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Algodoo used to work but now it doesn't?

PostPosted: Sat Apr 26, 2014 10:29 pm
by airplaneksbd
Algodoo used to work on my PC but now it doesn't. Can anyone help? Thanks! :crazy:

PC Info:

cpu: Dell Optiplex 170L

os: Microsoft Windows XP SP3

ram: 1GB

videocard: 128 MB, 3D

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Re: Algodoo used to work but now it doesn't?

PostPosted: Sun Apr 27, 2014 1:17 am
by Kilinich
Looks like your videocard (and whole PC too) is outdated. :ugeek:

Re: Algodoo used to work but now it doesn't?

PostPosted: Tue Apr 29, 2014 4:23 am
by airplaneksbd
Oh.. that sucks... but Unity 3D works on my computer fine. Game Maker does as well... so I don't get it...

Re: Algodoo used to work but now it doesn't?

PostPosted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 6:00 am
by jon_joy_1999
airplaneksbd wrote:Oh.. that sucks... but Unity 3D works on my computer fine. Game Maker does as well... so I don't get it...

unsurprising, since Algodoo is not made in Game Maker, or Unity 3D, and therefore has different requirements from either of these two software

Re: Algodoo used to work but now it doesn't?

PostPosted: Thu May 01, 2014 3:32 am
by airplaneksbd
I even have shader 3.0 support, so I guess my PC is just outdated.

Re: Algodoo used to work but now it doesn't?

PostPosted: Mon May 05, 2014 11:49 am
by electronicboy
Algodoo uses openGL in order to support most operating systems, while Unity3D is probably set to use DirectX by default.

openGL has the issue where one vendors implementation of the standard isn't exactly the same as the others, and the number of openGL versions in use ranges vastly. Check my sticky in the Help/Bug section of the forums if you want to read more about the issue, however best thing I can really suggest is to look into getting a new computer and throwing that one in a museum!