Dizzyage V1.31 games not working in win7

[Colin]

I'm not sure if it's just me, but I can't get any games made with dizzyage v1.31 to run in windows 7

all i get is

RENDER: vertex buffer lock failed (80004005)
EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION at address 0x4138e8 (write to 0x240)
cIPaint:rawSprite < cIPaint:rawBar < cDizGame:raw < cDizApp:raw < cAppGame::MainLoop < cApp::Run < WinMain <
5273 MEMORY LEAKS DETECTED

i tried switching api without success!

[xelanoimis]

Does the games made with 2.0 or above work?

[Colin]

yes from v2.0, they work fine.
I am running windows 7 64bit. could that be it?
they do work on this pc, if i boot into xp or vista. they are both 32bit.
I have since tried them on my laptop. this runs win 7 32bit. they do run on that with the api switched.

[xelanoimis]

Well, i always said upgrade your Dizzys to the latest DizzyAGE

I did some render improvements and fixes in 2.0. Not sure now if it was 2.0 when I started using DirectX9 (instead of 8) - that would explain a lot. It's possible that current Win7 drivers, especially 64bit versions, to be more restrictive with some things, if not even buggy.

I'll try to look into it when I get the chance and see if I can spot something to make the difference. But it will take a while. The best thing would be for developers to upgrade their games.

I think Annie also mentioned something about this. I'm not sure if she had problems with older games or v2.0 and above. Maybe she can give more info here.

Alex

[Colin]

I've been doing some further testing.
Lost Woods Dizzy was made using Dizzyage v1.2. this works fine!
if i replace the v1.3 dizzy.exe with the v1.2 dizzy.exe, I do get a wrong version warning, but it will let me play!

[delta]

surely you mean v2.1?