initialize renderer failed

[1veedo]

This is the same error I got on Linux, under wine!!! Initialize renderer failed. check directx installation. It happens at the end of the "loading" thing. I found a thread on these forums in the unofficial tech support thread. Google doesn't show much about this error.

I'm running Windows Server 2003 AMD64. I have my nvidia drivers installed, direct x8 (I think), and directx9.0c from the Civ4 CD. After installing Civ4 I installed the latest patch, without ever running the CD version.

This thread deals with ATI but I'm getting (I think) the same error.

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=133787

It looks the same on Linux except instead of "cannot match desired full screen mode," the error is "invalid 3D object":

http://1veedo.homelinux.com/misc/screenshots/civstart2.png

Initialize Renderer failed. Check DirectX Installation, Latest Graphics Drivers, and Graphics Settings Parameters:
-width =1024
-height =768
-flags =0xc
-hwnd =0xd00e0
-adaprtid =0
-deviceid = 3
Error:Creation Failed:Invalid 3D Object

I think I'm cursed with this error. In the ATI thread they said to use this program to open Art0.FPK but this file doesn't exist. In Linux I determined that the error occured because wine doesn't have directX9 support, hense the debug,

fixme:d3d:IWineD3DImpl_GetDeviceCaps Caps support for directx9 is nonexistent at
the moment!
trace:d3d:IWineD3DImpl_Release (0x675684b8) : Releasing from 1
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DImpl_GetDeviceCaps Caps support for directx9 is nonexistent at
the moment!
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DImpl_CheckDeviceMultiSampleType Quality levels unsupported at
present

(http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4325)

edit:
I called tech support. They really didn't help much but I accidently discovered how to fix this.

Goto run and type "dxdiag" In display you should see direct X features. Enable DirectDraw. This should enable the next two as well. If not, enable them.