Out of Video Memory w/ Hi-res Textures

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Start game /w a large texture pack (i.e. Zelda Ocarina)

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
-Expected: Game starts, hi-res textures used.
-Instead: Game either...
   -Crashes with a DirectX9 and then a ?? null error.
   -Starts but no video is output

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
1964 1.1 and 1964Video r75

Please provide any additional information below.
Windows 7, ATI 8570

Original issue reported on code.google.com by kol...@gmail.com on 13 Nov 2010 at 6:00

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?? error is "g_pRender is NULL"

Original comment by kol...@gmail.com on 13 Nov 2010 at 6:17

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Hrm, I think this is actually related to incompatibility with Windows 7 x64.

Original comment by kol...@gmail.com on 13 Nov 2010 at 6:21

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I can resolve the "g_pRender is NULL" in some games by disabling caching, but 
the issue persists in Ocarina of Time.

Original comment by kol...@gmail.com on 13 Nov 2010 at 9:02

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I'm not so sure that this is only incompatible to the x64 version seeing as how 
on my x86(32 bit) computer i receive the same problem... See issue 27 I believe 
it is.

Original comment by raphaelc...@gmail.com on 24 Nov 2010 at 9:37

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I'll note that I was getting the "g_pRender is NULL" and running 1964 in 
Windows XP SP2 compatibility mode fixed it. However, if I try to enable "Cache 
hi-res textures", 1964 starts to pre-load all of the OoT textures then crashes 
with an error "Could not find any compatible Direct3D devices."

I can load the hi-res textures just fine without the caching enabled, but I get 
some frame-stuttering.

I'm on Windows 7 x64, running the 1964 bundle from Jan 16th 2011

Original comment by whitez...@gmail.com on 15 May 2011 at 3:12

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Can you try running the latest released one in the downloads section.

Original comment by death2dr...@gmail.com on 26 Jun 2011 at 5:20

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I think i might need to rewrite the texture caching

Original comment by death2dr...@gmail.com on 26 Jun 2011 at 5:21

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@death Alright, I'm now using RiceVideo Rev 95... now with cache enabled, it 
caches most of the textures but then I get an error "Your video card does not 
support GL_ARB_fragment_shader, Rice Video will not function properly" with 
OpenGL. With DirectX, I get the error, "Could not find any compatible Direct3D 
devices"

I'm on an nVidia GTX 570 with the newest drivers (275.33).

Original comment by whitez...@gmail.com on 26 Jun 2011 at 1:26

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Hmmm, ill look into this as soon as i can, thank you for replying.

Original comment by death2dr...@gmail.com on 26 Jun 2011 at 1:45

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Original comment by death2dr...@gmail.com on 26 Jun 2011 at 1:46

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> I think i might need to rewrite the texture caching

I do not think you have to rewrite it. You only have to complete it. As I 
stated several times, the caching implementation is so far just experimental 
but nevertheless probably a good basis. 

It simply lacks texture compression. Thus, when the space occupied by the hires 
textures exceeds the 1GB limit, it crashes. There is a way to disable the 1GB 
limit. It is described somewhere is the forum-thread.

If you want to enhance it, I would recommand implementing texture compression & 
it should work without issues.

Original comment by micro...@gmx.net on 2 Aug 2011 at 1:06

• Changed title: Out of Video Memory w/ Hi-res Textures

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Yeah your right there, any chance of you returning to the community anytime 
soon. My programming skills are severely lacking especially when compared to 
yours.

Original comment by death2dr...@gmail.com on 3 Aug 2011 at 9:16

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Original comment by death2dr...@gmail.com on 10 Oct 2012 at 1:07