unknown pixal format

downloaded the game but when i choose the renderer there isn't any direct3d. their is only software mmx. but when i use that and i open the game i get the unknown pixal format error thing. if somebody can help me i would so happy. im on a windows 10.

Hey saber222, try that: https://kingdoms.catsboard.com/t1406-0xc0000022-error-fix

directplay was already on

Weird... You said you have no Direct3D option, wtf PC are you using? lol

Try running it in Windows 98/ME compatibility mode and Software MMX Render (C:\Cavedog\Kingdoms\ChooseRenderer.exe). Try updating your video cards... etc

f you are outputting to an HDTV or HDTV-like computer monitor (HDMI, built in speakers, etc.), then go into the AMD Catalyst Control Center and find the "Pixel Format" (or something similar) option under the Digital Flat Panel settings or some similar tab. Make sure it's set to RGB Full or RGB Limited and not YCbCr or anything else. (If you set to RGB Full, you need to set the "black level" setting on your TV/Monitor to "High" and if yo set to RGB Limited you need to set the black level to "Low"... some TV manufacturer's use slightly different terminology, but the point is that there is a setting on the TV/monitor that needs to match up with the Full/Limited RGB setting so that the colors look correct and not washed out [too little contrast] or crushed [too much contrast]). Also, if it's already on RGB Limited, then maybe you must set it to RGB Full for TA:K to work... (RGB Full is traditionally the color space used for computer monitors and Limited for HDTVs... however modern HDTVs can do Full as well if you set the Black level correctly).

yeah nomatter what i try always get the error and no direct3d choose for renderer. also dont have amd. so im guess until one day i can figure this out im not aloud to play the game.

But thanks for trying to help.

Which video card do you use?

nvidia geforce 635. really need to to update the thing.

Same problem, video card nvidia geforce GTX 750 windows 8.1. When i choose the renderer there isn't any direct3d and open the game i get the unknown pixel format error. Tried everything nothing helps.
On the same computer on windows 7 everything works fine.

windows 8 and 10 sucks for old game (and for pretty much anything)
microsoft is dumb

downloaded the game but when i choose the renderer there isn't any direct3d. their is only software mmx. but when i use that and i open the game i get the unknown pixal format error thing. if somebody can help me i would so happy.

Hi lorenz_benz,

Where did you download the game from?

I solved this problem with a Virtualbox

Unknown pixel format and 0x0 resolution were two of the issues my brother was having.

The fix for this was moving the Cavedog folder to the desktop.

Somehow having it under C:\Program Files or C:\Cavedog messes up things.

Simply have it under C:\Desktop\Cavedog... and test.