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[wearecity]

Thanks done that, now I get "could not initiate direct x 11 message

Do you even know if your graphics are DirectX 11 capable?

 

If you are still having problems, then list your laptop/computer specs, particularly the graphics card, or even a laptop model number.

 

A lot of people are having trouble, because unlike MFME, which will run on a 15 year old + device, running the very first versions of directx, Amber requires up to date cards released in the past few years and then, not all cards supported.

[carlosgee]

that could be the issue the pc is a few yrs old, running windows 7 premium

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[richy1976]

It won't run with them graphics.

[carlosgee]

cheers matey, originally I did have the first amber running and was playing frank n stein then got a virus, cleaned it all, then amber v1decided to keep crashing after that

[andy-1]

Depending on the specs of your comp you may just need an updated graphics card that will run direct x 11

[fuzion]

I was able to run amber2 with an core i5. It has HD4600 graphics I believe.

J

[andy-1]

I bought an ATI Radeon 6450 from CEX I think I paid about £18, and just downloaded the drivers off the net.

[Guitar]

Yeah, the only prerequisite is DX11, it doesn't matter how old the card is, just whether the hardware supports DX11 or not, I'm not exactly taking the gfx card to the max with a 2D program.

[Guitar]

I bought an ATI Radeon 6450 from CEX I think I paid about £18, and just downloaded the drivers off the net.

 

Can I ask, do you get flickers in Amber2 where a triangle will suddenly draw bigger than it should or any other artifacts? I develop it with an Ati 6xxx series and I get a few issues with it, but I believe the card may be on its way out. Gonna get a GTX 1080 when money allows.

[RHM]

I get these two errors on both x86 and x64, computer is up to date via those download links.

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[hitthesix]

I get these two errors on both x86 and x64, computer is up to date via those download links.

Same for a few others because of their graphic card

 

Do you even know if your graphics are DirectX 11 capable?

 

If you are still having problems, then list your laptop/computer specs, particularly the graphics card, or even a laptop model number.

 

A lot of people are having trouble, because unlike MFME, which will run on a 15 year old + device, running the very first versions of directx, Amber requires up to date cards released in the past few years and then, not all cards supported.

 

I get these two errors on both x86 and x64, computer is up to date via those download links.

Did you read the above quote? because that's what the problem probably is, like a few folks having the same errors.

[andy-1]

Hi Guitar I'm have issues with my comp at the minute, as soon as I car resolve them i'll have a look for you.

[vampire]

Finally got this running today after buying a new graphics card, as said above the card must support DX11 or it won't run, having DX11 installed is not enough, if you run dxdiag check the DDI version number in the display tab, (see screenshot above), that will tell you if it's 11 capable or not, if it shows 10.1 or something similar you will get the errors. it must show 11. If your card is o.k. and you are still getting errors reinstall NET framework https://www.microsoft.com/net/download

Hope that's some help to someone.

[vampire]

Forgot to say, many thanks to Guitar for all the hard work that went into this, it's a shame some can't run it yet but it gives you a good reason to upgrade your machine.

[chasnbons]

Finally got this running today after buying a new graphics card, as said above the card must support DX11 or it won't run, having DX11 installed is not enough, if you run dxdiag check the DDI version number in the display tab, (see screenshot above), that will tell you if it's 11 capable or not, if it shows 10.1 or something similar you will get the errors. it must show 11. If your card is o.k. and you are still getting errors reinstall NET framework https://www.microsoft.com/net/download

Hope that's some help to someone.

 

So does this mean I should be able to run Amber2 then if I ever decided I wanted to?

 

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[fuzion]

I don't think it will work on that spec Chasnbons.  The motherboard only supports DirectX10, it's always worth trying it.  The motherboard most probably has space for a PCIe graphics card if not.

 

J

[chasnbons]

Ah ok, I was going by it saying directx version 11 at the bottom.

 

No matter though as I wasn't planning on trying it, I just wondered after posted how to check.

[chris1]

hello been trying to get this to work for a few weeks now got direct x 12 installed is this why i get erros "couldnt load machine file" ?  how can i go back a version?

[andy-1]

Hi Guitar what layout is it that causes that problem.

[Guitar]

hello been trying to get this to work for a few weeks now got direct x 12 installed is this why i get erros "couldnt load machine file" ?  how can i go back a version?

 

Do you get any other errors, or just that one? DX12 is backwards compatible with 9, 10, & 11. You don't need to go back one. I would assume either the layout file, or roms aren't in the right place and or haven't been extracted properly.