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Can only play DD in DirectDraw

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Can only play DD in DirectDraw

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Hey all.. I recently reinstalled DD on my new rig with the latest patch of course..

I cannot get the game to run in Direct3d mode.. It simply gives me a black screen on the test, and trying to actually run the game hard crashes with a black screen.. COLD reboot required..

I have an older system.. p43.0 with an agp 3850 ATI card..

Any ideas or tricks?
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What's wrong with running it in DirectDraw anyway? :)
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I can't find much on what P43.0 is, but in combination with your Radeon it doesn't seem all that old to me. Anyway if it's a new rig, did you remember to install DirectX?
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Oh yes, latest version of DX installed.. DX9.0 June 08 Edition..

I figure direct 3d would provide even better spell and lighting effects..
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I don't think the difference will be mind-boggling. I may be completely wrong here, but is it possible that your graphic card isn't compatible with D3D?
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No, it's compatible.. It's an ATI 3850..

Anyone else run in d3d? and if so, what card.. ect..
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I play it in D3D. First with a Gforce 440, now with a Gforce 6200.
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Used to run it on an All-in-Wonder Radeon 8500, and it ran with D3D but crashed fairly often. Runs flawlessly on GEforce 8500 now. I think the game has some issues with ATI cards. You might check the official forums at larian.com. Tech support is pretty solid there.
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