Hi RyGuy, that would definitely interfere with running MoI! :)

Glad you figured it out,

- Michael

Hi,

I'm having this problem too. I was using MoI in this laptop (graphic card is GeForce Go 7400), and it was working with no problem. Suddenly, I just open MoI and the "Unable to create Direct3D9 device" message appears over the viewports. I didn't change any setting in my video card... It was working, I've just closed MoI... reopen it again a few seconds later, and this is happening.

Any idea about what kind of problems could cause this situation?

Thanks!

Sorry for bothering... it seems to be working again. I wish I knew what fixed it, but I'm not sure... After a few reinstalls and reboots ti finally worked. Probably this laptop is asking for a permanent break... who knows.


Thanks!!

Hi jacobo3d,

I would personally look at un-installing and re-installing the graphics drivers (check for any updated drivers first)

Hi Jacobo, like Steve mentions it is likely to be a problem with the graphics drivers.

Probably something to do with the graphics driver not cleaning up the allocation of video memory when programs are exiting. If all the card's video memory is used up then a new program that asks for video card resources could fail due to lack of available memory.

That's my best guess from your description.

I would definitely recommend updating to the newest version of your video card driver to see if it improves the situation.

Otherwise, rebooting the machine will force the video card to start in a fresh state.

This shouldn't normally be necessary, but if your video card driver has a bug in it and is not behaving properly all kinds of strange things can happen. Video card drivers are very complex so unfortunately bugs in them are not unusual.

- Michael