Good morning,
it's been a long time since I last tried to make a game but not the time has come and I'm frustrated by an exception which I don't understand.
Short summary:
- VS.net 2008
- DXSDK Nov2007
- ATI X850
- Catalyst 8.2 drivers
I can only use the DeviceType.Reference. Everything else throws a NotAvailableException.
When I run the very simple code to initialize the device, it always gives me a NotAvailableException. I can only use the reference Device but that's not normal. My graphicscard is a ATI X850 with the latest drivers installed.
Even if I only try to get the device caps by using
Caps devCaps = Manager.GetDeviceCaps(0, DeviceType.Hardware);
I get the exception. It seems that DeviceType.Hardware is completely bad for my computer.
dxdiag says the following:
It is really depressing to fail at the beginning.
Maybe I should uninstall everything and reinstall. Maybe something went wrong. If no one has a better explanation then this will be my last hope.
EDIT: Uninstalling the driver and reinstalling it didn't work.
But I used the DirectX Caps Viewer and found out that DirectX seems to be right... My DeviceType is 2, which is a Reference device according to this code:
public enum DeviceType
{
Hardware = 1,
Reference = 2,
Software = 3,
NullReference = 4,
}
The questions now are:
1 is that correct?
2 how can I change it?
3 what caused this?
ANSWERS for those who encounter the same problem:
1. No, the card is not only supporting reference (of course)
2. use dxdiag to activate hardware acceleration
3. I don't know.. At the
MS Forums, someone is suspecting the installer to be the cause of it.
[Edited by - BiGF00T on February 28, 2008 5:01:06 AM]
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It is really depressing to fail at the beginning.
Maybe I should uninstall everything and reinstall. Maybe something went wrong. If no one has a better explanation then this will be my last hope.
EDIT: Uninstalling the driver and reinstalling it didn't work.
But I used the DirectX Caps Viewer and found out that DirectX seems to be right... My DeviceType is 2, which is a Reference device according to this code:
The questions now are:
1 is that correct?
2 how can I change it?
3 what caused this?
ANSWERS for those who encounter the same problem:
1. No, the card is not only supporting reference (of course)
2. use dxdiag to activate hardware acceleration
3. I don't know.. At the MS Forums, someone is suspecting the installer to be the cause of it.
[Edited by - BiGF00T on February 28, 2008 5:01:06 AM]
