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Title: Cant even run?
Post by: Ridge on October 28, 2003, 10:00:25 AM: I installed it fine, had to download 2 dlls, but I get an error about ddraw.dll...

Specifically;

"The procedure entry point DdEntry12 could not be located in the dynamic link library DDRAW.dll."

What does that mean? I had to download ddraw.dll from a website, but i still get the error.....
Title: Cant even run?
Post by: zmeg on October 28, 2003, 11:24:01 AM: You need directx 8.1 or better, if your system doesn't support it you ned a new system.
Title: Cant even run?
Post by: Ridge on October 28, 2003, 01:16:48 PM: Ah okay!! I thought i'd had it, but i had to reformat and only have 7!!
Title: Cant even run?
Post by: Ridge on October 28, 2003, 01:27:43 PM: Okay, that fixed the dll prob. Now I cannot select my video card from the options display.
Title: Cant even run?
Post by: zmeg on October 28, 2003, 01:51:35 PM: thats normal in current beta but has no ill effect
Title: Cant even run?
Post by: Ridge on October 28, 2003, 05:48:55 PM: actually it does cause a prob for me. At least i think that is the source of the prob;

"Initialization failed with -3
mainGR3D_FAILED -1"
Title: Cant even run?
Post by: Edantes on October 29, 2003, 02:27:29 PM: "Initialization failed with -3
mainGR3D_FAILED -1"

I get the exact same message...

System specs:
(Ok, nobody laugh!)

800 mHz AMD processor
128 MB RAM
16 MB 3dfx Voodoo 3 graphics card
(15 MB reported by the DX diag. util.)
Win98 SE

~EDantes
Title: Cant even run?
Post by: Ridge on October 29, 2003, 02:50:05 PM: 433 Mhz AMD
256mb RAM
32mb ATI Rage Pro
Win2k
Title: Cant even run?
Post by: zmeg on October 29, 2003, 04:38:25 PM: I got it to run on a 750Mhz amd duron with gforce2 MX400 4x agp, but it was so slow I cant imagine runing it on anything less.
Title: Cant even run?
Post by: Edantes on October 29, 2003, 05:14:49 PM: Hmmmm... Maybe the minimum graphics card memory is 64 MB?

~EDantes
Title: Cant even run?
Post by: B17Skull12 on October 29, 2003, 06:05:48 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Edantes
Hmmmm... Maybe the minimum graphics card memory is 64 MB?

~EDantes
neg i heard out there somewhere a 32mb card will do but i think it has to be very good card. also might be processor related but lets see what skuzzy has to say.
Title: Cant even run?
Post by: B17Skull12 on October 29, 2003, 06:06:43 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Edantes
"Initialization failed with -3
mainGR3D_FAILED -1"

I get the exact same message...

System specs:
(Ok, nobody laugh!)

800 mHz AMD processor
128 MB RAM
16 MB 3dfx Voodoo 3 graphics card
(15 MB reported by the DX diag. util.)
Win98 SE

~EDantes
the game needs 512 mb memory to run pretty well.
Title: Cant even run?
Post by: Edantes on October 29, 2003, 08:03:11 PM: 512 MB?!?!?:eek:

Hate to say it, but 'Lock-On: Modern Air Combat' (which has excellent AI enemies in both air and ground vehicles, very realistic flight-model and graphics that in my opinion, are better than AH2) is said to run well on 512 MB.

So...............?

I don't quite know how to present this question in a way that reflects my respect of the HTC team, as programmers, yet hints at my wondering WHY a 'relatively simple' (term used very loosely) game requires such horse-power.

So, not meaning to be offensive, but still... There it is.

~EDantes
Title: Cant even run?
Post by: zmeg on October 29, 2003, 08:15:31 PM: Its because the flight model is much more complex and therefore more realistic than any other flight sim that I've ever seen. Also the overall complexity of the game.