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Jurenic
02-11-2003, 05:37 AM
Why can't I work in Direct 3D? This is what it says when I switch it to Direct 3D:

"Unable to create or initalize hardware accelerated Direct 3D device. Atempting to use the Direct 3D Software reference Resarizer insalled as a part of DirectX SDK."

When I click "OK", then...

"Unable to create accelerated Direct 3D device with the necessary requirements. Using the Direct 3D Software Reference Rasterizer."

My viewports are black, and useless.
I use an ATI Rage Furry 128 Pro.
Windows XP Home
P4, 1.7GHZ

Thank you.
EricChadwick
02-11-2003, 01:39 PM
Got latest drivers?

Does card support Direct3D?
Jurenic
02-11-2003, 08:19 PM
It'a supposed to
Signal2Noise
02-11-2003, 08:36 PM
You may have the latest drivers but that may be the problem. I have an ATI Radeon and discovered that I had to go back about 4 versions in order to achieve stability and harmony b/w CG apps and games. I use max but I don't bother using Direct3D and use OpenGL instead.

Try going back a few driver sets to see if you can get rid of the error. It will be frustrating but it's all you can do short of getting a new vid card.

Good luck!
jadedchron
02-11-2003, 10:58 PM
make sure you have the latest directx... as they've come out with a new version not too long ago

and you can:
goto start > run > type in dxdiag and run the directx tests and see what comes up.
Jurenic
02-11-2003, 11:32 PM
I have direct x 8.1 and 9.0, my tests are fine and they seem to work fine. How do you "Roll back" a driver??
jadedchron
02-12-2003, 12:55 AM
goto my computer and right click properties..
then click device manager, open up display adapter-double click yours (mine being nvidia), and hit rollback driver
http://www.fragcentral.com/~super/3d/rollback.gif

note- you can only be running one version of directx. also the only way to uninstall directx9 would be to reinstall windows.
Jurenic
02-12-2003, 04:35 AM
Thanks for your rpplys.

jadedchron, i knew how to do that, but the windows can't find the older version. So what I wanted to ask is how to do it manually?
jadedchron
02-12-2003, 04:37 AM
you have to have an older driver installed to do it manually or automatically. you need to just uninstall the driver and reinstall a different one
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