"Could not create Direct3D Driver".

been09 · Post by **been09** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 11:42 pm

I used to use Irrlicht a long time ago and it worked perfectly with my currenty setup. I was going through the tutorials to refresh my memory and tried to run the Quake3 map program.

When I chose either of the DirectX driver's I got a message that it could not create the driver. My video card supports up to Direct X 9.0c and I have the run-times properly installed. All other programs that require Direct X work properly, but Irrlicht for some reason just won't even load it up.

Any solution? I already searched the forums and found no real answer to this, and no, it's not the .dlls problem.

been09 · Post by **been09** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:19 am

I downloaded Irrlicht 1.1 and used it in the place for Irrlicht 1.2 for the files, and the Direct3D 8 and 9 works perfectly. Is it some problem with my files or Irrlicht itself? For now I'm just going to use 1.1 until the 1.2 problems are sorted out.

rlwoodjr · Post by **rlwoodjr** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:35 am

I had the same problem. I changed some settings to true in the create device, now directx works.

Code from my program:
device = createDevice(driverType, core::dimension2d<s32>(1024, 768), 32, true, true, true,&receiver );

hybrid · Post by **hybrid** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:08 pm

I think it was a problem with the device creation concerning depth choice. It should be fixed with the latest SVN so should work in the next release.

roxaz · Post by **roxaz** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:38 pm

been09, maybe you are using gcc compiler? there isnt directix support for gcc yet.

been09 · Post by **been09** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 8:58 pm

I use Visual Express, anyway, it really isn't an issue anymore since I'm sure the problem will be fixed soon enough. I don't really program enough to see the difference between 1.1 or 1.2, so it's a non-issue.