DirectDraw init failed.

[Windows]

Error in module graphics[]
-> DirectDraw init failed. Code: (88760245)

Cougar.log
-- Cougar Engine V1.0 runtime started.
Initializing window...
Initializing Cougar Engine...
Reading configuration...
Processor detected: AMD FX(tm)-8320 Eight-Core Processor at 3519.00 MHz.
SIMD extension enabled. (MMX)
Initializing datafile...
Initializing graphics...
Error in module graphics[]
-> DirectDraw init failed. Code: (88760245)
Error was fatal, exiting...
Destroying Cougar object...
Destroying window...
-- Shut down successful.

Specs
Win 10 64bit
AMD FX 8320
Gigabyte HD 7970
16gb RAM

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I actually liked this game as a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ child and played the ♥♥♥♥ out of the demo disk I had of it at the time. Just picked it up on HumbleBundle sale for $1. Give it too me straight Doc, any way of running this on a non ancient machine??

[󠁳Bakhtosh]

The game can run on a Win10 64 Bit system (I use such a system myself).


I can think of a few things that may cause this error message.


First you should check if the game was downloaded and installed completely/without errors.
How to do this: Link


One is missing DirectX 9 (and older) libraries.
You can download an installation package here: Link[www.microsoft.com]
If you doubleclick at the downloaded file you have to choose a folder to extract the update into. Afterwards you have to go to this folder and doubleclick at the file dxsetup.exe to start the installation of the update.
The update identifies itself as DirectX 9.0c update. You don't have to fear that it downgrades your current DirectX installation (10, 11, 12). The update checks for more current files and leaves them untouched. But it installs libraries needed by games created for DirectX 9. These libraries simply coexist with libraries of more current DirectX versions.


It's also possible that your video driver is set to let the display do resolution scaling and that the display doesn't support to scale the game resolution of 640x480.
The solution is to let the GPU do the scaling instead.
- open the Radeon settings (AMD Crimson driver settings for your HD 7970)
- open the display section
- switch "GPU Scaling" on
- switch "Scaling Mode" to "preserve aspect ratio"


You should also download the latest video driver from the AMD homepage and install it to be sure to use the latest video driver.

[Windows]

It is working! Thanks for taking the time with your detailed writeup. The DirectX repositories installed quite a bit of d3d9 & directdraw files which I assumed would have been present in Win 10 by default.

Also I messed around with GPU Scaling and set the Scaling Mode to Full Panel and that made it 4:3 apect but fullscreen on 1920x1080! Thanks again for your comment!