failed to create graphics device! ????

[DaScribe]

Ok,

I had someone download the client and when they went to run it, it said it had an error, and this is the error in the error log

anyone know what this means and how to fix it?

 

 

2017-08-26 23:12:11.995 [Error] Message: Failed to create graphics device! 2017-08-26 23:12:11.995 [Error] Stack Trace: em Microsoft.Xna.Framework.GraphicsDeviceManager.CreateDevice() em Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game.DoInitialize() em Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game.Run(GameRunBehavior runBehavior) em Intersect_MonoGameDx.Program.Main() na C:\Users\bob\Desktop\AGD\Intersect-Engine\Intersect Client\ClientMain.cs:linha 25 2017-08-26 23:12:11.995 [Error] Time: 8/26/2017 11:12:11 PM

[jcsnider]

Tell them to upgrade their graphics drivers on their machine. If it doesn't allow them to play after that they're screwed  

 

See: https://www.ascensiongamedev.com/topic/2165-faq-failed-to-create-graphics-device/

 

[DaScribe]

Thx, let's hope that does the trick.

Is there a minimum graphics card level, like on the benchmark site?

https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/ 

[panda]

As has been said in all of the other questions regarding this same failure, the OpenGL 3 spec must be supported, either via supporting GL3 core or with extensions. There are a variety of metrics that you can compare graphics capability by, but there's no standard "level" to compare with -- you can only compare based on this one capability metric that is generally in the fine print for GPUs.

[jcsnider]

The only test that will tell you without a doubt if the client will work on your machine is by trying to run the client in the first place.

 

There is an official requirements list somewhere but in rare cases machines meeting those requirements still fail the initialization procedure within MonoGame.