Problem with Run screen

[Matagot]

Hello,

I'm still young in using AGS, but I'm having real problems with the actual run screen as I can't make anything happen within it. Usually it is hit and miss and the pointer would appear but sometimes only on side side of the screen, or it would take ages to actually move across the little screen or for the character to respond or in some cases no pointer would emerge at all. 

I am using windows 7 (I understand that there are a lot of topics about the problems around Windows 7) and each time I click on the Run button, a small window appears saying that the colour scheme had to change temporarily, which reverts back to normal when I close the Run window. But this colour change only responds to the desktop window so I don't see how that would affect the run screen unless there is something I'm not aware of.

I have already looked into updating the graphics driver but my machine insists that I already have the updated version.

If I can make the Run screen work then I can make my game for proper.

Please help 

[Creator]

I don't know why everything would be moving extremely slow, but the thing about your colour changing is normal. I run all my games in 16-bit colour and the desktop colour scheme always changes to the basic setting when the game runs, and then changes back when the game closes.

[Matagot]

Good to know that the colour change in AGS is normal  these things can freak out a beginner.

I guess I might have to tweak some things here and there just to see if anything happens.

I'm not an expert when it comes to graphics cards but are there best ones to use with AGS? That is pretty much the only thing I could think of.

[Creator]

Because AGS games take up very little resources compared with today's computers, I'm sure that what graphics card you have won't matter in the slightest when developing an AGS game.

[Khris]

Matagot:

1) Try the Direct3D driver in winsetup
2) Update DirectX9 to Version 9.0c

Win7 was shipped with an older Version of DirectX9 since it mostly uses 10/11.
DirectX9 is installed alongside the newer version(s) to run older games.

[Matagot]

THANK YOU SO MUCH KHRIS!!!!


I changed to Direct3D...

...it works  8)

[iamthebubb]

So just change the directx.

Using win7 on my laptop, I have to run 'game setup' and 'save and run' to get fullscreen, also I get nothing when i start my game, just freezes and sits there.