TGE 1.4.2 won't work with Vista
by Gary Roberson · in Torque Game Engine · 09/17/2009 (9:39 pm) · 6 replies
I just recently bought a laptop computer that had Vista installed on it.
Before now, I've using Windows XP to do my programming work. I own a copy of TGE 1.4.22 and before now, it had worked just fine on Windows XP. With Vista, it doesn't work at all.
I get a dialog box that says:
Display change failed!
Hardware failed to switch to the specified mode!
Before now, I've using Windows XP to do my programming work. I own a copy of TGE 1.4.22 and before now, it had worked just fine on Windows XP. With Vista, it doesn't work at all.
I get a dialog box that says:
Display change failed!
Hardware failed to switch to the specified mode!
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#2
09/18/2009 (2:19 am)
If you right-click your game .exe (torqueDemo.exe or similar) and select "run as administrator," does it work better?
#3
09/18/2009 (9:55 am)
Display change, that sounds more or less the resolusion size torque is default on using. You might want to check documentation cause I dont think your the only one who had this problem once before. The good news is I believe it is fixable, 2nd... You really should update your client due to bugs and fixes. 
#4
1. Try checking/changing your resolution and other graphics settings in the prefs.cs
2. Check if your Video Drivers are up-to-date
3. Right-click torqueDemo.exe and under one of the tabs select a Compatibilty Mode for a previous windows version
If none of those worked, I would really search the forums and/or documentation, I'm fairly sure Torque 1.4.2 should work for you though.
Btw: What graphics card?
09/21/2009 (10:38 am)
In this order try these changes:1. Try checking/changing your resolution and other graphics settings in the prefs.cs
2. Check if your Video Drivers are up-to-date
3. Right-click torqueDemo.exe and under one of the tabs select a Compatibilty Mode for a previous windows version
If none of those worked, I would really search the forums and/or documentation, I'm fairly sure Torque 1.4.2 should work for you though.
Btw: What graphics card?
#6
09/25/2009 (4:38 pm)
prefs are saved in both the client and server directories for your game as well in the common/code module also. The ones you would probably be most interested in would be in the client directory of your game. 
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