(solved) no graphics card found unable to create graphics device

[MrT]

I keep getting this error.. was playing the game fine yestarday... I don't believe it's anywhere near the limit of my graphics card... but my drivers did update recently... i've got other games playing but this one is only one i found that won't play...

re-intalled .net and XNA and google gets me weird results that just get my black screens by adding files to .net...

Anyone know what this is or it's fix??
I read it's some sorta shader requirement bug... but then i'd imagine saints row 4 wouldn't work or my other games...

Do I just re-install drivers until it decides to work again??

[MrT]

To follow up previous post My terraria had exact same error but it was fixed by deleting a config file... i've uninstalled and re-installed towerfall but it doesn't seem to have the same effect??

[tursel]

Have you tried running the directx installer? Did you reinstall .net and XNA from the game _CommonRedist folder?

See: http://www.towerfall-game.com/info/support.html

There's also another topic here where some spanish speaking people have fixed the issue by replacing the d3d9.dll in XNA folder.... which also seems to suggest the problem is with directX:

http://steamcommunity.com/app/251470/discussions/0/624076851126917413/ (I take no responsibilities if this is harmful in any way, I'd replace the d3d9.dll from trusted sources only)

[MrT]

I figured it out with my own trial and error.
Noticed one of my other games wasn't using my usual resolution...
Couldn't get the option to show up in menus...
I then went into my graphics card settings and found 1 checkbox I use to force 1080 on my monitor had been unchecked by latest graphics driver... re-applied check mark for 1080i30 and
problem solved.

In simple terms... Towerfall seemed to be trying to maintain my old 1080 resolution and my graphics card was refusing it... Other games were fixed by having default resolutions kick in automatically... some like terraria needed a config deleted to fix it. (thank you steam cloud for making clean game re-installs confusing)

Someone feel free to drop the dev a tip...

[John]

I had the same problem with Square Heroes, and I fixed it by changing the resolution to its native setting.

For me, that meant:
1. Going to NVIDIA control panel.
2. Click "change resolution."
3. Select the first option: (1080p, 1920 x 1080).
4. Run the game.

Hope this helps someone else!