"failed to initialize display"

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I get the message "failed to initialize display" when I try to start the game. I run it from at laptop with 32 mb video memory. Not sure if I have 3d accelerator.
what should i doo to get it to start
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Reply #1 from PolMach Forums Top

There's a good chance that your video card can't play the game. Some video cards can't display 32bit DirectX.  What type of video card is in your laptop?

Reply #2 from PolMach Forums Top

Try this:

Change your screen resolution to be running in 16bit color (65k colors).

Run The PoliticalMachine like this: c:\>polmachine w

And see if that works.  That should force the game into using 16bit color. Let me know if this works.

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