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SGDK Version 2 => Help, Errors, FAQ => Topic started by: Karisma on 2008-12-02, 07:20:01 AM
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I got this error message when i tried to play the game: :'(
(http://i396.photobucket.com/albums/pp50/karisma_de_angel/error2.jpg)
What could be the cause? :'( :'( :'(
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What version of SGDK2 do you have? I'll assume it's 2.0 since you are running Tetris, which is DirectX based.
What are your video card specs? How old is it? What OS are you running?
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What version of SGDK2 do you have? I'll assume it's 2.0 since you are running Tetris, which is DirectX based.
What are your video card specs? How old is it? What OS are you running?
Yes, I run sgdk 2.0...
It's windows xp sp1. Well, i don't know much about hardwares, but i know that this computer is old enough. What should i do to obtain information about installed video card in my pc? Could it be the problem?
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In Xp go to Start-> Programs-> Accessories -> System Tools -> Sytem information
This should give you basic info such as Ram available. In the Components breakdown under the display heading it should list the video card specs as well.
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Two ideas:
1) Check that your system meets the requirements outlined in the requirements section of the SGDK2 homepage: http://sgdk2.sourceforge.net/ (http://sgdk2.sourceforge.net/)
2) Try un-installing 2.0 and using the new beta version 2.1 which is based on OpenGL instead of DirectX. Let me know if you need help finding or using it.
(You won't be able to play the Tetris sample from 2.0, but you can create a new project based on the sample project and see if that works.)
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In Xp go to Start-> Programs-> Accessories -> System Tools -> Sytem information
This should give you basic info such as Ram available. In the Components breakdown under the display heading it should list the video card specs as well.
Did You meant this?
(http://i396.photobucket.com/albums/pp50/karisma_de_angel/videocard.jpg)
Oh well, does that mean that my video card is VIA/S3G CLE266? I don't find it on the supported video card lists...
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That is indeed it. If you notice, you have 32Mb of video Ram available on a via chipset. Typically the Via chipset is an onboard video adapter using an AGP bus that is internal to the southbridge. Via is a Chipset/motherboard vendor that makes quite a few chipsets as well as lower end proc's, etc.
The IDX family by intel will often show shared memory as well through the Windows abstraction layers, allowing you to run larger footprint apps as long as enough Ram is available. Unfortunately I do not think you will be able to run SGDK2 with that little video Ram.
What is you Mobo vendor? Do you have a PCI-E or AGP slot on the Mobo?
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That is indeed it. If you notice, you have 32Mb of video Ram available on a via chipset. Typically the Via chipset is an onboard video adapter using an AGP bus that is internal to the southbridge. Via is a Chipset/motherboard vendor that makes quite a few chipsets as well as lower end proc's, etc.
The IDX family by intel will often show shared memory as well through the Windows abstraction layers, allowing you to run larger footprint apps as long as enough Ram is available. Unfortunately I do not think you will be able to run SGDK2 with that little video Ram.
What is you Mobo vendor? Do you have a PCI-E or AGP slot on the Mobo?
Oh, there's no slot inside... ???
Does that mean that the v2.1 won't work too?
i've just downloaded it and tried it. There's no error message appears, but i have not tried any sample game yet, since the samples for v2.0 use directX
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2.1 might work; I'd be very interested to know whether or not it does because I need to get a list of cards that are supported by version 2.1. The sample game for 2.1 is delivered with 2.1. Just select "New" from the project menu and select "Sample Game" from the list of available project templates. Then save the game and run it.
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2.1 might work; I'd be very interested to know whether or not it does because I need to get a list of cards that are supported by version 2.1. The sample game for 2.1 is delivered with 2.1. Just select "New" from the project menu and select "Sample Game" from the list of available project templates. Then save the game and run it.
It asked me to update my driver. It looks better. The problem is, i don't know how to do that...I'm sorry, would You like to tell me how to update it? When i tried to update it from device manager, it asked for cd...Can i update it from internet?
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At a guess the PC in question is an ebox using an ASUS A7V8x mobo which means it should have an 8x AGP port. So a nvidia 6800 should drop right in, and only cost around $30 as well.
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At a guess the PC in question is an ebox using an ASUS A7V8x mobo which means it should have an 8x AGP port. So a nvidia 6800 should drop right in, and only cost around $30 as well.
Well, i don't know. My friend has opened my CPU and see that there's no slot for ataching it. That means if i want to use any video card, i have to replace my mobo with others :(
I will do it, but it will take time, :)
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No little brown coloured slot at the very top of the available card slots? I may have been wrong about the motherboard vendor then.
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No little brown coloured slot at the very top of the available card slots? I may have been wrong about the motherboard vendor then.
Unfortunately yes, there is not :no:...
It's ok, th computer is quite old this year...i think i need to update the driver and see if the program can work in my pc... :)
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can u post a picture of your cpu?
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why do people keep calling it a cpu...?
A cpu is a central processing unit, which is a COMPONENT of a computer.
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It may be a rhetorical question, but it's one I've wrestled with before so I'll answer it. I think it's because, in an attempt to think of a name for the motherboard, all its attachments, and the case housing it, "CPU" was what a group of people started to use in the absence of a better option, and now a lot more people use the term because it's understood to refer to this even if it's not technically accurate. Alternate terms have other problems:
"Box" -- too generic -- could be referring to the cardboard box in which the computer arrived
"PC" -- 1) Refers to the whole computer; 2) in another twist of misused terms, this tends to refer to the alternative to a Mac
"Case" -- Usually refers to the unit without its contents; also too generic
"Unit" -- too generic again
"CPU housing" -- no clear meaning -- does this refer to the case alone, and technically the case doesn't house just the CPU, so it's a confusing term
"CPU Box" -- close... I tend to use this, but people tend to prefer one word terms, and it's still a little awkward technically speaking.
"Computer" -- Not specific enough when one wants to refer to just the CPU Box and not include the monitor and all the attached components.
So what would you call it?
I used to be pedantic about using accurate terminology, but finally I accepted the fact that words are used for more than just their discrete denotations. They slowly assume/acquire the meanings associated with their connotations, determined by the contexts in which they are used. A person knows the meaning of a word primarily by the context in which it is used, and often times the definition of a word doesn't quite cover that, and we geeks complain when that happens :). The word gets used in other contexts where a better word wasn't available or was too hard to think of, and words kind of change meaning.
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so what i was asking for was a pic of the motherboard
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At work we tend to call the CPU itself a "proc" and the motherboard+CPU+memory the CPU. This is due to the fact that we work on embedded systems and the proc tends to be a BGA soldered to the motherboard. We also call southbridge the IDX, unless we call it the superI/O (on PPC systems). It really confuses new people when we hire them.
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so what i was asking for was a pic of the motherboard
oh ok, i will take the camera then, please wait :)