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Title: Cannot init d3d file error
Post by: Tonedeff on July 28, 2008, 05:36:55 am

aight yeah i didn't go to church, dad got pissed, took away the laptop.. now that i reformatted this piece of shit desktop and downloaded anthem, for one thing whenever i use a skill like crazy uproar,it shows those 2 dudes playing a trumpet, BUT its surrounded by like a black rectangular box..... and also peoples aura, its like instead of having regular old blue aura... they have like a box surrounding the characters outline, then the aura. its weird as HELL. then last but not least. i cant log on unless i put ro on full screen cause of this whole Cannot init d3d crap, someone help me T_T

Title: Re: Cannot init d3d file error
Post by: Mirandu on July 28, 2008, 05:39:42 am

Check your...

... video card drivers. Are they up to date? Did you forget to install them?

... DirectX. Go to Start -> Run... -> Type in: "dxdiag" and press Enter, then go to the Display tab and do all the tests.

Title: Re: Cannot init d3d file error
Post by: Tonedeff on July 28, 2008, 05:52:36 am

tried all the tests lol all successful still dont work

Title: Re: Cannot init d3d file error
Post by: Mirandu on July 28, 2008, 05:58:50 am

Which operating system are you using?

Did you install/update your video card drivers? If you know the name, I can go and look for drivers.

Title: Re: Cannot init d3d file error
Post by: Tonedeff on July 28, 2008, 06:01:46 am

OS: Microsoft Windows XP professional  Video drive card driver is DirextX 9.0c right?  O.o

Its weird... before i reformatted computer, this was never a problem

Title: Re: Cannot init d3d file error
Post by: Tonedeff on July 28, 2008, 06:55:16 am

man fuck it dude, my dad just gave back the labtop fuck this compaq till next time.

Title: Re: Cannot init d3d file error
Post by: Varis on July 28, 2008, 10:22:32 am

Search function is a wonderful tool. I pulled this wonderful gem by GM Denia up:

Quote from: GM Denia on December 15, 2007, 09:05:48 pm

Not always the case. It can be caused by netmeeting/remote share being activated. If updating directX doesn't help you or updating drivers doesn't help, please see the fix below.

As for the ""Cannot inid d3d OR grf file has problem."

Quote from: GM Denia on November 16, 2007, 01:49:00 pm

A fix I found via google, the one colored in purple seems to be what usually will do it for players ^^

-PLEASE make sure your system meets the minimum requirements for RO. (voodoo series cards sometimes don't work properly, same with Mobility Rage/Radeon cards.. they might have fixed this problem with the newer cards though.)

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
OS: Windows 98se/me/2000/XP
CPU: Pentium - 500 or equivalent
(AMD CPU, Celeron)
RAM: 128MB
VGA: DirectX 3D Support
VGA: Card with 8 MB video memory
SOUND: DirectSound support
OTHER: DirectX 8.0

RECOMMENDED REQUIREMENTS:
OS: Windows 98se/me/2000/XP
CPU: Pentium - 700 or better
(AMD CPU, Celeron)
RAM: 256MB
VGA: DirectX 3D Support
VGA: Card with 32 MB video memory
SOUND: DirectSound equivalent /3D Surround Sound Support
OTHER: DirectX 8.0 or better.

Supported VGA Chipsets:
NVidia GeForce 2 MX or better
ATI RADEON or better
MATROX G400 or better

Compatible but may experience problems
NVidia Riva TNT or equivalent
Voodoo3 or equivalent
S3 Savage or equivlaent
ATI Rage128, Mobility rage/radeon or equivalents

KNOWN FIXES FOR CANNOT INIT D3D OR GRF FILE HAS PROBLEM

-Update your video driver and direct x.
-Make sure your video driver is listed in the ragnarok setup (to get to set up, go to the folder you have ro installed in and click the icon that says Setup). <= Kaypha mentioned this one.. if it's not there, install your video driver.
-Set to full screen mode.
-Lower your settings in the RO Setup (usually, this doesn't make much of a difference but I know of one case where it did).
-Be sure the resolution you're using in the RO setup is the same one you use on your computer.
-Check to see if you're using 'Direct3D HAL' in the RO Setup. If not, choose that one. If you are, choose the other.
-Make sure Remote desktop sharing isn't enabled (to do so, open up netmeeting, and under tools, go to Remote Desktop Sharing and go through the whole setup thing. After that completes, go back to tools and uncheck Remote desktop sharing to disable it). Remote Desktop has a nasty habit of sometimes not allowing other applications to use directdraw.
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DRIVERS/DIRECTX

