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DarkBASIC Discussion / DBC dont work on my Xp

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Mougli
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Posted: 10th Dec 2003 12:32
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iv got win xp and 98se DB(classic) works fine in 98 but whenever i try to execute a program in XP the screen flashes white and then DB suddenly closes.even if i try to run an "emtpy" program

Anyone know whats wrong?

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OSX Using Happy Dude
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Posted: 10th Dec 2003 12:43
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Have you installed the latest DB upgrade ?


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Mougli
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Posted: 10th Dec 2003 12:45 Edited at: 10th Dec 2003 12:49
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Yes(i think) its version 1.13 - i also have the latest drivers for my video card (Ati Rage Pro 128)

the error is something like "cannot create backbuffer from d3d surface" or something like that(im at school now,so i'll check when i get home)

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Posted: 10th Dec 2003 17:36 Edited at: 10th Dec 2003 17:41
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You may need a new video card to run DBP. I think that's the card that my father has that won't work for my DBP apps. "ATI RAGE 128 PRO GL" under WinXP Home.

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Posted: 10th Dec 2003 21:39 Edited at: 10th Dec 2003 21:40
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is the Xp machine running directx 9?, sounds like dx attempted to start a older version interface and failed, dx8.x and 7.x are supported by 9.....but they have issues with some apps, mainly because the dx 7 and 8 versions are faked by 9, rather than dx containing the actual original code for 7 and 8, it just "emulates", and sometimes the emulation is not good enough for whatever the original code was trying to do, if you just have 8.1 on the Xp machine then it should run, have you tried running it under win95 or 98 compatability?, (right click the program icon and then go to properties and then the compatability tab, then select one of the older OS`s).

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Mougli
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Posted: 11th Dec 2003 10:30 Edited at: 11th Dec 2003 15:20
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Yeh thats the problem - i installed DX9 (i had DX8) and it worked fine.thanx mentor

Edit: that should say i uninstalled DX9(went back to 8.1)

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