Cannot init d3d file error

[Tonedeff]

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

[Mirandu]

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.

[Tonedeff]

tried all the tests lol all successful still dont work

[Mirandu]

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.

[Tonedeff]

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

[Tonedeff]

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

[Varis]

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

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."

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.

[Tonedeff]

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

[Aozora]

So what video card are you using?

[Tonedeff]

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

[Banana Waffle]

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...

[Aozora]

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 and look for the video card there. Then after you've figured out your video card go google it's drivers.

[Tonedeff]

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

[light aura]

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.

[Aozora]

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

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