Createsurface: Backbuffer? Help!!!!!!!

soxfan3556 · 07-09-2003, 03:50 PM

has anyone gotten that message when trying to open the game?

I have gotten that message and the program will not let me open it and play!!!!

What Should I DO?

Steve Kuffrey · 07-09-2003, 04:33 PM

Go into the OOTP5 folder and open the "game config" file, toggle the 3d setting, close those things and try the game again.

If that doesn't solve it, go to start then run and type dxdiag and hit enter. The direct X utility will open and it will let you know what version of direct X you are have installed. If it is less than v9 go to http://www.microsoft.com download and install v9, reboot your computer and then try the game again.

One of these two things should get things going. Please let me know if you are still having problems after trying both of these.

soxfan3556 · 07-10-2003, 12:30 AM

the game runs after i toggled the 3d setting, but the game is somewhat unreadable, i have v9 so it cant be the diretx. how can i make it readable?

Steve Kuffrey · 07-10-2003, 12:37 AM

You need to run it at 1024x768 screen resolution.

Eric · 07-28-2003, 03:45 AM

Steve,

Do you know what would conflict with the direct 3d enabled? The reason I'm asking is OOTP5 used to run with direct 3d enabled but all of the sudden it doesn't anymore. I don't recall installing anything strange.

I'm running on a laptop (P3 700MHz) on Win XP. The graphics adapter is S3 Savage IX and resolution is 1280x1024.

The only thing I can think of is that I just startd doing dual display on my laptop to project stuff on an LCD projector. (The laptop is provided by work and somehow they expect me to use it in meetings.

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Eric · 07-29-2003, 04:59 PM

I figured it out. My colors were set to 32 bit. When I changed the colors back to 16 bits, I had enough video memory to run OOTP with direct 3d enabled.

07-09-2003, 03:50 PM	#1
soxfan3556 Bat Boy Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 19	Createsurface: Backbuffer? Help!!!!!!! has anyone gotten that message when trying to open the game? I have gotten that message and the program will not let me open it and play!!!! What Should I DO? __________________ SOSA SUCKS..... NORTH SIDE CHEATERS

07-09-2003, 04:33 PM	#2
Steve Kuffrey Administrator Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: S.E. TN - Georgia born and raised Posts: 17,023	Go into the OOTP5 folder and open the "game config" file, toggle the 3d setting, close those things and try the game again. If that doesn't solve it, go to start then run and type dxdiag and hit enter. The direct X utility will open and it will let you know what version of direct X you are have installed. If it is less than v9 go to http://www.microsoft.com download and install v9, reboot your computer and then try the game again. One of these two things should get things going. Please let me know if you are still having problems after trying both of these. __________________ 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 Epicenter Baseball League - Astros 2014 The CBL Rewind - Phillies '95

07-10-2003, 12:30 AM	#3
soxfan3556 Bat Boy Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 19	the game runs after i toggled the 3d setting, but the game is somewhat unreadable, i have v9 so it cant be the diretx. how can i make it readable? __________________ SOSA SUCKS..... NORTH SIDE CHEATERS

07-10-2003, 12:37 AM	#4
Steve Kuffrey Administrator Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: S.E. TN - Georgia born and raised Posts: 17,023	You need to run it at 1024x768 screen resolution. __________________ 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 Epicenter Baseball League - Astros 2014 The CBL Rewind - Phillies '95

07-28-2003, 03:45 AM	#5
Eric All Star Starter Join Date: May 2002 Location: Folsom, CA Posts: 1,234	Steve, Do you know what would conflict with the direct 3d enabled? The reason I'm asking is OOTP5 used to run with direct 3d enabled but all of the sudden it doesn't anymore. I don't recall installing anything strange. I'm running on a laptop (P3 700MHz) on Win XP. The graphics adapter is S3 Savage IX and resolution is 1280x1024. The only thing I can think of is that I just startd doing dual display on my laptop to project stuff on an LCD projector. (The laptop is provided by work and somehow they expect me to use it in meetings. ) Last edited by Eric; 07-28-2003 at 03:54 AM.

07-29-2003, 04:59 PM	#6
Eric All Star Starter Join Date: May 2002 Location: Folsom, CA Posts: 1,234	I figured it out. My colors were set to 32 bit. When I changed the colors back to 16 bits, I had enough video memory to run OOTP with direct 3d enabled.