Gaming with WINDOWS XP

[maria73]

I installed PAINKILLER PC game but when I want to run it a message appears: "ERROR: Could not initialize Directx 9 Renderer". I installed Directx 9 the summer 2003 version and another version called directx 9b but still teh game doesn't run.Can anyone help me with step by step instructions?Thank you.

[Nightbird]

I guess that you own a Voodoo Card ?
and did you try this patch ?
http://www.3dfxzone.it/enboard/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=911
https://www.3dfxzone.it/dir/3dfx/voodoo5/patches/index.php

[maria73]

not wanting to sound goofy but how can i find out what kind of card i have?the only things i know are: my pc is an e-machine,system model is imperial,bios:revision 0.90,processor is intel celleron cpu 1.70ghz,memmory 382ram(got 2 chips total of 384 but it shows only 382ram,dont know why is that),directx 9.0b,page file:418mb used and 183mb available.does this help?noone else on this site i could get any answer to my problem...

[omega_supreme]

I doubt that you cant find the answer on this site. In the past few weeks I explained how the game work to several people.

Here's the link.

http://www.3dfxzone.it/enboard/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1098

The patch that nightbird gave only works for the demo. That is if you have a voodoo 4/5. I guess you have one of those considdering the rest of your computerspecs. Since Amigamerlin still doesnt have a patch for the full version you will have to use 3danalyze. In the link everything is explained. 3danalyze can be downloaded here
http://www.3dcenter.de/downloads/3d-analyze.php

good luck

ps. If you have more than 32 mb of video memory its a voodoo 4 or better. If its just 16 mb its a voodoo 3 and than i dont have a solution for your problem.

[Rolo01]

@ Maria73

To find out what graphic card is in your PC I suggest you download Everest Home Edition, you can find it here :
http://www.lavalys.com/index.php?page=product&view=1
Under DISPLAY/GPU you can find infos about the display adapter.