DX - CreateDevice - D3DERR

DX - CreateDevice - D3DERR_INVALIDCALL

I am trying to create an adaptor device (I think). I am using the debug libraries, which spit this at me:

Code:

Direct3D9: (ERROR) :Device cannot perform hardware processing. ValidateCreateDevice failed. D3D9 Helper: IDirect3D9::CreateDevice failed: D3DERR_INVALIDCALL Test 2 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [0] : Address 00D0D4CB Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [1] : Address 00D0D59B Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [2] : Address 00D0D440 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [3] : Address 00D01D44 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [4] : Address 00401605 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [5] : Address 004022EE Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [6] : Address 7C816FD7 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [7] : Address 00000000 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [8] : Address 00000000 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [9] : Address 00000000 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [10] : Address 00000000 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [11] : Address 00000000 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [12] : Address 00000000 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [13] : Address 00000000 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [14] : Address 00000000 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [15] : Address 00000000 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [0] : Address 00D04064 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [1] : Address 00D04E4F Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [2] : Address 00D05588 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [3] : Address 00D01D65 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [4] : Address 00401605 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [5] : Address 004022EE Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [6] : Address 7C816FD7 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [7] : Address 00000000 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [8] : Address 00000000 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [9] : Address 00000000 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [10] : Address 00000000 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [11] : Address 00000000 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [12] : Address 00000000 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [13] : Address 00000000 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [14] : Address 00000000 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [15] : Address 00000000 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [0] : Address 00D0572F Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [1] : Address 00D01D65 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [2] : Address 00401605 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [3] : Address 004022EE Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [4] : Address 7C816FD7 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [5] : Address 00000000 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [6] : Address 00000000 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [7] : Address 00000000 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [8] : Address 00000000 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [9] : Address 00000000 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [10] : Address 00000000 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [11] : Address 00000000 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [12] : Address 00000000 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [13] : Address 00000000 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [14] : Address 00000000 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [15] : Address 00000000 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [0] : Address 00D0D4CB Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [1] : Address 00D0D59B Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [2] : Address 00D0D440 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [3] : Address 00D7C2D5 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [4] : Address 00D7A696 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [5] : Address 00D01DBE Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [6] : Address 00401605 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [7] : Address 004022EE Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [8] : Address 7C816FD7 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [9] : Address 00000000 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [10] : Address 00000000 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [11] : Address 00000000 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [12] : Address 00000000 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [13] : Address 00000000 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [14] : Address 00000000 Direct3D9: (ERROR) : [15] : Address 00000000

I try to find a valid device using this code.

Code:

D3DDISPLAYMODE d3ddm = { 0 }; bool bDesired = false; int nModes = mpd3dInterface->GetAdapterModeCount( D3DADAPTER_DEFAULT, D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8 ); for( int i = 0; i < nModes; ++i ) { if( FAILED( mpd3dInterface->EnumAdapterModes ( D3DADAPTER_DEFAULT, D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8, i, &d3ddm ) ) ) { return 0; } if( d3ddm.Width != mnWidth || d3ddm.Height != mnHeight ) continue; if( d3ddm.Format != D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8 ) continue; if( d3ddm.RefreshRate != 75 ) continue; bDesired = true; break; } if( !bDesired ) { return 0; } if( FAILED( mpd3dInterface->CheckDeviceType ( D3DADAPTER_DEFAULT, D3DDEVTYPE_HAL, D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8, D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8, FALSE ) ) ) { return 0; } if( FAILED( mpd3dInterface->CheckDeviceFormat ( D3DADAPTER_DEFAULT, D3DDEVTYPE_HAL, D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8, D3DUSAGE_DEPTHSTENCIL, D3DRTYPE_SURFACE, D3DFMT_D16 ) ) ) { return 0; } D3DCAPS9 d3dcaps; ZeroMemory(&d3dcaps, sizeof d3dcaps); if( FAILED( mpd3dInterface->GetDeviceCaps ( D3DADAPTER_DEFAULT, D3DDEVTYPE_HAL, &d3dcaps ) ) ) { return 0; } DWORD dwBehaviorFlags = 0; if( d3dcaps.VertexProcessingCaps != 0 ) dwBehaviorFlags |= D3DCREATE_HARDWARE_VERTEXPROCESSING; else dwBehaviorFlags |= D3DCREATE_SOFTWARE_VERTEXPROCESSING; md3dpp.Windowed = FALSE; md3dpp.EnableAutoDepthStencil = TRUE; md3dpp.AutoDepthStencilFormat = D3DFMT_D16; md3dpp.SwapEffect = D3DSWAPEFFECT_DISCARD; md3dpp.BackBufferWidth = mnWidth; md3dpp.BackBufferHeight = mnHeight; md3dpp.BackBufferFormat = D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8; if( FAILED( mpd3dInterface->CreateDevice ( D3DADAPTER_DEFAULT, D3DDEVTYPE_HAL, mhWnd, dwBehaviorFlags, &md3dpp, &mpd3dDevice ) ) ) { return 0; }

I don't know much about hardware compatibility, but it just seems to not be working getting a 640x480 'device' wven though the enumeration found it.

It is interesting to note that:

1) This code works on an XP pro machine with a giant flatscreen than can support all sorts of devices I would guess
2) This code does not work on an XP home machine with some sort of CRT monitor with a max of resolution of 1024 x 768
3) That I do not fill out all the fields of the D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS structure
4) That I would like to get this to work
5) That I don't know much about 'hardware compatibility'

Could it have anything to do with the device I find not supporting a 32-bit color depth? Is there any way I can work around that?

Set the format to D3DFMT_UNKNOWN and try it or set it to a lower color depth.

Create normally fails when one of the following occurs:

Invalid depth buffer format
Invalid color depth
Invalid resolution
Invalid refresh rate
Invalid back buffer format
Invalid multi sample
Invalid vertex processing
Invalid window handle
Invalid back buffer format for windowed mode
Invalid refresh for windowed mode (must be 0)
Device does not support D3D.

I would say from the error message your video card does not support hardware transformation of vertices. Set this to software and it probably will work. And after that go buy a new video card b/c if it does not support hardware T&L it is ancient.