ye old unable to initialize 3D engine

Hooston · 02-23-25, 05:48 AM

I've also got a 1600x900 display. Plus I run the game under Linux!
Equally no luck with KCGWX and fiddling with d3d9.ini. i think we're doomed.

In theory it should be possible via various utilities to define a new scaled and cropped display mode that persuades the GPU to pretend the display is 1920x1080. Unfortunately it appears that the d3d9 wrapper used by GWXKC is a bit dumb. It always brute forces the display mode and resets any clever jiggery pokery. I don't think it was written for SH3.
Fifi's NYGM hardcore mod is also pretty good and last time I looked it included an optional (via JSGME) 1366x768 GUI that on a good day would be supported by an old 1600x900 VGA monitor. It doesn't do it for me because of the shortcomings of old Nvidia Linux drivers.

I have a couple of 1080p TV sets in the house and a HDMI to VGA converter plug that would solve the problem, and I guess the fancy new desktop in my daughter's gaming cave with a 4k display would do it!. Simplest choice is to get a new monitor as suggested above, but that would be cheating! The challenge is to keep 14 year old hardware running.

02-23-25, 05:48 AM	#8
Hooston 中国水兵 Join Date: Jun 2020 Posts: 283 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	Old fart speaks I've also got a 1600x900 display. Plus I run the game under Linux! Equally no luck with KCGWX and fiddling with d3d9.ini. i think we're doomed. In theory it should be possible via various utilities to define a new scaled and cropped display mode that persuades the GPU to pretend the display is 1920x1080. Unfortunately it appears that the d3d9 wrapper used by GWXKC is a bit dumb. It always brute forces the display mode and resets any clever jiggery pokery. I don't think it was written for SH3. Fifi's NYGM hardcore mod is also pretty good and last time I looked it included an optional (via JSGME) 1366x768 GUI that on a good day would be supported by an old 1600x900 VGA monitor. It doesn't do it for me because of the shortcomings of old Nvidia Linux drivers. I have a couple of 1080p TV sets in the house and a HDMI to VGA converter plug that would solve the problem, and I guess the fancy new desktop in my daughter's gaming cave with a 4k display would do it!. Simplest choice is to get a new monitor as suggested above, but that would be cheating! The challenge is to keep 14 year old hardware running.