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Big problem in starting projects

by Jared Paul Tambala · in Technical Issues · 01/25/2011 (4:16 am) · 3 replies

I have just downloaded the Torque 3D demo and I have installed DirectX as part of the installation. When in the Torque Toolbox window (where you load projects) any project I load opens up a grey screen window and a message box comes up saying "Failed to set a light manager!", then then the window closes.

Another thing is that during the installation, it said that I had to install PhysX, and that I would be directed to a page with the installation. However, before it had even done anything else, the box closed and it did not install. I don't know whether this is causing the first problem or if it may cause future problems if I do not have PhyX installed. I'm thinking about re-installation. Any suggestions?

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#1
01/25/2011 (8:35 am)
Describe your hardware - especially the gfx card.

Considering the error message you might try editing game/core/scripts/client/defaults.cs, find the light manager preference and change it to read Basic Lighting instead of the default letting it choose from a preferred list which favors Advanced Lighting.
$pref::lightManager = "Basic Lighting";
#2
01/25/2011 (9:55 pm)
My graphics card ain't fancy - its a Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller
#3
01/27/2011 (5:16 am)
Sorted out the problem. Turns out that my graphics card does'nt support PhysX so i am going to use Torque 2D instead