I'm trying to launch Eador, but every time I'm trying, there is mass of pink, blinking pictures(?) and error:

"Error! Cannot initialise gfx"

Anyone knows, how can I solve this problem? Many thanks for an answer!

My computer:
Acer Aspire One 522
processor: C-50 Dual Core
graphic card: ATI Radeon HD 6250,
RAM:2 GB DDR3
Directx 9.0.c
Windows XP

It may be a resolution issue. If you have less then 1024x768 maximum screen res, game won't start without some shaman magic :)
There is a way to set a higher resolution then the display actually support, this will result in scrolling.
If you right click the desktop, select "Properties" and click the "Settings" tab, in there click "Advanced". The Display and adapter properties should appear. In "Monitor" tab, uncheck "Hide modes that this monitor cannot display" and click apply. Then go to "Adapter" tab and click on "List All Modes..." button. In here select the desired resolution, color depth and frequency, click OK and Apply to test. Ok again if youre satisfied.

But there is no risk that it will do something wrong with my monitor? There is some adnotation, that the monitor may be crashed. I see this option, but I haven't checked it yet.

For anybody reading this topic who is using Linux, you can use xrandr to simulate 1024x768. It's not ideal, but it's very easy, and you can sandwich the commands for launching the game between them to enable the 1024x768 display when you launch the game and reset your resolution when you quit out.

The commands assume you're using a 1024x600 monitor and want to achieve a 1024x768 display, so feel free to modify as needed. There's two ways of doing this, which involve either squashing the display to fit or scrolling the display.


Use the following command to squash the display to fit your resolution. It'll look a little ugly, but you won't have to scroll the screen.

xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1024x600 --panning 1024x768 --scale 1.0x1.28


Use the following command if you would like to avoid squashing the display. Moving the mouse to the edge of the screen will scroll your view. Annoying, but it won't sacrifice visual quality.

xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1024x600 --panning 1024x768 --scale 1.0x1.0


Finally, use this command to go back to your standard resolution.

xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1024x600 --panning 1024x600 --scale 1.0x1.0



Of course, none of these solutions are ideal. The best solution would be to vent your frustration at the developer for overlooking us netbook users. Maybe Masters of the Broken World will support more resolutions. But then, maybe it'll run like crap in Wine, too. >_>

Well, I finallly found the solution. The Russians from oldgames.ru made some specific version of DXWND (the link is on the developer's forum), which allow to launch this game without any problems in another resoultion. I've launched it in 1280x720 (which is dedicated for my netbook), there are unfortunatly two black spaces (on the left and right side of the screen), but the game is working fine. I've tried before with two another versions of DXWND, but only this from oldgames.ru allowed me to launch Eador.