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Started by Seydou, May 08, 2008, 01:34:44 AM

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Seydou

May 08, 2008, 01:34:44 AM
Everytime i try to start battlezone 2 it says "sorry can't start hardware accelerated Direct3D 6"
does any1 know what i can do to fix this?

Sonic

#1
May 08, 2008, 03:04:35 AM
This with the 1.2 patch or the 1.3pb3 patch?
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Steeveeo

#2
May 08, 2008, 03:08:07 AM
Also, some hardware info might help...a lot....

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Nielk1

#3
May 08, 2008, 04:04:58 AM
So you know, BZ2 worked fine for him until this happened.

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anomaly

#4
May 08, 2008, 04:14:45 AM
So he hasn't done anything with his computer and it just started happening all of a sudden?

bigbadbogie

#5
May 08, 2008, 04:44:42 AM
i used to see that sometimes on my old comp - i cant remember what the cause was but it wasnt related to BZ2
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Angstromicus

#6
May 08, 2008, 12:38:13 PM
I'd generally get that error after another 3D application crashed. A quick restart would fix the problem.

Red Devil

#7
May 08, 2008, 02:05:10 PM
Yes, I got that a lot when I was using the Omega drivers.  When I uninstalled them and went with the latest stock ATI Catalyst ones, the problem disappeared.

Quote from: Seydou on May 08, 2008, 01:34:44 AM
Everytime i try to start battlezone 2 it says "sorry can't start hardware accelerated Direct3D 6"
does any1 know what i can do to fix this?
What box???

Seydou

#8
May 08, 2008, 07:39:04 PM
uh which ones did you get?

Nielk1

#9
May 08, 2008, 07:43:41 PM
Try getting the most recent, but be ready to have to roll back.

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GSH

#10
May 08, 2008, 08:23:12 PM
BZ2 1.0 - 1.2 (and 1.3pb1/2) didn't deal well with a SIS630 video chipset, which is usually embedded on motherboards. They could give that "can't start direct3d" error on startup. 1.3pb3 has some code to detect that and work around.

Try 1.3pb3 if you can't start BZ2, even after a reboot of Windows. You may need to edit render.cfg (in the same folder as bzone.exe) to enable the SIS630Compatability flag.

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OvermindDL1

#11
May 08, 2008, 10:51:47 PM
I got that problem using the newer ATI drivers, consequently I am using some freakishly older ones at the moment. :)

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Seydou

#12
May 09, 2008, 02:36:31 AM
so should i swith drivers? and if i should how? and which ones?

Nielk1

#13
May 09, 2008, 03:25:53 AM
I had an issue with a moderate age ATI. That's why my new card is an nvidia.

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OvermindDL1

#14
May 09, 2008, 05:27:06 AM
Nvidia has the same issue with a lot of games, one of my friends has a couple 8800.  It just seems to be an issue with all the newer things they are putting out...

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