this situation.
I always run my games with this running.
If you get -diag working, you can then send a note to "Support" and send them the acklog.txt file.

Actualy I think that if you have 9.0c installed correctly you should create a newly downloaded 3dgs folder.
Maybe you got a corrupted download. When you are downloading don't do anything else....
Just let the download finish. Then try again...
Best of luck...

you problem is possibly the "S3 Graphics ProSavage DDR". it doesn't support
DirectX 9. google it with the following keywords:
"S3 Graphics ProSavage DDR"+DirectX 9

It is looking more and more like my graphics card is the issue. Does anyone know where I can get an older versions of 3dgs free version? Preferably 6 or lower? The download link here requires a password.

there isn't free version on A6, only on A7 and A8

Well, that settles it I guess. 3DGS isn't for me. I certainly can't afford to plop down what they want for the commercial versions, even for their older ones. Looks like Im going to be looking at other options. I found a list of some open source engine/editors so I'll just look through it and see what I can find in the way of an alternative. thanks for the help just the same folks. Good luck and happy creating.

hi guser,

under the link: http://www.opserver.de/ubb7/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=341548&gonew=1#UNREAD

give an user his A6-Version for free. good luck

iget the same error as you guser maybe we should try the latest direct X which i think is directX 11