Hello today today I started to read Frank Luna's book: DirectX 11 Programming and I encountered with error in file "BoxDemo" (I compiled it successfully): D3D11 CreateDevice failed. Could somebody help me because I didn't find any answer

I found similar problems on other games occuring for some people but not like this, it's about gpu but my gpu and windows 7 support dx11, even I tried to reinstall gpu driver, but it didn't solve my problem.

1 hour ago, pranciskus2 said:

I found similar problems on other games

If it happens on other games too I suggest running the system file checker on your windows install.

7 minutes ago, Infinisearch said:

If it happens on other games too I suggest running the system file checker on your windows install.

 

No no, I said I found people with similar problems, not like this and other games works for me even 1 directx 9 game project I downloaded, this problem occurs me only on this BoxDemo

11 hours ago, noodleBowl said:

You'll be looking for a signature that looks something like this D3D11CreateDeviceAndSwapChain. This method will  return the HRESULT value

There is no such command like CreateDeviceAndSwapChain but I found file where messagebox refers: failed to create:

//***************************************************************************************
// d3dApp.cpp by Frank Luna (C) 2011 All Rights Reserved.
//***************************************************************************************

#include "d3dApp.h"
#include <WindowsX.h>
#include <sstream>

namespace
{
	// This is just used to forward Windows messages from a global window
	// procedure to our member function window procedure because we cannot
	// assign a member function to WNDCLASS::lpfnWndProc.
	D3DApp* gd3dApp = 0;
}

LRESULT CALLBACK
MainWndProc(HWND hwnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
	// Forward hwnd on because we can get messages (e.g., WM_CREATE)
	// before CreateWindow returns, and thus before mhMainWnd is valid.
	return gd3dApp->MsgProc(hwnd, msg, wParam, lParam);
}

D3DApp::D3DApp(HINSTANCE hInstance)
:	mhAppInst(hInstance),
	mMainWndCaption(L"D3D11 Application"),
	md3dDriverType(D3D_DRIVER_TYPE_HARDWARE),
	mClientWidth(800),
	mClientHeight(600),
	mEnable4xMsaa(false),
	mhMainWnd(0),
	mAppPaused(false),
	mMinimized(false),
	mMaximized(false),
	mResizing(false),
	m4xMsaaQuality(0),
 
	md3dDevice(0),
	md3dImmediateContext(0),
	mSwapChain(0),
	mDepthStencilBuffer(0),
	mRenderTargetView(0),
	mDepthStencilView(0)
{
	ZeroMemory(&mScreenViewport, sizeof(D3D11_VIEWPORT));

	// Get a pointer to the application object so we can forward 
	// Windows messages to the object's window procedure through
	// the global window procedure.
	gd3dApp = this;
}

D3DApp::~D3DApp()
{
	ReleaseCOM(mRenderTargetView);
	ReleaseCOM(mDepthStencilView);
	ReleaseCOM(mSwapChain);
	ReleaseCOM(mDepthStencilBuffer);

	// Restore all default settings.
	if( md3dImmediateContext )
		md3dImmediateContext->ClearState();

	ReleaseCOM(md3dImmediateContext);
	ReleaseCOM(md3dDevice);
}

HINSTANCE D3DApp::AppInst()const
{
	return mhAppInst;
}

HWND D3DApp::MainWnd()const
{
	return mhMainWnd;
}

float D3DApp::AspectRatio()const
{
	return static_cast<float>(mClientWidth) / mClientHeight;
}

int D3DApp::Run()
{
	MSG msg = {0};
 
	mTimer.Reset();

	while(msg.message != WM_QUIT)
	{
		// If there are Window messages then process them.
		if(PeekMessage( &msg, 0, 0, 0, PM_REMOVE ))
		{
            TranslateMessage( &msg );
            DispatchMessage( &msg );
		}
		// Otherwise, do animation/game stuff.
		else
        {	
			mTimer.Tick();

			if( !mAppPaused )
			{
				CalculateFrameStats();
				UpdateScene(mTimer.DeltaTime());	
				DrawScene();
			}
			else
			{
				Sleep(100);
			}
        }
    }

	return (int)msg.wParam;
}

bool D3DApp::Init()
{
	if(!InitMainWindow())
		return false;

	if(!InitDirect3D())
		return false;

	return true;
}
 
void D3DApp::OnResize()
{
	assert(md3dImmediateContext);
	assert(md3dDevice);
	assert(mSwapChain);

	// Release the old views, as they hold references to the buffers we
	// will be destroying.  Also release the old depth/stencil buffer.

	ReleaseCOM(mRenderTargetView);
	ReleaseCOM(mDepthStencilView);
	ReleaseCOM(mDepthStencilBuffer);


	// Resize the swap chain and recreate the render target view.

