2010/1/5 Jay Tennant <[email protected]>: >> From: Ralph Versteegen <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 11:28 AM >> >> 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. > > What bit depth was the computer running at? I haven't implemented a device > mode enumeration, and require a 32-bit color.
It's running at 32-bit. I also tried all the different settings for hardware acceleration in the Troubleshooting tab of Display Settings. No difference. It looks like in the end, you didn't get around to/decided not to return error messages from gfx_init. _______________________________________________ Ohrrpgce mailing list [email protected] http://lists.motherhamster.org/listinfo.cgi/ohrrpgce-motherhamster.org
