Cannot init d3d file error

[Tonedeff]

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

[Tonedeff]

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

[light aura]

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

[Tonedeff]

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

[light aura]

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.

[Tonedeff]

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

[Tonedeff]

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

[Mirandu]

Still the same Cannot init d3d file or grf error?

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.

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

[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

Its still the same O.O

[Aozora]

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.

[Mirandu]

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).
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.

[Tonedeff]

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

[light aura]

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.

[Tonedeff]

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

[Aozora]

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.