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Failed to Initialize 3D Graphics?

whenever i try to run the program this is exactly what it says.

Failed to Initialize 3D Graphics

Failed to initialize Direct3D 9. Make sure you have DirectX 9.0c installed, have drivers for your graphics card and have not disabled 3D acceleration in display settings.

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asked Jan 23 '10 at 09:18 PM

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Try these steps:

1 Make sure you have DirectX installed:

Go to this site to install it (if broken let me know or fix it :)):

Follow the instructions to install DirectX.

2 Update your graphics card drivers:

The right place to get them depend on the brand of your machine. Start by visiting your computer manufacter's site (i.e dell, hp, acer, etc.) If you can't find anything try these:

3 Test that your video card works:

In Windows open a "Run As.." dialog by holding the Windows Key + "R". When the dialog opens type "dxdiag" (without quotes) and press OK. Switch to the "Display" tab and verify that "DirectDraw Acceleration", "Direct3D Acceleration" and "AGP Texture Acceleration" are enabled.

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answered Jun 09 '11 at 10:07 AM

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Well... it says that: Does you computer have a graphics card with drivers installed? What Windows version are you using?

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answered Jan 24 '10 at 10:16 AM

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I had the same problem with my notebook, and it seems running it as an administrator solves it

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answered Aug 27 '10 at 02:44 PM

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Is there any other way to solve this problem except update graphics card drivers?Maybe some game players dont know or dont want to update their graphics card drivers.

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answered Nov 14 '12 at 03:39 AM

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I'm using it on a xp virtual machine under virtualbox and get the same error...

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answered Feb 19 at 06:40 PM

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You probably need to install the DirectX support for VirtualBox. http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04.html#guestadd-3d

Feb 19 at 08:14 PM ricardo_arango

Doesn't work hust the same...

Feb 19 at 09:36 PM cisco88

Yes, that's because it's a virtual machine and it doesn't support 3d hardware fully.

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