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Zero Blitzt
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Ah, I finally recieved DarkBASIC Pro! I'm so happy! But, I have a few questions...

I made a simple program that asks the users first and last name, then displays it. When I try to run this program, and any program I make for that matter, it wont appear on screen. A window will appear in the Task Bar, but it wont display on the screen. Help here? (Like I said, this happens for all programs i try to run, including the tutorial FPS).

I upgraded to version 5.2, is there anything else I should download for my DBP?

Code attached is my test program.

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Posted: 6th Feb 2004 17:21
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Make sure you have the latest video drivers and directX 9.

Also, a few problems with these lines...

Print "Your last name is lname$."
Print "That means your entire name is name$+lname$! Haha!"

The variables are inside the string constant and will print...

Your last name is lname$.
That means your entire name is name$+lname$! Haha!

What you want is...

Print "Your last name is "+lname$.
Print "That means your entire name is "+name$+" "+lname$+"! Haha!"
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Posted: 6th Feb 2004 17:42 Edited at: 6th Feb 2004 17:43
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Quote: "Make sure you have the latest video drivers and directX 9"


direct x 9.0b

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Posted: 6th Feb 2004 18:46
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Make sure you computer meets the sytem requirments http://darkbasicpro.thegamecreators.com/?f=system_requirements
What graphics card do you have? Dbpro exes can do what you are describing if the graphics card isn't good enough.

Also you code is missing SYNCs, if you are using SYNC ON you need to tell it when to update the screen.


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Zero Blitzt
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But I made a program before that that asked for a persons name, and if it was wrong it would tell them to go away...

It worked, but then i didnt save and made this one...

This one doesnt work.


I'll see if I have DX9(b)

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Ok I got DirectX 9 and Unzipped the files to .../Temp, and i go there and the files arent there... did it install itself?

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Posted: 7th Feb 2004 15:31
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Scratch that last post.

It does play programs now, but it still doesnt display 3D objects. My stupid text-name program does work though...

How do I uninstall/reinstall DarkBasic? Do I have to delete all the files manually? I think that upgrade I downloaded may be the problem.

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Posted: 7th Feb 2004 19:09
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go to add/remove programs in the control panel and remove it from there, make sure you have DX 9.0b, make sure you have the latest update for your GFX card, if you have an integrated GFX chipset then expect some grief, most of them struggle with 2D never mind 3D, always make sure you have the latest updates installed for your graphics system, cheers.

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Posted: 7th Feb 2004 21:09
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Problem:

Windows installer cannot locate ikernel.exe.

Got that reply when trying to uninstall it. Now what?

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if you have windows xp, it already comes wiht direct x on the installation.. make sure u didnt download a previous version
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nah, i got the right version. It still wont work. Could possibly be the graphics card.

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From System Information:

Video: 800 x 600 in 32 Bit color RADEON


Does that make any difference?

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Problem solved.

Turns out my drivers werent up to date. Sorry for bothering you...

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