	HR(mSwapChain->ResizeBuffers(1, mClientWidth, mClientHeight, DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM, 0));
	ID3D11Texture2D* backBuffer;
	HR(mSwapChain->GetBuffer(0, __uuidof(ID3D11Texture2D), reinterpret_cast<void**>(&backBuffer)));
	HR(md3dDevice->CreateRenderTargetView(backBuffer, 0, &mRenderTargetView));
	ReleaseCOM(backBuffer);

	// Create the depth/stencil buffer and view.

	D3D11_TEXTURE2D_DESC depthStencilDesc;
	
	depthStencilDesc.Width     = mClientWidth;
	depthStencilDesc.Height    = mClientHeight;
	depthStencilDesc.MipLevels = 1;
	depthStencilDesc.ArraySize = 1;
	depthStencilDesc.Format    = DXGI_FORMAT_D24_UNORM_S8_UINT;

	// Use 4X MSAA? --must match swap chain MSAA values.
	if( mEnable4xMsaa )
	{
		depthStencilDesc.SampleDesc.Count   = 4;
		depthStencilDesc.SampleDesc.Quality = m4xMsaaQuality-1;
	}
	// No MSAA
	else
	{
		depthStencilDesc.SampleDesc.Count   = 1;
		depthStencilDesc.SampleDesc.Quality = 0;
	}

	depthStencilDesc.Usage          = D3D11_USAGE_DEFAULT;
	depthStencilDesc.BindFlags      = D3D11_BIND_DEPTH_STENCIL;
	depthStencilDesc.CPUAccessFlags = 0; 
	depthStencilDesc.MiscFlags      = 0;

	HR(md3dDevice->CreateTexture2D(&depthStencilDesc, 0, &mDepthStencilBuffer));
	HR(md3dDevice->CreateDepthStencilView(mDepthStencilBuffer, 0, &mDepthStencilView));


	// Bind the render target view and depth/stencil view to the pipeline.

	md3dImmediateContext->OMSetRenderTargets(1, &mRenderTargetView, mDepthStencilView);
	

	// Set the viewport transform.

	mScreenViewport.TopLeftX = 0;
	mScreenViewport.TopLeftY = 0;
	mScreenViewport.Width    = static_cast<float>(mClientWidth);
	mScreenViewport.Height   = static_cast<float>(mClientHeight);
	mScreenViewport.MinDepth = 0.0f;
	mScreenViewport.MaxDepth = 1.0f;

	md3dImmediateContext->RSSetViewports(1, &mScreenViewport);
}
 
LRESULT D3DApp::MsgProc(HWND hwnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
	switch( msg )
	{
	// WM_ACTIVATE is sent when the window is activated or deactivated.  
	// We pause the game when the window is deactivated and unpause it 
	// when it becomes active.  
	case WM_ACTIVATE:
		if( LOWORD(wParam) == WA_INACTIVE )
		{
			mAppPaused = true;
			mTimer.Stop();
		}
		else
		{
			mAppPaused = false;
			mTimer.Start();
		}
		return 0;

	// WM_SIZE is sent when the user resizes the window.  
	case WM_SIZE:
		// Save the new client area dimensions.
		mClientWidth  = LOWORD(lParam);
		mClientHeight = HIWORD(lParam);
		if( md3dDevice )
		{
			if( wParam == SIZE_MINIMIZED )
			{
				mAppPaused = true;
				mMinimized = true;
				mMaximized = false;
			}
			else if( wParam == SIZE_MAXIMIZED )
			{
				mAppPaused = false;
				mMinimized = false;
				mMaximized = true;
				OnResize();
			}
			else if( wParam == SIZE_RESTORED )
			{
				
				// Restoring from minimized state?
				if( mMinimized )
				{
					mAppPaused = false;
					mMinimized = false;
					OnResize();
				}

				// Restoring from maximized state?
				else if( mMaximized )
				{
					mAppPaused = false;
					mMaximized = false;
					OnResize();
				}
				else if( mResizing )
				{
					// If user is dragging the resize bars, we do not resize 
					// the buffers here because as the user continuously 
					// drags the resize bars, a stream of WM_SIZE messages are
					// sent to the window, and it would be pointless (and slow)
					// to resize for each WM_SIZE message received from dragging
					// the resize bars.  So instead, we reset after the user is 
					// done resizing the window and releases the resize bars, which 
					// sends a WM_EXITSIZEMOVE message.
				}
				else // API call such as SetWindowPos or mSwapChain->SetFullscreenState.
				{
					OnResize();
				}
			}
		}
		return 0;

	// WM_EXITSIZEMOVE is sent when the user grabs the resize bars.
	case WM_ENTERSIZEMOVE:
		mAppPaused = true;
		mResizing  = true;
		mTimer.Stop();
		return 0;

