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Direct X #158597 10/04/07 11:29 10/04/07 11:29
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 152 vector(200,45,338) Marwan OP Member
Marwan OP Member Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 152 vector(200,45,338)	I have Installed on my pc an old windows version , But the acknex engine doesnt want to run , so I downloaded directx 9.0c , because the one I had was version 8 , but the engine gives an error "cant open video device" , I know this is because I dont have directdraw or direct3d acceleration , I searched in the msn download page ,but there are to many directx stuff, what should I download to fix my problem??? age:16 game design and programming experience:2 years

Re: Direct X [Re: Marwan] #158598 10/04/07 11:33 10/04/07 11:33
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,076 Germany, NRW rvL_eXile 3D Artist
rvL_eXile 3D Artist Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,076 Germany, NRW	Maybe ure Graficcard is not intializesed rigth. Maybe download the lastes Driver for it. cYa Sebastian Tutorials: [Blender]Terrain creation ENG/GER [Blender]Low Poly Tree Modeling [GIMP]Create a Texture for Terrains CLICK HERE

Re: Direct X [Re: rvL_eXile] #158599 10/04/07 11:48 10/04/07 11:48
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 106 FairyLand!!! RruthH Member
RruthH Member Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 106 FairyLand!!!	Hmm...I had this problem before. I just reinstalled 3DGS and the problem was gone.

Re: Direct X [Re: rvL_eXile] #158600 10/04/07 14:44 10/04/07 14:44
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 152 vector(200,45,338) Marwan OP Member
Marwan OP Member Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 152 vector(200,45,338)	No Im sure that this problem occurs because I dont have directdraw or direct 3d acceleration click the start menu>run> type DXDIAG>display> disable the direct draw and direct 3d acceleration , then run acknex engine , and you will understand what I mean age:16 game design and programming experience:2 years

Re: Direct X [Re: Marwan] #158601 10/04/07 15:07 10/04/07 15:07
Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 4,436 Germany, Luebeck Xarthor Expert
Xarthor Expert Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 4,436 Germany, Luebeck	Well how should the engine initialise an hardware component which is not present?

Re: Direct X [Re: Xarthor] #158602 10/04/07 20:17 10/04/07 20:17
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 152 vector(200,45,338) Marwan OP Member
Marwan OP Member Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 152 vector(200,45,338)	Ok can somebody tell me how can I updaTE my video driver?? age:16 game design and programming experience:2 years

Re: Direct X [Re: Marwan] #158603 10/04/07 20:31 10/04/07 20:31
Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 42 Germany - Braunschweig deleRium Newbie
deleRium Newbie Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 42 Germany - Braunschweig	http://ati.amd.com http://www.nvidia.com ?? Driver download?

Re: Direct X [Re: deleRium] #158604 10/04/07 21:07 10/04/07 21:07
Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 4,436 Germany, Luebeck Xarthor Expert
Xarthor Expert Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 4,436 Germany, Luebeck	Quote: I know this is because I dont have directdraw or direct3d acceleration Do you even have a 3D Video Card? (also called: graphics card)

Re: Direct X [Re: deleRium] #158605 10/04/07 21:26 10/04/07 21:26
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 152 vector(200,45,338) Marwan OP Member
Marwan OP Member Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 152 vector(200,45,338)	thanks Delerium for your help , but when I opened these sites I got lost , I have ASUS video card I just downloaded the directX 9.0c SDK , and tried to open run the engine ,It DID it and the engine started , but the frame rate Is damn too slow like one frame per second , what to do?? age:16 game design and programming experience:2 years

Re: Direct X [Re: Marwan] #158606 10/04/07 21:34 10/04/07 21:34
Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 42 Germany - Braunschweig deleRium Newbie
deleRium Newbie Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 42 Germany - Braunschweig	Ehm ... the DirectX SDK doesn't let the engine work. The SDK is just for engine developers like Conitec. At least, ASUS uses NVIDIA or ATI chipsets for their graphic cards, so you have to download a driver from NVIDIA or ATI. Take a look at your display settings, there you should see which chipset your graphic card uses.

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