Direct 3D cannot lock a buffer fix

[Julius Augustus Octavius Caesar]

Hello i have tried pratically everything to get Elite Dangerous to start i can load through the launcher fine. When i launch either the 32 bit or 64 bit versions a black screen with a seperate window pops up and loads for about five seconds then a error called Direct3D cannot lock a buffer after multiple attempts appears anyone have any idea on how to fix this thank you

[Zero]

POst your specs, i think this has something to do with your setup.

[Julius Augustus Octavius Caesar]

heres my specs Hp pavillion entertainment PC Intele core 2 duo with a mobile intel 4 chipset family with 4 gb of free ram

[Julius Augustus Octavius Caesar]

Origineel geplaatst door Bandit2:

heres my specs Hp pavillion entertainment PC Intele core 2 duo with a mobile intel 4 chipset family with 4 gb of free ram

[Zero]

i'm gonna give a wild guess and say you have an onboard GPU that doesn't meet the minimum specs for the game.

[Julius Augustus Octavius Caesar]

well i do have a pc that meets those requirements its possibly a ram issue

[Edelweiss ✿]

Origineel geplaatst door Bandit2:

mobile intel 4 chipset

This

[Zero]

Origineel geplaatst door Edelweiss ✿:

Origineel geplaatst door Bandit2:

mobile intel 4 chipset

This

yeah. that's not gonna cut it at all. if you have <2 hours in i recommend you refund you wont get it to work on that machine.

[ZombieHunter]

Cannot lock buffer means Direct3D cannot lock the vertex buffer so the game can stream data into it. Locking the buffer gives the game code access to the buffer and then once unlocked it is streamed over to the card over the bus. This is the only way to get data from RAM to VRAM whilst using a protected mode operating system like Windows.

In simple terms you likely have a graphics card that is not supported or you are using the 2D card instead of the 3D one.

[Julius Augustus Octavius Caesar]

Origineel geplaatst door Edelweiss ✿:

Origineel geplaatst door Bandit2:

mobile intel 4 chipset

This

i got it working on low graphics 32 bit

[ConcealedFire]

Origineel geplaatst door Bandit2:

Origineel geplaatst door Edelweiss ✿:

This

i got it working on low graphics 32 bit

do upgrade your GPU at your earliest convenience. 32bit support won't last too much longer.

[funkynutz]

Origineel geplaatst door Bandit2:

heres my specs Hp pavillion entertainment PC Intele core 2 duo with a mobile intel 4 chipset family with 4 gb of free ram

2006 called. They want me to tell you it's time to let go of the toaster.

[amaraltx]

I have always been able to run the game smoothly at maximum graphics for a couple of years now... all of a sudden I've been getting this error, from one day to the next... It can't be the specs...

[amaraltx]

This problem just started today for me. Game crashes to desktop or makes my whole computer crash and reboot.

i7-4820k
48gb ram
Geforce gtx 660
Windows 7 Pro 64bit

[Laurreth]

Origineel geplaatst door amaraltx:

Game […] makes my whole computer crash and reboot.

That's a different issue and very likely caused by broken drivers or hardware.

[amaraltx]

Sorry, I wasn't clear. The crash and reboot happened once. The direct 3D issue happened a handful of times.