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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / Does Sync work for you?

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Hippie Dude
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Posted: 16th Sep 2005 03:35
Whenever I try someone else's game I have to remove sync and sync on or else the game won't work! Does anyone else have this problem?

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Posted: 16th Sep 2005 03:45
nope

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The Cage Complex
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Posted: 16th Sep 2005 05:09 Edited at: 16th Sep 2005 05:10
I think you can try to:

1/ reinstall your gfx drivers
2/ if not solved : reinstall DBP
3/ if not solved : resintall Windows

... and try to reinstall DirectX too before !

re faze
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Posted: 16th Sep 2005 06:28
ensure that the sync is being done correctly eg use 'sync on'

you dont beat the system. the system beats you.
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Posted: 16th Sep 2005 11:19 Edited at: 16th Sep 2005 11:20
Sync is the only way to display anything (unless you want to wait until the graphics card does it itself).

Quote: " game won't work!"

Define "wont work"

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BatVink
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Posted: 16th Sep 2005 11:34
And post your specs.

Hippie Dude
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Posted: 17th Sep 2005 04:49
My programs run fine without sync. Sync makes them not run. This is with any program except the ones DBPro came with.

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Grog Grueslayer
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Posted: 17th Sep 2005 05:01
You really should try to fix that problem (do what The Cage Complex suggested). Sync is a valuable command that shouldn't be ignored. If I couldn't use sync and I couldn't figure out why it didn't work (after trying everything The Cage Complex suggested) i'd even try reformating my computer.

Does this work on your computer?
Hippie Dude
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Posted: 17th Sep 2005 05:22
thats strange! thats practically the first program that worked with sync. all the ones at the 20 line challenge don't work!

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CodemanV
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Posted: 17th Sep 2005 05:25
Before you go doing any reinstalls, have you checked your settings?

First, load up a project in DB that Sync isn't working in and try running the project under different display settings from within DB's Project Settings.

No joy? Then check your AGP settings.

Close DB.
Right-Click Desktop and select <Properties>
On the properties windows, click on <Settings>
On the Settings tab, click <Advanced> button
On Advanced tab click on the tab that refers to your AGP settings.

I use NVidia so I don't know what other AGP tabs look like. With NVidia though, there are some global settings in the AGP that can be set to application-controlled. You could try setting all those settings to application controlled so Windows lets the application deal with handling graphics.

Alternatively, you can <Add Profile> which gives an application like DBPro it's own unique settings.

Also, check the <Monitor> tab and make sure the screen refresh rate is set to a compatible mode.

Failing that, check WIndows Update and also your AGP manufacturers site for any updated AGP drivers and then try updating them and then uninstalling and reinstalling DB on top of those.

I wouldn't personally recommend a Windows reinstall to fix this, unless other 3D programs or games have also stopped working on your PC and you have tried all of the above. If they run OK then there shouldn't be any need, just some tweaking and reconfiguring should do the trick.
Nicholas Thompson
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Posted: 17th Sep 2005 05:33
I dont think its a windows problem.. I think its a PEBCAK issue... From first glance, I cant see much evidence of testing. I think he's tried one or two programs that have bugs in. He says that SOME work with the sync... Its just a few 20-liners that dont...

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Hippie Dude
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Posted: 17th Sep 2005 05:51
Oh never mind. I restarted my computer and it works! go figure

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Posted: 17th Sep 2005 06:49
sync should always be on a line by itself

you dont beat the system. the system beats you.
Nicholas Thompson
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Posted: 17th Sep 2005 12:25
LMAO!! Nick - FYI, I tend to find that a restart will fix 80-90% of windows problems.. ALWAYS restart when things go wierd

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Grog Grueslayer
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Posted: 18th Sep 2005 06:22
It's ok to turn off your computer when you go to bed.
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Posted: 18th Sep 2005 19:36
Many of the 20 liners don't work on some computers (compiling, that is) unless you take out the ':'s and replace them with enters.

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Posted: 20th Sep 2005 00:16
Sync always makes my programs run really slow...

So I don't use it (even though I have only made a few "test games" lol)
Nicholas Thompson
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Posted: 20th Sep 2005 21:07
Slow? It should make them run faster as you're controlling when to sync! You probably have the sync on/off thing mixed up?

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