Not really necessary to know exactly what the Stensil Buffer is - only
that it's a component of (I believe) DirectX or Direct3D. Most new,
high-end games require a later version of DirectX to run. Hence, your
video card (or chip) must be DirectX compatible with whatever version
the game needs. I believe the newest DirectX version is 10 or 11. If
you go to Start, Run, and type DXDIAG you'll open the DirectX diagnostic
utility and the first tab will show what version you have. (on Windows7
or Vista you'll go to Start and type DXDIAG into the Search box).
If you want to tell us the name of the game, and the brand and model of
your computer we can tell you if your system meets the game's video
requirements. On the game's box, or somewhere on the website of where
you bought it, you can find the minimum system requirements. For video
it will likely say something simple like "DirectX 10 capable video card
required).
If it's just a simple 2D game, and your PC does meet the requirements,
then we can try other troubleshooting methods to try to fix the prob.
Good luck,
Donk
On 3/15/2012 2:51 PM, Theresa wrote:
> Error message is:
>
> Default video card doesn't support stensil buffer.
> cGraphics::cGraphics(HWND_hwnd)
> c:Engine::c:Engine(sContext&context)Error Code %06. Restart the game please
>
> Generate Debug::Exception with message:
> Sorry, your video card doesn't meet the game's requirements.
> The game requires the depth buffer to be supported to run.
> Call stack:
> iGraphics::iGraphics, File:<unknown>, Line:<unknown>
> iGraphics::iGraphics, File:<unknown>, Line:<unknown>
> cRenderBear::cRenderBear, File:<unknown>, Line:<unknown>
> RtlImageNtHeader, File:<unknown>, Line:<unknown>
> RtlImageNtHeader, File:<unknown>, Line:<unknown>
> SendMessageTimeoutW, File:<unknown>, Line:<unknown>
> malloc, File:<unknown>, Line:<unknown>
> operator new, File:<unknown>, Line:<unknown>
> operator new, File:<unknown>, Line:<unknown>
> operator new, File:<unknown>, Line:<unknown>
> operator new, File:<unknown>, Line:<unknown>
> operator new, File:<unknown>, Line:<unknown>
> operator new, File:<unknown>, Line:<unknown>
> operator new, File:<unknown>, Line:<unknown>
> operator new, File:<unknown>, Line:<unknown>
> operator new, File:<unknown>, Line:<unknown>
> operator new, File:<unknown>, Line:<unknown>
> operator new, File:<unknown>, Line:<unknown>
> operator new, File:<unknown>, Line:<unknown>
> operator new, File:<unknown>, Line:<unknown>
> operator new, File:<unknown>, Line:<unknown>
> operator new, File:<unknown>, Line:<unknown>
>
>
>
>
> --- In A-1-Computer_Tech@yahoogroups.com, "Theresa"<tlr280mp@...> wrote:
>> Morning,
>>
>> Long story short, I bought a game and can't play it because it doesn't like
>> my video setup?
>>
>> I get this error message: Default video card doesn't support stensil buffer,
>> then something about C:Graphics and C:engine (I can add more later, but am
>> almost late for work if I don't get a move on).
>>
>> My computer's only 2-3 years old, and everything else works well. I've
>> searched, but can't find any place that will give me a simple, straight
>> answer as to what a stensil buffer is and how to check/fix my video card so
>> I can play the game.
>>
>> Help, please.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Theresa
>>
>
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