2014-01-28, 08:52 AM
After several hours of searching around I've finally discovered a way to disable direct3D acceleration on windows 7. If anyone is having issues with preview windows and the like when using SoM then I recommend trying this to solve the problem as this worked for me.
1. Download and install the DirectX SDK (can be found here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download...px?id=6812)
2. Open the Microsoft DirectX SDK folder then the DirectX Utilities folder. Select the DirectX Control Panel and open it.
3. Select the DirectDraw tab and uncheck the Use Hardware Acceleration box then hit apply. You should now be able to use SoM without problems (hopefully). Make sure to enable this if you go to test a map or if you are finished using SoM.
I hope this helps if anyone is having issues with running SoM on win 7 like I did.
1. Download and install the DirectX SDK (can be found here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download...px?id=6812)
2. Open the Microsoft DirectX SDK folder then the DirectX Utilities folder. Select the DirectX Control Panel and open it.
3. Select the DirectDraw tab and uncheck the Use Hardware Acceleration box then hit apply. You should now be able to use SoM without problems (hopefully). Make sure to enable this if you go to test a map or if you are finished using SoM.
I hope this helps if anyone is having issues with running SoM on win 7 like I did.