	// WM_EXITSIZEMOVE is sent when the user releases the resize bars.
	// Here we reset everything based on the new window dimensions.
	case WM_EXITSIZEMOVE:
		mAppPaused = false;
		mResizing  = false;
		mTimer.Start();
		OnResize();
		return 0;
 
	// WM_DESTROY is sent when the window is being destroyed.
	case WM_DESTROY:
		PostQuitMessage(0);
		return 0;

	// The WM_MENUCHAR message is sent when a menu is active and the user presses 
	// a key that does not correspond to any mnemonic or accelerator key. 
	case WM_MENUCHAR:
        // Don't beep when we alt-enter.
        return MAKELRESULT(0, MNC_CLOSE);

	// Catch this message so to prevent the window from becoming too small.
	case WM_GETMINMAXINFO:
		((MINMAXINFO*)lParam)->ptMinTrackSize.x = 200;
		((MINMAXINFO*)lParam)->ptMinTrackSize.y = 200; 
		return 0;

	case WM_LBUTTONDOWN:
	case WM_MBUTTONDOWN:
	case WM_RBUTTONDOWN:
		OnMouseDown(wParam, GET_X_LPARAM(lParam), GET_Y_LPARAM(lParam));
		return 0;
	case WM_LBUTTONUP:
	case WM_MBUTTONUP:
	case WM_RBUTTONUP:
		OnMouseUp(wParam, GET_X_LPARAM(lParam), GET_Y_LPARAM(lParam));
		return 0;
	case WM_MOUSEMOVE:
		OnMouseMove(wParam, GET_X_LPARAM(lParam), GET_Y_LPARAM(lParam));
		return 0;
	}

	return DefWindowProc(hwnd, msg, wParam, lParam);
}


bool D3DApp::InitMainWindow()
{
	WNDCLASS wc;
	wc.style         = CS_HREDRAW | CS_VREDRAW;
	wc.lpfnWndProc   = MainWndProc; 
	wc.cbClsExtra    = 0;
	wc.cbWndExtra    = 0;
	wc.hInstance     = mhAppInst;
	wc.hIcon         = LoadIcon(0, IDI_APPLICATION);
	wc.hCursor       = LoadCursor(0, IDC_ARROW);
	wc.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)GetStockObject(NULL_BRUSH);
	wc.lpszMenuName  = 0;
	wc.lpszClassName = L"D3DWndClassName";

	if( !RegisterClass(&wc) )
	{
		MessageBox(0, L"RegisterClass Failed.", 0, 0);
		return false;
	}

	// Compute window rectangle dimensions based on requested client area dimensions.
	RECT R = { 0, 0, mClientWidth, mClientHeight };
    AdjustWindowRect(&R, WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, false);
	int width  = R.right - R.left;
	int height = R.bottom - R.top;

	mhMainWnd = CreateWindow(L"D3DWndClassName", mMainWndCaption.c_str(), 
		WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT, width, height, 0, 0, mhAppInst, 0); 
	if( !mhMainWnd )
	{
		MessageBox(0, L"CreateWindow Failed.", 0, 0);
		return false;
	}

	ShowWindow(mhMainWnd, SW_SHOW);
	UpdateWindow(mhMainWnd);

	return true;
}

bool D3DApp::InitDirect3D()
{
	// Create the device and device context.

	UINT createDeviceFlags = 0;
#if defined(DEBUG) || defined(_DEBUG)  
    createDeviceFlags |= D3D11_CREATE_DEVICE_DEBUG;
#endif

	D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL featureLevel;
	HRESULT hr = D3D11CreateDevice(
			0,                 // default adapter
			md3dDriverType,
			0,                 // no software device
			createDeviceFlags, 
			0, 0,              // default feature level array
			D3D11_SDK_VERSION,
			&md3dDevice,
			&featureLevel,
			&md3dImmediateContext);

	if( FAILED(hr) )
	{
		MessageBox(0, L"D3D11CreateDevice Failed.", 0, 0);
		return false;
	}

	if( featureLevel != D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_11_0 )
	{
		MessageBox(0, L"Direct3D Feature Level 11 unsupported.", 0, 0);
		return false;
	}

	// Check 4X MSAA quality support for our back buffer format.
	// All Direct3D 11 capable devices support 4X MSAA for all render 
	// target formats, so we only need to check quality support.

	HR(md3dDevice->CheckMultisampleQualityLevels(
		DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM, 4, &m4xMsaaQuality));
	assert( m4xMsaaQuality > 0 );

	// Fill out a DXGI_SWAP_CHAIN_DESC to describe our swap chain.

