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TGBX and Vista

by Nicholas Prince · in Torque X 2D · 04/04/2007 (2:47 pm) · 5 replies

I downloaded and installed the Torque X Open Beta. All the project files work in XNA Game Studio Express. However I am unable to get the TGBX editor to open. (Although if I mouse over the TGBX editor in the taskbar I can see a small screenshot if the window with the registration dialog box.)

For testing purposes I installed the regular TGB editor, and it worked fine. Has anyone encountered this problem and/or have a solution to it? If I was able to change the default TGBX window to D3D instead of Open GL that may help, as I have been having some driver problems. Other than that I haven't got a clue how to fix it.

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  • #1
    04/04/2007 (3:12 pm)
    For me, it has to do with the setting of your screen res.
    I noticed that with mine, if i had the side bar sset on 'always on top', it wouldn't load properly because the res didn't match right.

    I am using a wide screen.

    Someone else solved the problem differently though.
    You might want to do a search for vista and see what comes up if the problems not the same as mine
    #2
    04/04/2007 (3:14 pm)
    Something else to note about Vista.
    Once you do have your window working properly and you create and save a project, it will not show up in your save games folder naturally.
    It has something to do with creating files that where not meant for Vista.
    When in your games folder, you will see a link in the top bar that says 'compatablity mode' or something.

    Click on that and you will see your saved folder and files.
    #3
    04/04/2007 (3:15 pm)
    Looking into the console.log files gave a bit more info.

    In TGBX:
    OpenGL driver information:
    Vendor: Microsoft Corp.
    Renderer: Direct3D
    Version: 1.1

    In TGB:
    OpenGL driver information:
    Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
    Renderer: GeForce Go 7900 GS/PCI/SSE2
    Version: 2.1.0

    Also TGB has more enabled Open GL extensions compared to TGBX
    #4
    04/04/2007 (3:20 pm)
    Charlie;

    I had the sidebar disabled. Just tried turning the sidebar on, and setting it to always on top. That still did not solve the problem. I am using a Widescreen Monitor at 1366 x 768. And I have Vista's UAC Disabled, it caused more problems than it solved.
    #5
    04/04/2007 (5:57 pm)
    Fond my solution here: http://www.garagegames.com/mg/forums/result.thread.php?qt=59355 Thanks for pointing me in the right direction Charlie.

    Apparently 1366 x 768 is a bad resolution. Changed to my laptop monitor which is using 1920 x 1200 and it worked fine.