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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / It dosn't work non of the programs run

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ironhoof
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They all give me a "Caused an error in when i run them" and i purchased DBpro on preorder I hope this is not going to happen with all my programs, whats up with that?
they wont run and i downloaded all the programs they have listed non of the demo's run not even display a graphical screen for a second they dont get past the windows error,

i have more than the required system requirments too.
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MrTAToad
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You wouldn't happen to be running in 24-bit mode, would you ?

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MrTAToad
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DX8.1b is needed to. Its handy if you also have a decent graphics card.

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Nikkoz
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If DX8.1 is not installed, you will get a message telling that "Require DX8.1 something..." , not a "Caused an error in when i run them". Must be something else.
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AlecM
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1) Update your 3d cards drivers
2) Make sure you have DX8.1
3) Run in 16 bit mode

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ironhoof
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Yea it wouldnt run in 24 bit or 32 bit modes, i had to manually switch it over to 16 first then run, and it ran fine, but the DB "unpro" version dosnt need me to do that.." thats an odd behavior

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MrTAToad
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I wonder if this 24-bit mode error is a Microsoft DX8 problem - ie, its not supported in 8, but it is in 6 & 7 (for example) ?

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AndyKK2
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Okay I think I've got the same problem. I'm trying the demos and they're not wanting to cooperate. I've got XP, and that's supposed to already have DX8.1 installed, so that wouldn't be the problem. Anyways I know exactly nothing about graphics cards and all that stuff, so I was wondering if anyone could tell me just how I could switch to this "16bit mode."

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MrTAToad
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Its quite simple :

Start -> Setting -> Control Panel -> Display -> Settings, and change the dop-down list title "colors" to High Color (16 bit)

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NTekk
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I seen this post, I never tried 32 bit mode...so I tried
it. Its running fine in that mode too. Although it does
take the framerate down alittle.
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AndyKK2
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Thanks, that seems to have fixed it. Now to figure out why they are running so darn slow...

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MushroomHead
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Some graphics cards especially GF2 and below range work fastest at 16 bit depths ... the latest GF4 cards work fastest at 32 bit depths.

- Rav.

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