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[Volk]

Hi guys. If someone could help me to resolve a problem I would be very grateful.
When I try to start Arma I get the following message and the game does not start:
"Cannot create 3D device
Adapter 0 (ELSA FALCOX RADEON 920FX) Fullscreen
Resolution800*600, format*8R8G8B8/A8R8G8B8/D24S8, refresh 75Hz.
ERROR D3DERR_INVALIDCALL"
I tried to place "-nomap" parameter in shortcut but it didn't help. It helps me to resolve the same problem in OFP but with ArmA

Thank you

[King Homer]

Well, since a great part of this community do not own ArmA yet it's hard to find a solution.
You may raise or lower resolution. Radeon 9200? Seems not the best videocard to play ArmA with.

[Jarppi]

I'm having the same problem here myself, running Radeon 8500 though. The problem with changing the res as you suggested could fix it, its just that I (or him prolly.) cant even get ingame. This error occurs right after the copy protection check.

[DaRat]

Isn't there a "preferences" option before you're actually in the game? On OFP there was another option in the 'Codemasters' tab on the start menu called "Flashpoint Preferences". Is that there?

[Jarppi]

Nope. Believe me, I've looked for it.

[NeMeSiS]

I'm having the same problem here myself, running Radeon 8500 though. The problem with changing the res as you suggested could fix it, its just that I (or him prolly.) cant even get ingame. This error occurs right after the copy protection check.

AFAIK i know that card misses the shader model 2.0, so youll never play ArmA with a 8500, i dont know about the 9200 though, but you might want to check if its supported (but AFAIK those go up to SM 1.4).


EDIT: Posting your specs may help though, i just guessed that "RADEON 920FX" means a 9200

[Jarppi]

You're prolly right bout the missing pixel shader, but is it really that much required? Shouldn't it just look fugly in the game instead of not even starting?

[NeMeSiS]

No, there are minimum specs for a reason.

[JdB]

No, there are minimum specs for a reason.

Not really, all the other requirements would mean the game would be slow as hell. The Pixel Shader 2.0 requirement however does prevent the game from being run at all.

Edit: Might want to e-mail BIS with your problem if you card does support PS 2.0.

Edit #2: From the ATi website:

Radeon® 9200 series was the first mainstream graphics solution to combine Microsoft® DirectX® 8.1 support with AGP 8X.

DirectX 8.1, PS 2.0 is part of DX9.0.

[NeMeSiS]

Not really, all the other requirements would mean the game would be slow as hell. The Pixel Shader 2.0 requirement however does prevent the game from being run at all.

Well what i ment was, why the hell buy a game if you dont meet the minumum specs?

[ThunderShoot {ofp.com.br}]

Staff, my machine is inside of the minimum configuration of the Armed Assult, however, I do not obtain to enter in the game.

I have:
Athlon XP 2000+ (1600ghz) 3DNow
Memory 512 DDR
128 GeForce FX 5200 mb

Questions:
It has Somebody with the same plate of video that I and is obtaining to play ArmA?

It has somebody with one it schemes < or = that mine and is obtaining to play ArmA?

[King Homer]

Did you install the latetst Nvidia drivers? I guess your VGA card doesn't support ArmA.

[NeMeSiS]

Staff, my machine is inside of the minimum configuration of the Armed Assult, however, I do not obtain to enter in the game.

Do you get an error message? You really are on the minimum of the minimum, and the FX5200 is so slow (i had one) that it probably wont play the game at an acceptable FPS, even with everything on low, it does support Dx9 so in theory it should work.

[Deadeye]

Hi guys. If someone could help me to resolve a problem I would be very grateful.
When I try to start Arma I get the following message and the game does not start:
"Cannot create 3D device
Adapter 0 (ELSA FALCOX RADEON 920FX) Fullscreen
Resolution800*600, format*8R8G8B8/A8R8G8B8/D24S8, refresh 75Hz.
ERROR D3DERR_INVALIDCALL"
I tried to place "-nomap" parameter in shortcut but it didn't help. It helps me to resolve the same problem in OFP but with ArmA

Thank you

just got the same error but after a restart it was gone

[Gielovic]

lucky you

[ThunderShoot {ofp.com.br}]

Did you install the latetst Nvidia drivers? I guess your VGA card doesn't support ArmA.

Yes, I installed the last version of the drive of the nvidia, I also formatted my machine and installed everything of new and even so I receive error.

Do you get an error message? You really are on the minimum of the minimum, and the FX5200 is so slow (i had one) that it probably wont play the game at an acceptable FPS, even with everything on low, it does support Dx9 so in theory it should work.

After to do the scan of the starforce and to go out from the window of the starforce, this mistake appears after some seconds:

CODE

Signature of the error:
AppName: arma.exe AppVer: 1.0.0.5087 ModName: arma.exe
ModVer: 1.0.0.5087 Offset: 000bac5d
(To send Report) (Not to send)

[firewings]

Hi guys ;
i have installed ARMA CZECH and ptched to 1.01 but i have the same Volk problem : "Cannot create 3D device :
Adapter 0 (GGABYTE MAYA RADEON 9000 PRO(Omega 3.8.252)) Fullscreen
Resolution800*600, format X8R8G8B8/A8R8G8B8/D24S8, refresh 75Hz.
ERROR D3DERR_INVALIDCALL" ...

My config :
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System Information
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Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
System Manufacturer: GBT___
System Model: AWRDACPI
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 2.40GHz
Memory: 768MB RAM
Page File: 254MB used, 1623MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

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Display Devices
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Card name: GIGABYTE MAYA RADEON 9000 PRO (Omega 3.8.252)
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc. (Omega 3.8.252)
Chip type: RADEON 9000 PRO AGP (0x4966)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4966&SUBSYS_40101458&REV_01
Display Memory: 128.0 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (75Hz)
Monitor: Écran Plug-and-Play
Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6614 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 5/3/2006 04:51:00, 258048 bytes


Plizzz i need your help......

[King Homer]

The VGA card is definitely too old.