D2 won't run Direct3D.....crashes on startup

[SlickDaddy16]

Hey everyone, new here, so forgive me if I say something stupid.

I installed Diablo II on this really nice new laptop I got, and it works beautifully. The only problem: In DirectDraw. I've lived with it up until now, but I'm tired of it. Direct3D can be run on this computer, the video test even recommended it. I have a Mobility Radeon, went and got "Radeon" drivers from ati.com(Tell me if those weren't the right ones), and tried it again and again. It gives me an error as goes:

Assertion Failure
Location : D2Direct3D\Src\d3dTextureCache.cpp, Line 90
Expression : tCache -> nMaxNumItems

Whew, had to type that, too.

Anyways, I'm running Windows XP, supposed latest drivers. Is there any help in sight? I'm SO tired of DirectDraw. But I can live with it if it can't be fixed. Well, any help MUCH appreciated. Later!

 

[NoNameRequired]

Before trying to fix this, you should know that Direct3D does not have much of a difference with DirectDraw in Diablo II. Not to mention Direct3D is known to be buggy in Diablo II in most cases.

Just thought I'd tell you before you spend some time with this.

 

[Swilo]

Sounds like D2 is having problems caching textures to the allocated video memory. Perhaps there's an option to increase the shared memory, or some settings for the card itself to tweak the caches?

 

[SlickDaddy16]

All right, might sound stupid, but here is my next question....

So, now that I know what the problem is, can you tell me how to get to the option to change that? I went into the Desktop Display thing (Right click on desktop - Properties, then Advanced) and I see the ATI Options, and the D3D options. All I need to know now is how to change that setting. Any ideas? Thanks so much and later!

 

[cloudberry]

I guess it depends on what card you use, but I can change the memory settings for my card like this:

(Note: I have a Swedish OS, so I'm sorry if the translation isn't correct...)

desktop properties - settings - advanced

one of the tabs should have the same name as your card, in my case it's geforce 256. Click it, then choose additional properties.

In the additional properties, you can change the settings for Open GL, and how much memory may be used for textures.

I hope this helped you, if anyone has better translations, feel free to change my post

 

[Swilo]

Prefectly fine translation.
There should be some settings you can fiddle with, and for each there should be an option to right click it and get help. The help file should explain what does what and what effects it will have on what performance aspects.