2009/12/29 Jay Tennant <[email protected]>:
>> From: Ralph Versteegen <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 8:57 AM
>>
>> 2009/12/28  <[email protected]>:
>> > jay
>> > 2009-12-27 22:10:00 -0800 (Sun, 27 Dec 2009)
>> > 366
>> > gfx_directx update 1.4. Fixed the backend failing properly. If the 
>> > d3dx9_*.dll files are not present on the system, the backend can still 
>> > run, taking screenshots using the ohr engine. The options to choose 
>> > screenshots are disabled in that case. Preparing the dinput8.dll 
>> > dependency for removal--probably use /DELAYLOAD msvc linker option. 
>> > Cleaned up some other code.
>> > ---
>> > U   wip/gfx_directx/release.txt
>> > U   wip/gfx_directx/source/gfx_directx.cpp
>> > U   wip/gfx_directx/source/gfx_directx_cls.cpp
>> > U   wip/gfx_directx/source/gfx_directx_cls.h
>> > U   wip/gfx_directx/source/gfx_directx_cls_dinput.cpp
>> > U   wip/gfx_directx/source/gfx_directx_cls_dinput.h
>> > U   wip/gfx_directx/source/gfx_directx_cls_window.cpp
>> > U   wip/gfx_directx.dll
>>
>> Great, the fallback is working properly now.
>>
>> Any idea why it might not be working on this laptop anyway, an what
>> the minimum requirements actually are? I have DX9.0c installed, and
>> the dxdiag hardware accelerated D3D 7, 8, and 9 tests work. Intel
>> 82830M integrated graphics, the specs page for which suspiciously says
>> "Not all of the new features of DirectX 9.0 are supported"
>
> The reason it says "Not all of the new features..." is because the graphics 
> drivers are not DirectX stamped though WHQL certified, according to the 
> support website. The site didn't give any indication of known bugs/support 
> issues. My best guess is that the graphics driver needs to be updated, or 
> something's up in the code--a strong probability. ;) Could you try updating 
> the graphics driver?
>
> http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/cs-004656.htm

I already had the latest drivers. And I meant that the support website
said that, not dxdiag.

Anyway, that's fine, though I'll continue trying it on other old computers.
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