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2011-04-12 16:56
JAC

Registered: Aug 2002
Posts: 57
CCS64 (3.6/3.8) fail under Windows 7

Hi,
This week I was forced to upgrade to Windows 7. Now I tried CCS64 3.6 (and now also 3.8) and both fail with
"Direct3D Init FAILED - No Windowed Mode"
"DirectDraw Init FAILED - CreateSurface Primary"
"C64 Emulator for Win32/DirectX V9 has stopped working"

Suxx. Anyone with a good idea/similar experiences?
2011-04-12 17:36
Inge

Registered: Nov 2003
Posts: 144
Have you tried a clean install? I've never had any problems with CCS64 and Win 7 (64-bit).

Oh, yes, there is one problem with Win 7. The sound is skipping now and then. Not really a problem, but very annoying.
2011-04-12 17:48
TWW

Registered: Jul 2009
Posts: 545
Suggestion: Compatability Mode

Then again when does that EVER work???
2011-04-12 19:29
Rough
Account closed

Registered: Feb 2002
Posts: 1829
I'm not using Win 7, but I faced similar problems on XP. I changed the CCS64 (config file) resolution and it was fine. Maybe that one?!
2011-04-12 20:19
JAC

Registered: Aug 2002
Posts: 57
>Have you tried a clean install? I've never had any problems with CCS64 and Win 7 (64-bit).
After V3.6 crashed I installed V3.8 into an empty directory, so it should be clean, right? Or is there something else?

>Compatibility Mode? Then again when does that EVER work???
1) Yes 2) No

>I changed the CCS64 (config file) resolution and it was fine. Maybe that one?!
I can change the window size there (also the screen mode). But the result is the same. After the first popup the windows is resized and the 2nd popup apears. Then is crashes.

:-(
2011-04-12 20:25
TWW

Registered: Jul 2009
Posts: 545
Then my best advice is: Use Vice :-)..

or:

CTRL+ALT+DEL -> Taskmanager
-> New Task
Type: CMD hit enter
-> Command Prompt window pops up
Type: format C: /y

there you go 8-D
2011-04-13 05:11
The Phantom

Registered: Jan 2004
Posts: 360
Man, I'm not sure if this will help as I don't use ccs64, but A few months back, we had serious issues with windows 7 playing anything we liked.. Has a lot to do with EXPLORER.EXE task. The following code fixed our issues, perhaps it will yours.

@echo off
taskkill /f /IM explorer.exe
ccs64.exe
Start explorer.exe

The code simply stops the explorer.exe task(s) and then executes the program you want to load. Once you exit that program, it'll reload the explorer.exe again. I'm not sure how it works with multiple windows (multitasking).

Oh! You have to copy the 4 lines of code, paste into notepad and save as a .bat and execute the bat to run the program. Also you'll likely have to change ccs64.exe to whatever the actual file is called. I also think the newly created bat needs to be in the install folder, as that's how we did ours.

I do hope this solves your issue, if not, let me know. Might give me a small project to work on.


@TWW: Man.. That's just evil :)
2011-04-13 20:29
JAC

Registered: Aug 2002
Posts: 57
WTF Windows - aaaaaargh. Today it simply worked. Why? Who knows. Maybe because it usually works on Wednesday, or only on uneven dates or aaaaaaaaargh.

Next time I'l simply follow TWW's suggestion ;-)
Thanks also for the other responses.
2011-04-15 15:14
Fredrik
Account closed

Registered: Apr 2009
Posts: 204
One error i found in Vice is that it will not save the setting "true drive emulation" when exit

I use win 7 64 bits
2011-04-15 17:35
TWW

Registered: Jul 2009
Posts: 545
@ Fredrik: I do the same.

And to be honnest it does sometimes keep the true-drive setting other times not. Maybee it has something to do in which manner one exits (X / alt+f4 / file-exit) but I have not tested enough (or cared enough) to investigate further..
2011-04-15 17:48
Rough
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Registered: Feb 2002
Posts: 1829
You can toggle autosaving config when exiting VICE.
 
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