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halo demo problem

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  • 07-11-2003 3:07am
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    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭


    im just after getting the halo demo and i cant even run it . i get a fatal error "a problem occured initatizling direct3d"

    has anyone else experianced this problem with the demo all other games on my system work fine


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    Tellox
    Registered Users Posts: 2,680 ✭✭✭Tellox


    What version of DX do you have? Also, you dont have anything like netmeeting running in the background,do you?


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    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    i have dx 9.0b and nope i had nothing like that running


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    Tellox
    Registered Users Posts: 2,680 ✭✭✭Tellox


    http://216.239.59.99 says http://www.microsoft.com/games/halo/support_alerts.asp


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    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    thanks for the link i tried everything and it still dosnt work so im giving up on it


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    Giblet
    Registered Users Posts: 11,980 ✭✭✭✭Giblet


    Add -vidmode 1024,768,hz

    hz being the refresh you use at that res.

    Eg: -vidmode 1024,768,100

    You can set a refresh rate for D3D by using DXDIAG, type dxdiag in run, go into "more help" and set the override function to what refresh rate you want to use.

    MAKE SURE YOU MONITOR SUPPORTS THE REFRESH RATE YOU WANT TO USE.


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    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    that worked thanks alot giblet


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