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>> Overview This section deals with the errors and warnings that may appear when Slick Sweeper 3D is loading. Warnings are not considered fatal and Slick Sweeper will attempt to continue to load. Slick Sweeper will not be able to continue loading on errors. Use the links below to jump to a particular kind of warning / error. DirectX Checking Sound Direct 3D Textures Scores >> WARNING: Could not find DirectX version info in registry! DirectX may not be installed! This warning means that Slick Sweeper checked the registry for DirectX version information and did not find anything. Slick Sweeper will still attempt to load, if DirectX is not installed errors will be produced when creating DirectX devices. To download and install the latest version of DirectX visit the Microsoft website. >> WARNING: This program requires DirectX v8.01.0881! Found version _____ . This warning means that Slick Sweeper checked the registry for DirectX version information and found an older version than required to play Slick Sweeper. Slick Sweeper will still attempt to load, if the correct version of DirectX is not installed, errors will be produced when creating DirectX devices. To download and install the latest version of DirectX visit the Microsoft website. >> WARNING: Error initializing sound!!! This warning means that Slick Sweeper could not properly initialize the sound device and load the sounds into memory. Usually this means proper sound card drivers are not loaded or no sound card is present. Slick Sweeper will continue to load but with sound disabled. >> ERROR: Hardware does not support rendering in a window! Currently this game only can only be played in a window, there is no support for fullscreen. This error means your graphics card only supports rendering to fullscreen targets. Slick Sweeper will not be able to load. >> WARNING: Hardware does not support requested destination blending operator! This warning means your graphics card does not support destination blend states used in combination with source blend states to control transparency. The game will continue to load, however, the numbers may not show properly and the game may be more difficult to play due to decreased visibility of the blocks. >> WARNING: Hardware does not support requested source blending operator! This warning means your graphics card does not support source blend states used in combination with destination blend states to control transparency. The game will continue to load, however, the numbers may not show properly and the game may be more difficult to play due to decreased visibility of the blocks. >> ERROR: Hardware does not support texture sizes of more than _____ pixels. This program requires support of at least 256x256 textures. The textures for this game are loaded into memory in the form of textures that are 256x256 pixels wide. This error states that your graphics card does not support this requirement. After this particular error the game will attempt to continue loading textures, however, it is unlikely the game will be able to successfully load. >> WARNING: Hardware does not support combined 2D and 3D rendering! This game combines 3D and 2D rendering on the game window. The 2D graphics rendered are the happy face, mines left, clock and other such information. If you receive this warning you may not be able to see the clock or mine count properly. >> WARNING: Hardware does not support the required alpha comparison tests! This warning means your hardware does not support the tests required to properly render objects as transparent, or with transparent backgrounds. The game will continue to load, however, the numbers may not show properly and the game may be more difficult to play due to decreased visibility of the blocks. >> WARNING: Hardware does not support counter clockwise triangle culling! Triangle culling is a process graphics cards use to determine when a polygon is facing away from the viewer and if it is not drawing it. If you receive this error the game will either render only the backfacing polygons or will render all polygons and thusly decrease frame rates. >> WARNING: Hardware does not support alpha information in textures! Textures for this game are stored in memory as 32 bit textures, the extra 8 bits stores transparency information. This warning means your hardware only supports up to 24 bit textures. The game will continue to load, however, the numbers may not show properly and the game may be more difficult to play due to decreased visibility of the blocks. >> WARNING: Hardware does not support modulating texture operators! For this game textures are been stored in memory with alpha information. Throughout gameplay this alpha information must be changed. If you receive this error some transparency effects may not be applied properly. >> ERROR: Could not load Direct3D Device!! This is a fatal error. You will not be able to play Slick Sweeper 3D. This error is most likely caused if your graphics card does not support DirectX v8.1, if you do not have DirectX v8.1 or later installed, or if you have "Hardware Acceleration" turned off in your video settings. To download the latest version of DirectX visit the Microsoft website. To verify hardware acceleration is turned on do the following: 1. Right click anywhere on your desktop and choose 'Properties' from the menu that appears. 2. The 'Display Properties' window will appear. Choose the 'Settings' tab at the top of the window. 3. From the Settings tab click the 'Advanced' button in the bottom right hand corner. 4. Once the 'Advanced' window has appeared choose the 'Troubleshoot' tab at the top of the window. 5. Make sure the 'Hardware Acceleration' slider is all the way right (Full) as opposed to left (None). >> WARNING: Could not create a depth stencil buffer! A depth stencil is used so that the same area on the screen is not drawn if an object has already been drawn closer than the object being drawn. This warning means the Direct 3D device was created but with no depth stencil. The game should still play normal but may have decreased frame rates. >> WARNING: Could not load skin! Proceeding with default skin... This warning means the last used skin file could not be loaded properly. This is usually because the file has been moved, deleted, or renamed by the user. It could also be if a skin has been changed since the last time you played Slick Sweeper and now the skin dimensions no longer match the requirements. >> WARNING: Score file has been changed!! Reverting to default scores!! This warning means the score file has been tampered with or is missing. Scores will be reset to empty.