DirectX: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/default.aspx
Intel Video Drivers - http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df/support
Nvidia Video Drivers - http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp
ATI Video Drivers - http://ati.com/support/driver.html

If none of this works, run the Directx diags and look for problems there. to run these diags, go Start => Run => type "dxdiag"

Once you get there, check out the Display tab. This will allow you to make sure directdraw and direct3d are working properly and enabled.

Title: Re: Cannot init d3d file error
Post by: Tonedeff on August 02, 2008, 02:04:11 am

i tried downloading all of those and it said, cannot find any drivers compatible with blah blah blah blah blah, setup will close now <.<
i dont get it, before i reformated the computer everything worked fine, just super duper slow now its going fast and nothing will work

Title: Re: Cannot init d3d file error
Post by: Aozora on August 02, 2008, 02:51:17 am

So what video card are you using?

Title: Re: Cannot init d3d file error
Post by: Tonedeff on August 02, 2008, 05:28:59 am

no clue, i thot it was DirectX 9.0c but if thats not it then i dunno

Title: Re: Cannot init d3d file error
Post by: Banana Waffle on August 02, 2008, 07:21:43 pm

you tried to play around with the resoulution in the ro setup (especially fullscreen or not)?
i had the same problem on my old pc...i made it fullscreen and it worked...

Title: Re: Cannot init d3d file error
Post by: Aozora on August 03, 2008, 03:25:12 am

Quote from: Tonedeff on August 02, 2008, 05:28:59 am

no clue, i thot it was DirectX 9.0c but if thats not it then i dunno

DirectX is a windows standard application for running 3D, it operates together with your video card to produce 3D graphics. What you need to do is to figure out what Video card you have, or if you don't have a video card what motherboard you have since if you don't have a video card then it's integrated in the motherboard.

Download something like AIDA32 (http://majorgeeks.com/download181.html) and look for the video card there. Then after you've figured out your video card go google it's drivers.

Title: Re: Cannot init d3d file error
Post by: Tonedeff on August 04, 2008, 07:36:01 pm

ah, cool program altough i alredy gussed this was it, cause on my Labtop it says Raedeon on here it says

Intel(R) 82810E Graphics Controller (Microsoft Corporation)
 which doesnt really sound like a graphics card lol, which is why i didint say it was in the first place but yeah that might be it

Title: Re: Cannot init d3d file error
Post by: light aura on August 04, 2008, 08:27:22 pm

Quote from: Tonedeff on August 04, 2008, 07:36:01 pm

ah, cool program altough i alredy gussed this was it, cause on my Labtop it says Raedeon on here it says

Intel(R) 82810E Graphics Controller (Microsoft Corporation)
 which doesnt really sound like a graphics card lol, which is why i didint say it was in the first place but yeah that might be it

I use to run off of that.

Try reinstalling drivers.  The 828 series has given me a lot of headaches.

Title: Re: Cannot init d3d file error
Post by: Aozora on August 04, 2008, 08:57:51 pm

Quote from: Tonedeff on August 04, 2008, 07:36:01 pm

ah, cool program altough i alredy gussed this was it, cause on my Labtop it says Raedeon on here it says

Intel(R) 82810E Graphics Controller (Microsoft Corporation)
 which doesnt really sound like a graphics card lol, which is why i didint say it was in the first place but yeah that might be it

That's your motherboard integrated graphics controller. Most MB's have one Download drivers here
http://www.soft32.com/download_180244.html (http://www.soft32.com/download_180244.html)

Though if your laptop says Radeon then chances are that there's a graphic card in there as well. What model is the laptop?

