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DirectX SetDisplayMode problem

Started by SoulReaper Mar 13, 2000 at 11:59 AM 2 replies 1.9k views

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Mar 13, 2000 at 11:59 AM

Here's the code snippet this is all about:

// base directdraw interface
	if(FAILED(DirectDrawCreate(NULL, &g_lpdd, NULL)))
	{
		return 0;
	}

	// now version 4 of the interface
	if(FAILED(g_lpdd->QueryInterface(IID_IDirectDraw4, (LPVOID *)&g_lpdd4)))
	{
		return 0;
	}

	// set the cooperative level
	if(FAILED(g_lpdd4->SetCooperativeLevel(g_hwnd, DDSCL_FULLSCREEN / DDSCL_ALLOWMODEX / DDSCL_EXCLUSIVE / DDSCL_ALLOWREBOOT)))
	{
		return 0;
	}

	// set display mode
	temp = g_lpdd4->SetDisplayMode(SCREEN_WIDTH, SCREEN_HEIGHT, SCREEN_BPP);

Now, SetDisplayMode gives a DDERR_INVALIDPARAMS error. I have these defines: #define SCREEN_WIDTH 640 #define SCREEN_HEIGHT 480 #define SCREEN_BPP 16 I have installed the DX7 SDK, and use Windows 2000 Professional. I'm working with version 4 of the interfaces, because I have LaMothe's book, and it deals with those. I heard this was possible with COM (and none of the other functions have given me problems). I'd really appreciate some help on this.

Thanks, /Alexander "SoulReaper" Deruwe Edited by - SoulReaper on 3/13/00 12:02:19 PM

NewDeal

Mar 13, 2000 at 7:27 PM

Im not sure if this is true for version 4. Anyways, in V7 the SetDisplayMode takes 5 params as follows.

HRESULT SetDisplayMode(
DWORD dwWidth,
DWORD dwHeight,
DWORD dwBPP,
DWORD dwRefreshRate,
DWORD dwFlags
);

The dwRefreshRate should be 0 (uses the default).
The dwFlags are used only to enter Mode13 so just set these to 0.

Hope this helps

Cloxs

Mar 13, 2000 at 8:33 PM

Normally the compiler complains if it doesn''t have all the params for setdisplaymode. Try using DirectDrawCreateEx(), i''m not sure of the parameters, so look it up in the documentation. Another idea is just switching to DirectDraw7 completely, it''d save you headaches in updating your program.

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SoulReaper

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SoulReaper

Mar 14, 2000 at 12:56 AM

Yeah, it would appear that switching to DirectDraw7 is the best way to solve this, so that''s what I''ll do.

Thanks for helping

/Alexander "SoulReaper" Deruwe

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