Author: Duane Perrin
Date: 22:11:35 08/15/03
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On August 16, 2003 at 00:55:13, John Merlino wrote: >On August 16, 2003 at 00:44:28, Duane Perrin wrote: > >>I had downloaded the demo and it worked fine. My kids enjoyed the adventure >>mode very much. I purchased the game and installed it on my (older) computer >>that ran the demo fine and I get the following >> >>MAJESTIC CHESS ADVENTURE LOG 1.1.0.3 >> >>version 4.90 (Build 3000) >>Service Pack 0.0 >>Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition >>DirectX Version = DirectX 8.1 or better installed >> >>[UPDATESCALE] >>description = update scale on display init >>screen H = 1024 >>Screen W = 768 >>clientarea w = 1024 h = 787 >>[D3DADAPTER_DEFAULT] >>Width = 1024 >>Height = 768 >>RefreshRate = 0 >>Format = 22 >>[D3D Adapter] >>Description: Intel(r) 82810 Graphics Controller 4.12.01.2604 >>Driver: i81xDD.DLL >> >>[D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS] >>D3DSWAPEFFECT_DISCARD = 1 >>BackBufferWidth = 1024 >>BackBufferHeight = 768 >>BackBufferFormat = 22 >>BackBufferCount = 1 >>MultiSampleType = 0 >>Windowed = 0 >>FullScreen_RefreshRateInHz = 0 >>FullScreen_PresentationInterval = 0 >> >>[IsCompressedTextureFormatOk] >> D3DFMT_DXT1 = 0 >> D3DFMT_DXT5 = 0 >> >>[D3DCAPS8] >>DeviceType = 1 >> >>[Hardware Shaders] >>Pixel Shader Version: 0.0 >>Vertex Shader Version: 0.0 >> >>Software texture & lighting >> >>CreateDevice failed, multisample level set to minimum, giving up... >> >>[ERROR] >>description = failed to create device with display parameters listed above. >>HRESULT = -2005530516 >>file = C:\dev\FS0023-FLUENT CHESS\FLUENTCHESS\PC\CHESSADV\DX8Vars.cpp >>line = 793 >> >>HRESULT=-2005530516 >>HRESULT Str: D3DERR_INVALIDCALL >>HRESULT Description: Invalid call >> >>[ERROR] >>description = failed to Initialize CDX8Vars. >>file = C:\dev\FS0023-FLUENT CHESS\FLUENTCHESS\PC\CHESSADV\Display.cpp >>line = 230 >>[ERROR] >>description = failed to Init CDisplay >>file = C:\dev\FS0023-FLUENT CHESS\FLUENTCHESS\PC\CHESSADV\ChessAdvApp.cpp >>line = 203 >> >>I tried to install it on both of my sons computers and although the game starts, >>the script on the buttons, including cd key, appears to be scrolling >>incessantly. I managed to get the key to work just punching it in but when the >>game starts the same thing happens, any text is unreadable as it just keeps >>scrolling. Any ideas? Thanks, D. Perrin >> >>P.S. I did manage to get the pocket pc version to work, very interesting. > >We just got a report today from another user with an identical graphics >controller who is also running Windows ME. We are looking into the problem and >will hopefully have a solution soon. This graphics controller also gave us >headaches with CM9000 -- I would suggest upgrading! :-) > >As for the second problem (incessant scrolling text), nobody else has reported >this. Do these other machines also have the same video card as the first system >you listed? If not, what do they have and how much video RAM do they have? > >jm They are both (my sons)athlon xp2000+ running on win98se, with S3 Graphics Pro SavageDDR.
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