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DarkBASIC Discussion / Error on my buddies computer.

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Manticore Night
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Posted: 4th Dec 2005 00:56
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Hi my cousin just bought DarkBASIC and It's making him cry. It's beating him senseless with the CD drive of his tower. *screams of pain eminate from background* We need a large muscular man to save him and who enjoys long walks on the beach. Ok seriously, We need a large muscular woman. Ok, seriously(for real this time), we get an error when we try and run his projects here is the code which we have spent 3 hours devising and implementing to make the most exciting MMORPG ever.


(It's in the ideas stage)

The error we get is <<Error Running Core>>(in DarkEdit) or <<System Error: Surfaces could not be created. [...0. & Direct3D HAL] Failed to create a D3D Device from BackBuffer Surface>> (in DB it's self). If anybody has seen this error before or knows how to fix it, please contact your local police force so that they can force you to post what this means or how to fix it.

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Grog Grueslayer
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Posted: 4th Dec 2005 01:18
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Does he have the latest DirectX?

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/default.aspx?url=/windows/directx/downloads/default.htm
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Mattman
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Posted: 4th Dec 2005 01:47
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Well DBC only needs DX7...


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Posted: 4th Dec 2005 05:58
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Are you by any chance using the Dark Edit editor and have forgotten to set the directory where DB.EXE is in the options?

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Posted: 4th Dec 2005 10:43 Edited at: 4th Dec 2005 10:43
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system error: surfaces blah blah is a DirectX error, what version does he have?, I would recomend 8.1 tbh, failing that he has a 2D gfx card with no 3D acceleration at all (currently as rare as chickens teeth), classic will run on seriously low end 3D cards, so its unlikley, but you might just want to check for that, and make sure you have the last update (1.13 for classic iirc)



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SimSmall
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Posted: 4th Dec 2005 13:12 Edited at: 4th Dec 2005 13:14
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Quote: "Are you by any chance using the Dark Edit editor and have forgotten to set the directory where DB.EXE is in the options?"


No, that's says 'Error running core' (I've had that one several times) It also says this if you set the exe as DBreset and not DB... Is his graphics card DirectX compatibale? Most are these days but then I've landed myself with a sound card that's not 100% compatible with DirectX and some things can sound horrible....

Edit: If he has other 3D applications running, close them first, DB doesn't like having to fight for system resources

...maybe one day I'll finish a project
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Posted: 4th Dec 2005 14:31 Edited at: 4th Dec 2005 14:36
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Well done, your friend has an ATI Rage 3D Pro card.

I got this error, so have many others, and it only ever occurs on this one graphics card [that I know of. My proof is that I know of three people who have got this error (me+2 others), and all of us had an ATI Rage 3D].

Basically, DBC starts Direct3D at a resolution of 640x480, 16bit before anything else. For some reason, this specific card can't handle this resolution & the specific Direct3D settings DBC tries to use.

You could try to find out that secret INI setting that makes DBC programs always start in Windowed mode before they run your code, or just get DBPro [no problems there, although I don't think you'll be running any shaders with those specs].

Better yet, find another cheap graphics card. Anyone will do, it doesn't have to be better than his current one, just different.

[edit]Try updating the drivers. I didn't when I had that card, and this problem may have been fixed (although I doubt it).[/edit]

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Posted: 4th Dec 2005 20:46
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SimSmall:

Quote: "No, that's says 'Error running core' (I've had that one several times)"


Sorry - I'm not with you (could be me being a bit on the slow side).

Manticore Night said in his post "The error we get is <<Error Running Core>>(in DarkEdit)"

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Posted: 4th Dec 2005 21:33
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I meant it doesn't come up with the second half of the error

Quote: "Failed to create a D3D Device from BackBuffer Surface"


Also I had only just woken up and wasn't particularly thinking straight

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