Why does nothing work for me?
by Morgan · in Site Feedback · 08/08/2007 (9:56 am) · 6 replies
Hi.
i recently puchased the book "3d game programming all in one second edition". firstly i opend it up and looked through the games and installed a few. however when i ran them, it started of normaly and then the window went and i was left with my desktop but the game music playing. also when i bought the task manager up it was running as a process not a application, and didnt show in the toolbar.
then i opend up the free tourque game engine that came with it, i installed it and yet again my computer crashed.
i thought id finaly fixed it when i downloaded the tourque 1.5 engine (i think it was 1.5 anyway) and to my amazement it worked! but was only a demo.
so does anyone have any idea why none of this is working. i have a brand new laptop, and is running on windows vista. is vista the problem?
i dont know all the specs but its a dell inspiron 6400 has a intel core 2 cpu(1.74ghz) and 1 gig memory.
(im not sure how to get all the specs, but thats all i could find )
any help would be verrrry greatly apreciated
thanks ~mog~
~edit~ i got marble blast to work :S and i have no idea what i did?
i recently puchased the book "3d game programming all in one second edition". firstly i opend it up and looked through the games and installed a few. however when i ran them, it started of normaly and then the window went and i was left with my desktop but the game music playing. also when i bought the task manager up it was running as a process not a application, and didnt show in the toolbar.
then i opend up the free tourque game engine that came with it, i installed it and yet again my computer crashed.
i thought id finaly fixed it when i downloaded the tourque 1.5 engine (i think it was 1.5 anyway) and to my amazement it worked! but was only a demo.
so does anyone have any idea why none of this is working. i have a brand new laptop, and is running on windows vista. is vista the problem?
i dont know all the specs but its a dell inspiron 6400 has a intel core 2 cpu(1.74ghz) and 1 gig memory.
(im not sure how to get all the specs, but thats all i could find )
any help would be verrrry greatly apreciated
thanks ~mog~
~edit~ i got marble blast to work :S and i have no idea what i did?
#4
Erik Madsen answered this here. There are a number of topics that come up when you search for this problem.
Also, try running dxdiag to test any problems with DirectX.
Make sure that you also have the most current drivers from your vendor and not the Microsoft compatibility drivers from WindowsUpdates.
08/10/2007 (12:10 pm)
You can do a lot with the demo, however the starter kits are not included now to give you an example of what you can do.Erik Madsen answered this here. There are a number of topics that come up when you search for this problem.
Quote:
TGE does support DirectX, but indirectly. You should be able to choose D3D at the options screen. If you can't even reach that screen, or its not available in whichever chapter version you're running (I don't have the book), then find the client prefs file. Its in /client/prefs.cs in stock TGE, dunno what file in the books version. Find and change the following lines:
$pref::Video::preferOpenGL = "0";
$pref::Video::allowD3D = "1";
$pref::Video::allowOpenGL = "0";
Also, try running dxdiag to test any problems with DirectX.
Make sure that you also have the most current drivers from your vendor and not the Microsoft compatibility drivers from WindowsUpdates.
#5
08/10/2007 (1:13 pm)
Ok thankyou, although i cant do anything with any of the engine -.-" it jsut crashes when i open it. do you think i should just buy it?
#6
08/10/2007 (1:44 pm)
Open the prefs and make the changes above and see if it comes up. I know that the book uses 1.3 and the demo is 1.5, but I'm not sure what video-related changes may have made it into the newer version. 
Torque 3D Owner mb