Sven Co-op

Sven Co-op

SVEN COOP - Failed to create SDL Window
Somebody know how to fix this problem in sven coop
Alguien sabe arreglar este problema?
Failed to create SDL Window
Reason: 5 bits per color channel or more required
Make sure your graphics drivers are properly installed and up-to-date.
Originally posted by R4to0:
tl;dr: click here to download this[files.svencoop.com.br], extract and replace SDL2.dll in the game directory with the one from zip file.

NOTE: This method is unsupported and might break in future as we upgrade game components, beyond our control as this is a external 3rd party library we rely on.

Longer response:

Ah that's a very very old hardware, I've lived with something similar for over 12 years.

We have a FAQ regarding this in case you want to read more: https://wiki.svencoop.com/Support/FAQ#When_I_start_the_game_I_get_error_.22Failed_to_create_SDL_window._Reason:_5_bits_per_color_channel_or_more_required..22

Your only option seems to be downgrading SDL2.dll with the one used in Sven Co-op 5.25. I never tested this method myself, however I've seen a few community members on Discord having success with this method.

I thought it was another case of drivers outdated but they are probably up to date compared to what AMD page tells me (this one says 13 January 2015, AMD provides Catalyst 13.9 from 15 October 2013) although I have a suspect of these being provided by Microsoft which doesn't include all GPU features.
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R4to0  [developer] Jan 3 @ 4:30pm 
What are your computer specs?

In Steam client, click the help menu then system information. Share the Video Card and Processor Information sections.
Tarjeta de vídeo:
Controlador: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 Series
Nombre del controlador de DirectX: aticfx32.dll
Versión del controlador: 8.970.100.9001
Versión del controlador de DirectX: 8.17.10.1129
Fecha del controlador: 13 del 1 de 2015
Profundidad de color del escritorio: 32 bits por píxel
Frecuencia de actualización del monitor: 60 Hz
Tarjeta DirectX: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 Series
Identificador del fabricante: 0x1002
Identificador del dispositivo: 0x9712
Revisión no detectada
Número de monitores: 1
Número de tarjetas de vídeo lógicas: 1
No se ha detectado ninguna interfaz SLI o Crossfire
Resolución de pantalla principal: 1600 x 900
Resolución de escritorio: 1600 x 900
Tamaño de la pantalla principal: 17.44" x 9.80" (20.00" diag), 44.3cm x 24.9cm (50.8cm diag)
No se ha detectado el tipo de bus principal
Memoria VRAM principal: 256 MB
Modos MSAA compatibles: 2x 4x

Información del procesador:
Fabricante de la CPU: AuthenticAMD
Marca de la CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 260u Processor
Familia de la CPU: 0x10
Modelo de la CPU: 0x6
Stepping de la CPU: 0x3
Tipo de CPU: 0x0
Velocidad: 1800 MHz
2 procesadores lógicos
2 procesadores físicos
Hyper-threading: No compatible
FCMOV: Compatible
SSE2: Compatible
SSE3: Compatible
SSSE3: No compatible
SSE4a: Compatible
SSE41: No compatible
SSE42: No compatible
AES: No compatible
AVX: No compatible
AVX2: No compatible
AVX512F: No compatible
AVX512PF: No compatible
AVX512ER: No compatible
AVX512CD: No compatible
AVX512VNNI: No compatible
SHA: No compatible
CMPXCHG16B: Compatible
LAHF/SAHF: Compatible
PrefetchW: No compatible
BMI1: No compatible
BMI2: No compatible
F16C: No compatible
FMA: No compatible


This information is from my friends because they have different pc but they have the same problem these specifications are from one of them
A developer of this app has indicated that this post answers the original topic.
R4to0  [developer] Jan 3 @ 8:08pm 
tl;dr: click here to download this[files.svencoop.com.br], extract and replace SDL2.dll in the game directory with the one from zip file.

NOTE: This method is unsupported and might break in future as we upgrade game components, beyond our control as this is a external 3rd party library we rely on.

Longer response:

Ah that's a very very old hardware, I've lived with something similar for over 12 years.

We have a FAQ regarding this in case you want to read more: https://wiki.svencoop.com/Support/FAQ#When_I_start_the_game_I_get_error_.22Failed_to_create_SDL_window._Reason:_5_bits_per_color_channel_or_more_required..22

Your only option seems to be downgrading SDL2.dll with the one used in Sven Co-op 5.25. I never tested this method myself, however I've seen a few community members on Discord having success with this method.

I thought it was another case of drivers outdated but they are probably up to date compared to what AMD page tells me (this one says 13 January 2015, AMD provides Catalyst 13.9 from 15 October 2013) although I have a suspect of these being provided by Microsoft which doesn't include all GPU features.
The problem it has been solucionate , I apreciate your eficent work
Last edited by Tempestad_; Jan 4 @ 12:40pm
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