	DXGI_SWAP_CHAIN_DESC sd;
	sd.BufferDesc.Width  = mClientWidth;
	sd.BufferDesc.Height = mClientHeight;
	sd.BufferDesc.RefreshRate.Numerator = 60;
	sd.BufferDesc.RefreshRate.Denominator = 1;
	sd.BufferDesc.Format = DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM;
	sd.BufferDesc.ScanlineOrdering = DXGI_MODE_SCANLINE_ORDER_UNSPECIFIED;
	sd.BufferDesc.Scaling = DXGI_MODE_SCALING_UNSPECIFIED;

	// Use 4X MSAA? 
	if( mEnable4xMsaa )
	{
		sd.SampleDesc.Count   = 4;
		sd.SampleDesc.Quality = m4xMsaaQuality-1;
	}
	// No MSAA
	else
	{
		sd.SampleDesc.Count   = 1;
		sd.SampleDesc.Quality = 0;
	}

	sd.BufferUsage  = DXGI_USAGE_RENDER_TARGET_OUTPUT;
	sd.BufferCount  = 1;
	sd.OutputWindow = mhMainWnd;
	sd.Windowed     = true;
	sd.SwapEffect   = DXGI_SWAP_EFFECT_DISCARD;
	sd.Flags        = 0;

	// To correctly create the swap chain, we must use the IDXGIFactory that was
	// used to create the device.  If we tried to use a different IDXGIFactory instance
	// (by calling CreateDXGIFactory), we get an error: "IDXGIFactory::CreateSwapChain: 
	// This function is being called with a device from a different IDXGIFactory."

	IDXGIDevice* dxgiDevice = 0;
	HR(md3dDevice->QueryInterface(__uuidof(IDXGIDevice), (void**)&dxgiDevice));
	      
	IDXGIAdapter* dxgiAdapter = 0;
	HR(dxgiDevice->GetParent(__uuidof(IDXGIAdapter), (void**)&dxgiAdapter));

	IDXGIFactory* dxgiFactory = 0;
	HR(dxgiAdapter->GetParent(__uuidof(IDXGIFactory), (void**)&dxgiFactory));

	HR(dxgiFactory->CreateSwapChain(md3dDevice, &sd, &mSwapChain));
	
	ReleaseCOM(dxgiDevice);
	ReleaseCOM(dxgiAdapter);
	ReleaseCOM(dxgiFactory);

	// The remaining steps that need to be carried out for d3d creation
	// also need to be executed every time the window is resized.  So
	// just call the OnResize method here to avoid code duplication.
	
	OnResize();

	return true;
}

void D3DApp::CalculateFrameStats()
{
	// Code computes the average frames per second, and also the 
	// average time it takes to render one frame.  These stats 
	// are appended to the window caption bar.

	static int frameCnt = 0;
	static float timeElapsed = 0.0f;

	frameCnt++;

	// Compute averages over one second period.
	if( (mTimer.TotalTime() - timeElapsed) >= 1.0f )
	{
		float fps = (float)frameCnt; // fps = frameCnt / 1
		float mspf = 1000.0f / fps;

		std::wostringstream outs;   
		outs.precision(6);
		outs << mMainWndCaption << L"    "
			 << L"FPS: " << fps << L"    " 
			 << L"Frame Time: " << mspf << L" (ms)";
		SetWindowText(mhMainWnd, outs.str().c_str());
		
		// Reset for next average.
		frameCnt = 0;
		timeElapsed += 1.0f;
	}
}

Looking to comments it seems that is probably possible to change some options to make it work but I have no knowledge about these things because I just started to learn.

9 hours ago, GoliathForge said:

Check this.

Start button, search for the dxdiag program. In the system tab will show your version installed but on the display tab, under drivers, your DDI Version will be what max device you can create. For me, on an old GTX260M using DX11, I have to create my device with the DX10.1 feature set.

You have to use older dx because your card doesn't support dx11, my ati mobility radeon 5850 supports it, so I don't know whats wrong, maybe something with my in code options

http://d3dcoder.net/Data/Book4/d3d11CodeSet1.zip
In directx3d drawing folder you should find the box demo

I was following instructions from this book from 23 to 31 page how to launch BoxDemo

http://aranna.altervista.org/data2/3d_game_programming_with_DirectX11.pdf
this is the plenty in files and I don't really know where to concentrate. Maybe this will help you to to form a clear view what I'm trying to do.

1 hour ago, noodleBowl said:

In the code you posted there is this call in the InitDirect3D method. This will attempt to create the D3Ddevice, the HRESULT returned will be S_OK for the device was successfully created, otherwise like in your case it will return a different value that goes along with an error code. You can the use that error code and the D3D docs to narrow down why the device was not created

My code returns false here but I don't know what to do