Thanks for pointing that out. I certainly didn't realize the significance of that bit of information. At least I can stop spinning my wheels trying to find a software solution to a hardware problem. You might want to add "Video card that supports 32 bit 3D color" to the system requirements. I'm sure the latest hardware offerings already include it, but some of us don't bother with upgrading working hardware unless some app forces the issue. It would be good to know that on the way in. Or, if MoI is able to determine why it can't create a Direct3D9 device, the error message could be more specific.

Ummm... Am I missing something? MoI is a modeling program. Why does it need 32 bit color? Everything is shades of grey.

Hi Orinoco - MoI uses your video card for more than just display, it also uses some output from your video card for other purposes such as determining selection.

It's this additional usage that creates the 32-bit requirement.

When I was designing MoI, I had kind of a choice - I could have tried to support a wider range of low powered video cards, but then I wouldn't be leveraging the power that is present in more modern video cards. So I decided to go for kind of a balance - basically I target video cards that are about within 5 years old.

Video cards much older than that are quite a bit less powerful than newer generation ones.

Your one came out 7 years ago, and even then it was actually a pretty "low end" card, not actually a independent card at all but part of the motherboard chipset.

- Michael