Game won't run at all on Windows 2003 Server

Hawk Dawson · 06-08-2004, 09:50 AM

Whenever I attempt to execute OOTP6 on my Toshiba Tecra M1 running Windows 2003 Server, I get the following, successive error dialogs :

NODIRECTDRAWHW (within a dialog entitled CreateSurface: Backbuffer)

Error InitDirectDraw (within a dialog entitled InitApp)

... and the game does not even start at all.

I've installed the latest (9.0b) version of DirectX for Win2003,
but still I see the same error dialogs.

Could somebody please shed some light on this ?

Thanks,

Hawk

Steve Kuffrey · 06-08-2004, 10:14 AM

Go into the “game”(OOTP, ITP, etc) folder and open the "game config" file, toggle the 3d setting, close those things and try the game again.

Hawk Dawson · 06-08-2004, 10:50 AM

thanks Steve !
that did the trick !

06-08-2004, 09:50 AM	#1 (permalink)
Hawk Dawson Minors (Single A) Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 61 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	Game won't run at all on Windows 2003 Server Whenever I attempt to execute OOTP6 on my Toshiba Tecra M1 running Windows 2003 Server, I get the following, successive error dialogs : NODIRECTDRAWHW (within a dialog entitled CreateSurface: Backbuffer) Error InitDirectDraw (within a dialog entitled InitApp) ... and the game does not even start at all. I've installed the latest (9.0b) version of DirectX for Win2003, but still I see the same error dialogs. Could somebody please shed some light on this ? Thanks, Hawk

06-08-2004, 10:14 AM	#2 (permalink)
Steve Kuffrey Administrator Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: S.E. TN - Georgia born and raised Posts: 16,933 Thanks: 14 Thanked 4x in 3 posts	Go into the “game”(OOTP, ITP, etc) folder and open the "game config" file, toggle the 3d setting, close those things and try the game again. __________________ Steve Kuffrey DABS Atlanta Braves - 2008 Eastern Division Champ DBLC Atlanta Braves - 2011, 2014 East Division Champ, 2012, 2013 NL Wildcard Baseball Maelstrom-Montreal Expos-2013 Tourney winner, 2014 WC Team Sparky's League - Tampa Bay D'Rays No longer an active league.

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06-08-2004, 10:50 AM	#3 (permalink)
Hawk Dawson Minors (Single A) Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 61 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	thanks Steve ! that did the trick !