couldnt create offscreen surface.... whats that mean
The Installation Guide explains this and the workaround.
http://www.vpforums....u...l&f_id=2990From the Installation Guide:
• Message 'Could not create texture offscreen surface' at table start:
Usually a problem of the graphics card - it has run out of video RAM space while rendering the table.
Problematic configurations include
- Motherboard-embedded graphics
- 'Shared Memory' graphics
- dedicated graphics cards with too little video RAM.
Possible solutions or workarounds:
In the
VP Editor, Preferences -> Video Options
- reduce the screen resolution and/or color depth (32 bit -> 16 bit)
- run
VP in 'Window' mode instead of 'Full Screen' (graphic glitches can occur, so that's not really recommended)
Turn off HD Render in
VP9:
- open the
VP9 Editor
- go to 'Preferences - Video Options'
- uncheck 'HD Render'
Since
VP 9.0.9 the HD Render' setting affects all
VP9 tables globally. Should you decide to stay with a
VP9 version prior to
VP 9.0.9, the following registry patch will make a permanent change to this parameter.
This procedure is only recommended if you feel comfortable to apply changes to the Wndows registry!
Here you go:
Open the registry, go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Visual Pinball\Player and add a "New DWORD VALUE" by the name "HardwareRender". Then right click it and modify its value to 1 for ON, or 0 for OFF.
Be aware that this registry change will override any HD Render setting in
VP ! To be able to control HD Render in the
VP Editor you have to delete the HardwareRender value from the registry.
Of course it is much more recommended to install
VP 9.0.9 and change the parameter there, without having to tackle the regsitry!
Depending on your graphics card the HD Render setting can cause issues with some tables' visual appearance, like blank, black, missing or 'washed out' playfield or other graphics on the table, or other effects.
Edited by ta2686, 10 October 2010 - 08:10 AM.