Direct3D: Unable to create device. Try changing resolution of colour depth? Help!?

[puppaccino]

Hi, I've just bought this game and whenever I attempt to run it, the game crashes and a popup that says "Direct3D: Unable to create device. Try changing resolution of colour depth" appears, regardless of what resolution I try to run the game at. Does anyone else have this problem? What can I do to fix it?
My specs are:

Windows Home Premium 64bit
i5 460M
ATI Radeon HD 5470
4gb RAM
And my screen is 1080p, if it matters.

Thanks.

[puppaccino]

I found a solution to my problem! Hitman 2 doesn't support widescreen, or something along those lines, and in order for the game to work, I had to edit the 'hitman2.ini' file.

For anyone that encounters the same issue that I did, take a look at this site [www.wsgf.org]

[Pete]

Yes, it's works, but after that operation Hitman moves slowly.
My resolution 1920x1200.

#UPD
Change line 'DrawDll RenderD3D.dll' to 'DrawDll RenderOpenGL.dll' (without the quotes)
Works great for me now.

[mar480]

Neither of these solutions worked for me. Bump!

[puppaccino]

What are your specs mar480? Try and launch the game in windowed, and if it works, change it to full screen in the game - and make sure drivers are up to date etc etc.

[FunkSausage]

The only thing that worked for me is not changing anything after the game install. Reverify the game files and try launching :/ nothing works if I mess with the ini file at all. I'm stuck with running it at only the supported default resolutions in full screen mode.

[Isma]

Początkowo opublikowane przez R. Flegg:

Yes, it's works, but after that operation Hitman moves slowly.
My resolution 1920x1200.

#UPD
Change line 'DrawDll RenderD3D.dll' to 'DrawDll RenderOpenGL.dll' (without the quotes)
Works great for me now.

Where is that!!?? please answer me, where is that archive.

[Gen X]

You have to run in Open GL mode, web search how by editing ini file

[Virtual]

Początkowo opublikowane przez R. Flegg:

Yes, it's works, but after that operation Hitman moves slowly.
My resolution 1920x1200.

#UPD
Change line 'DrawDll RenderD3D.dll' to 'DrawDll RenderOpenGL.dll' (without the quotes)
Works great for me now.

I tried this now and the game will start, but it won't reach the menu.

[jacobems]

Początkowo opublikowane przez R. Flegg:

Yes, it's works, but after that operation Hitman moves slowly.
My resolution 1920x1200.

#UPD
Change line 'DrawDll RenderD3D.dll' to 'DrawDll RenderOpenGL.dll' (without the quotes)
Works great for me now.

This worked for me. Thanks! (°ঐ°)/

[Somagard]

Works!

[Cryiox]

Just use DgVodoo y'all, lol.