Right-clicking the game in Steam, going to Properties, and then Launch Options, and adding ' - windowed' to the end of the mod path worked. I researched online for a while on how to fix this, and this ' - windowed' trick worked. I uninstalled and reinstalled SWEAW FOC from Steam and still got these error messages, AND uninstalled and reinstalled Steam itself on my PC, re-downloaded the game and the AOTR mod, AND STILL got these error messages. Empire at War, Sim City 4, Roller Coaster Tycoon 3, and numerous other titles also do not clip the cursor. I would fully support a toggle option though. I don't see why it's so critical to clip the cursor to the game window. install the DirectX SDK to get the full reference device.ĭ3D9 Application: Could not reset the Direct3D device. Are you using the game cursor or the system cursor I always play with the system cursor. The reference rendering device was selected, but your computer only has a reduced functionality reference device installed.

Switching to the reference rasterizer, a software device that implements the entire Direct3D feature set but runs very slowly.ĭ3D9 Application: Warning: Nothing will be rendered. Enable debug output for detailed information. Then every time I tried opening the game again, I got the following three dialog boxes:ĭ3D9 Application: Generic application error. I was playing AOTR 2.8, and I was playing around with the screen resolution in-game, and it screwed up the entire screen, so I closed the game.

Empire at war windowed mode