game will not work!

[teabun]

<p>when i try to launch the game i get this error:</p><p>Everquest II has detected an unrecoverable error and must shutdown.<verify> E:liveeq2frameworkcoredevicessrcDirectX9RenderDevi ce.cpp (1756):Failed to create D3D device for Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family.00a0b70d</p><p>i tried updating Direct X but it still doesnt help!</p><p>cant play =(</p>

[Rothgar]

<p>Are you loading it on a laptop?  It sounds like your graphics chip isn't supported by the rendering engine.</p>

[teabun]

<p>this is a netbook.</p><p>so the game will not run at all?</p>

[TalisX1]

<p><cite>teabunny wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>when i try to launch the game i get this error:</p><p>Everquest II has detected an unrecoverable error and must shutdown.E:liveeq2frameworkcoredevicessrcDirectX9R enderDevice.cpp (1756):Failed to create D3D device for Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family.00a0b70d</p><p>i tried updating Direct X but it still doesnt help!</p><p>cant play =(</p></blockquote><p>Intel integrated graphics are worthless for gaming. There is no chance your netbook will play eq2.</p><p>Silat</p>

[Kenban]

<p><cite>teabunny wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>this is a netbook.</p><p>so the game will not run at all?</p></blockquote><p>Based on your error message you have an Intel GMA 945 video card (not really a card its built into the motherboards chipset).</p><p>If you had a netbook with an nVidia Ion I think you would stand a chance of getting the game to load but I doubt it would be very playable on an atom processor.</p><p>I am pretty sure the GMA 945 does not meet the minimum requirements to play EQ2.  But I would like to think that the game can have a more useful error message.  Not sure if its the lack of hardware TnL or maybe a shader issue but you really need something more powerful.</p>

[Jrral]

<p><cite>teabunny wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>this is a netbook.</p><p>so the game will not run at all?</p></blockquote><p>From your error message your graphics chipset isn't up to snuff for the game. Also, netbooks tend to have low-speed CPUs. EQ2 is incredibly CPU-intensive, a netbook processor's going to leave you looking at seconds-per-frame rendering even if the graphics chipset could handle the game.</p>

[teabun]

<p>aww ok =(</p><p>i thought id be able to at least play it on lowest settings. ive played other more newer games fine on here that way.</p><p>thanks for the replies though!</p>

[Rothgar]

<p>I'll see if we can carve out some time to look into the issue with these chipsets.</p>

[Daedalus Raistlin]

My last laptop had an Intel GMA, and was able to run the game on lowest settings at around 20fps, after I upgraded it to 4Gb ram. From memory, it was an Intel GMA 965 aka X3100. I doubt though that a netbook has enough CPU speed or RAM to play the game at anything close to a decent FPS.

[Kulaf]

<p><a href="http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/cs-014257.htm">http://www.intel.com/support/graphi...b/cs-014257.htm</a></p><p>From that link the 945 supports pixel shader 2.0 in hardware but only vertex shader 2.0 in software using the lastest version of Directx 9.  So I would start there and make sure you have the very latest updates to DirectX from Microsoft.</p><p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=2da43d38-db71-4c1b-bc6a-9b6652cd92a3">http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...6a-9b6652cd92a3</a></p>

[Johangir]

<p>@Rothgar</p><p>Since you mentioned it, I was wondering if you've done any work into making EQII compatible with the Intel 945 Express Chipset (GMA 950) yet? I also have a netbook (ASUS eeePC 1005HA), and I get the same problem as teabunny when I try to start EQII. </p>