User Kjohn170 can't make Sacrifice on Vista work and my limited technical knowledge is spent. Anybody who can help:



http://www.gog.com/en/forum/sacrifice/worked_before_now_wont_launch/page1

he should try what a staff member said

Please send this problem to tech support with your dxdiag.

DirectX 9 reinstall needed maybe ?

get directx 10 or 11.

also he doesnt mention which graphic card he has, could be a cheap onboard thing for all we know.

Is a good point, as I have seen many problems that this solved, in real life.

Might be a good idea to get the link to directx9 stickied.

The guy doesn't know how to reinstall DirectX. And neither do i... Think you could give some instructions?

Sure. Click link below, and follow instructions. Not sure if it validates your Windows as legit, or not, so use your own discretion given your circumstance,

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8109


Edit: Oops, Ninja'd!

Gave all that a try and it didn't seem to help at all. Although I never got any messages about overwriting anything.

I hate Vista... Nothing ever works on it.

Yep. Service packs are all up to date.

it is most likely not a direct x problem nor vista related. most likely his graphic card not being able to handle the 3d in one way or the other (be it with drivers, using his onboard card or something else).

http://www.fixya.com/support/t4866108-no_hardware_accelerated_direct3d_devices

now i dont know if it said no hardware accelerated? what is the exact message?

Maybe your laptop have two graphic cards? One is Intel, another one is GeForce. Some game set to Intel HD GPU by default. Need to change it manually. But i'm not sure how to change it, maybe via Nvidia Control Panel. I never use laptop for gaming.

Have you tried disabling the on-board card?

Still not working?

Still not working.