Title: Re: Cannot init d3d file error
Post by: Tonedeff on August 04, 2008, 10:00:52 pm

The Labtop Has No problems, but its a Dell Inspiron 4100

Title: Re: Cannot init d3d file error
Post by: Tonedeff on August 04, 2008, 10:25:00 pm

ohhh shit ( im on my labtop right now ) i downloaded it and got it to work but the screen  revolution was too big( 800x600 )
so i set it to 1024x768 and it didint work naymore, so i put it back on 800x600 and it still didint workk so yeah i fixed it and fucked it up again T_T i got on my labtop and wrote this =/ darn so close

Title: Re: Cannot init d3d file error
Post by: light aura on August 04, 2008, 11:39:45 pm

Quote from: Tonedeff on August 04, 2008, 10:25:00 pm

ohhh shit ( im on my labtop right now ) i downloaded it and got it to work but the screen  revolution was too big( 800x600 )
so i set it to 1024x768 and it didint work naymore, so i put it back on 800x600 and it still didint workk so yeah i fixed it and fucked it up again T_T i got on my labtop and wrote this =/ darn so close

Try Direct3D Hal at 1024x768x16

Title: Re: Cannot init d3d file error
Post by: Tonedeff on August 04, 2008, 11:52:14 pm

But then ittl be full screen... and the point in all this is for it to NOT be full screen

Title: Re: Cannot init d3d file error
Post by: light aura on August 05, 2008, 12:01:18 am

Quote from: Tonedeff on August 04, 2008, 11:52:14 pm

But then ittl be full screen... and the point in all this is for it to NOT be full screen

Direct3D HAL should work in 800x600x16 too, which, unless you really want to play in 640x480x16, is your other option.  I'm also going to assume you use Vista since you're on a laptop, which makes problems of itself when running this.

Title: Re: Cannot init d3d file error
Post by: Tonedeff on August 05, 2008, 12:19:16 am

NO NO NO the problem isnt the laptop LOL the problem is the desktop, its an old piece of shit /ok that wont work unlelss its on full screen, it worked before i reformatted it and now it wont work

Title: Re: Cannot init d3d file error
Post by: Tonedeff on August 05, 2008, 06:12:01 am

Any Help Guys T_T please keep in mind the labtop isnt the problem, ive been talking about desktop entire time /ok

Title: Re: Cannot init d3d file error
Post by: Mirandu on August 05, 2008, 06:23:37 am

Still the same Cannot init d3d file or grf error?

Quote from: Aozora on August 03, 2008, 03:25:12 am

DirectX is a windows standard application for running 3D, it operates together with your video card to produce 3D graphics. What you need to do is to figure out what Video card you have, or if you don't have a video card what motherboard you have since if you don't have a video card then it's integrated in the motherboard.

Download something like AIDA32 (http://majorgeeks.com/download181.html) and look for the video card there. Then after you've figured out your video card go google it's drivers.

Use the program again, and tell us your video card driver.
If there's the "(Microsoft Corporation)" suffix again, well, the Microsoft video card drivers are shit, they don't work.
Or maybe try this link: Intel drivers (http://downloadcenter.intel.com/filter_results.aspx?strTypes=all&ProductID=798&OSFullName=Windows*+XP+Professional&lang=eng&strOSs=44&submit=Go!)

Title: Re: Cannot init d3d file error
Post by: Tonedeff on August 05, 2008, 09:44:35 am

Quote from: Tonedeff on August 04, 2008, 07:36:01 pm

ah, cool program altough i alredy gussed this was it, cause on my Labtop it says Raedeon on here it says

Intel(R) 82810E Graphics Controller (Microsoft Corporation)
 which doesnt really sound like a graphics card lol, which is why i didint say it was in the first place but yeah that might be it

Its still the same O.O

Title: Re: Cannot init d3d file error
Post by: Aozora on August 05, 2008, 12:03:40 pm

I'm assuming that you have a ready nbuilt computer? If that's the case what brand is it? Or do you have an instruction booklet/package/anything that would have the complete specs of your computer.

If you don't have anything to figure out the specs, run AIDA32 again and select "Display" from the list. Then select the first entry "Windows-Display" or something similar. then take a screenshot of that and post it here.

