Greetings All -
I'm teaching this program to 5 high schoolers and we just hit this error and none of them can run their game.

here's the history:
last week - 5 kids came, no problems what-so-ever. the came, built their games, ran them flawlessly throughout the whole week.

HOWEVER- this week.
new kids, come, they all add a house, hollow it, save, build and run and they all at the same exact time hit the "Error 1242".

i have no idea what happened. nothing was changed.

I've searched through these forums for the last hour, directX was at 9c, and still is. it's not ram nor nexus size.

here's my log file, anyone have any ideas:


Log of A6 engine 6.40.5 run at Mon Aug 07 11:09:21 2006
rgaskamp on Windows NT/2000/XP version 5.1 Build 2600
Options untitled.wmb -nx 30 -diag

App C:\Program Files\GStudio6\acknex.exe in C:\Documents and Settings\rgaskamp\Desktop\
MM mixer opened
CD audio device opened
DSOUND device opened
DI interface opened
Start Window opened
GameStudio © Conitec . Dieburg . San Diego . www.3dgamestudio.com
A6 engine - Commercial Edition V6.40.5 - May 5 2006
Development version - NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION
Registered to: PLANET BRAVO - A6 COMMERCIAL ED.

Mouse found
SoundMAX Digital Audio opened
D3D device 256MB ATI RADEON X600 1ff9 selected
Loading UNTITLED.WMB.....
2 objects
D3D_Init Window: 640x480x32 failed
D3D_Init Window: 800x600x32 failed
Error E1242: Can't open video device. Try -W3D command line option
Program aborted...cmap,0 ents,0 verts,lmaps,0 tex,ptls,hull...ok
Main started
Main loop.........ok
Close level,DLL,objects
Free input,path,funcs,panels,defs,syns,views,strings,vars..ok
Free sounds,bmaps,fonts,hash,defs1,script..ok
Close dx,multimedia,D3D,engine,physics,nexus..ok
A6 engine - Commercial Edition V6.40.5 - May 5 2006
GameStudio © Conitec . Dieburg . San Diego . www.3dgamestudio.com
Registered to: PLANET BRAVO - A6 COMMERCIAL ED.
Close window

thanks all!
Russ