Title: Re: Cannot init d3d file error
Post by: Mirandu on August 05, 2008, 01:26:56 pm

Quote from: Aozora on August 05, 2008, 12:03:40 pm

I'm assuming that you have a ready nbuilt computer? If that's the case what brand is it? Or do you have an instruction booklet/package/anything that would have the complete specs of your computer.

If you don't have anything to figure out the specs, run AIDA32 again and select "Display" from the list. Then select the first entry "Windows-Display" or something similar. then take a screenshot of that and post it here.

He is using his desktop PC which he formatted beforehand, and I assume, Windows XP detected his video card and installed its own driver, that's why the driver says "(Microsoft Corporation)". I once had the same problem, trying to use a (Microsoft Corporation) driver, but it's no good, they suck. So he should either install the original driver from your link or look on intel.com for up-to-date drivers (here (http://downloadcenter.intel.com/filter_results.aspx?strTypes=all&ProductID=798&OSFullName=Windows*+XP+Professional&lang=eng&strOSs=44&submit=Go!)).
Actually, Intel(R) 82810E seems to be his video card.

The radeon card is on his laptop, but he only has problems with the desktop. :S

Soo.. he should just try to reinstall drivers.

Title: Re: Cannot init d3d file error
Post by: Tonedeff on August 05, 2008, 01:42:04 pm

sadly i did install new drivers, and it worked, but then i changed the screen revolution and it STOPPED working then i put it back to its original revolution and it STILL wont work lol, so yeah i fixed it and fucked it up again, only thing i can think to do is reformat it, download anthem, downloaded everything again, and never fuck with the revolution again, but thatd like hours T_T

Title: Re: Cannot init d3d file error
Post by: light aura on August 05, 2008, 01:53:41 pm

It wont work.

82810E, which is what my old desktop runs (as previously mentioned somewhat), along with every other internal 828 series, is a complete pain in the ass.  The only real solution is to buy a cheap PCI graphics card.  TigerDirect has really cheap ones.

I've had so many troubles running RO before I bought a new graphics card.  And your sprites and such will still not render properly, even if you do get it to work again, simply because your card doesn't support it.

Title: Re: Cannot init d3d file error
Post by: Tonedeff on August 05, 2008, 02:05:57 pm

but i got it to work, then i changed the screen revo on my computer, not on RO but on the actual computer then it made ro not work

Title: Re: Cannot init d3d file error
Post by: Aozora on August 05, 2008, 07:14:49 pm

Quote from: Tonedeff on August 05, 2008, 02:05:57 pm

but i got it to work, then i changed the screen revo on my computer, not on RO but on the actual computer then it made ro not work

Exactly, you don't have the drivers thus your computer can't handle anything more complicated then simple desktop on small resolution. Which is why you need your video card drivers, you probably have some card in there at least. Figure out what it is, get drivers and you'll be done.

Title: Re: Cannot init d3d file error
Post by: Tonedeff on August 05, 2008, 10:04:31 pm

I downloaded the right driver dude, and it worked, then i changed it and now it wont work, and even if i put it back on the right revolution it wont work <.<

Title: Re: Cannot init d3d file error
Post by: lizziegiggles on October 26, 2008, 11:45:21 pm

Mine is going the same thing D:

and i updated the drivers i know
cause i had to for diablo 2

and same as that guy
i had no problems until i reformatted and then i got this problem please help

if you know how to fix this

email me please

lizzy88_102@hotmail.com

or reply to this THANK YOU !: D

Title: Re: Cannot init d3d file error
Post by: Denia on October 27, 2008, 12:00:18 am

Try this part:

Quote from: AxeGunner on August 04, 2008, 11:39:45 pm

Quote from: Tonedeff on August 04, 2008, 10:25:00 pm

ohhh shit ( im on my labtop right now ) i downloaded it and got it to work but the screen  revolution was too big( 800x600 )
so i set it to 1024x768 and it didint work naymore, so i put it back on 800x600 and it still didint workk so yeah i fixed it and fucked it up again T_T i got on my labtop and wrote this =/ darn so close

Try Direct3D Hal at 1024x768x16

In Setup.exe