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Title: Direct Input error for all emulators
Post by: Mooshoo111 on April 28, 2005, 07:12:13 pm

I get a direct input error whenever I try to run an emulator that uses direct input. Anybody know how to fix this? I NEED to play on my emulators. Thanks for any help.  ??? Oh, btw, I didn't post this in the software forum because people just dont respond to this there...

Title: Re: Direct Input error for all emulators
Post by: CheffoJeffo on April 28, 2005, 07:23:19 pm

And not too many people are going to respond here ... at least until you explain what is happening exactly ... and what specific emulators you are using ... and the OS ... and the hardware ... .

Title: Re: Direct Input error for all emulators
Post by: Mooshoo111 on April 28, 2005, 07:51:07 pm

We'll in the first topic (in the software forum) I explained that I was using mame32 (and then showed the error below), but then I found out today that any emulator that uses direct input shows me the error also. Mame 32 gives me  "DirectInputCreate failed! error=80004005" and then after tells me to get directX, which I already have. NESten gives me 'Error : -2147467259 Failed to create Direct Input Object! There is an undefined error condition". I'm using XP pro, and I'm sure it's not a hardware issue, because I had these running before on this computer. If you really want to know it's an amd 64 3000+ with 512mb ram and radeon 7500.

Title: Re: Direct Input error for all emulators
Post by: CheffoJeffo on April 28, 2005, 08:06:03 pm

That helps ... what kind of controls are you using ?

Specifically, are you using USB  interfaces ???

Title: Re: Direct Input error for all emulators
Post by: Mooshoo111 on April 28, 2005, 08:25:07 pm

Yeah, I want to use my unfinished mame cab's CP that uses an i-pac.

Title: Re: Direct Input error for all emulators
Post by: CheffoJeffo on April 28, 2005, 08:29:00 pm

Have you tried uninstalling all of your USB components in Windows and then rebooting ?

Title: Re: Direct Input error for all emulators
Post by: Mooshoo111 on April 28, 2005, 09:42:22 pm

Ok, I'll try that, you mean like all my mouse, keyboard, and gamepad/joystick drivers?

Title: Re: Direct Input error for all emulators
Post by: CheffoJeffo on April 28, 2005, 09:44:22 pm

Yep, all of them, including hubs (if any)

Title: Re: Direct Input error for all emulators
Post by: CheffoJeffo on April 30, 2005, 11:27:38 am

Just bumping this to find out if MooShoo got things worked out.

Title: Re: Direct Input error for all emulators
Post by: Mooshoo111 on April 30, 2005, 11:39:23 am

No, it didn't. Any more advice? Thanks so far.

Title: Re: Direct Input error for all emulators
Post by: CheffoJeffo on April 30, 2005, 11:58:38 am

Hmmm ... Direct Input errors in XP are often USB-related (XP gets confused).

Are you fully updated on XP and DirectX ?

Title: Re: Direct Input error for all emulators
Post by: daywane on April 30, 2005, 02:38:44 pm

try uninstall usb driver.
restart pc

Title: Re: Direct Input error for all emulators
Post by: Mooshoo111 on May 01, 2005, 11:40:26 am

Yeah I'm fully updated with XP and DirectX (9.0c I think).

Title: Re: Direct Input error for all emulators
Post by: CheffoJeffo on May 01, 2005, 12:06:08 pm

How many USB devices are you running ?

If you uninstall them all, then reboot, then install one and run your emulator, does it work ?  Try repeating with other devices.

Are you using a hub ? Try without running through the hub ?

Title: Re: Direct Input error for all emulators
Post by: Mooshoo111 on May 01, 2005, 12:26:47 pm

No hub. I'm just using a USB mouse, the i-pac, a gamepad, and a joystick. My keyboard is ps/2. I'll try uninstalling everything except the mouse.

Title: Re: Direct Input error for all emulators
Post by: CheffoJeffo on May 01, 2005, 12:39:55 pm

Uninstall the mouse too (then use Ctrl-Alt-Del to bring up the Shut Down menu).

Title: Re: Direct Input error for all emulators
Post by: shadowdrak on May 01, 2005, 04:28:18 pm

I read about a patch on windowsupdate that resolves this issue... are you up to date?

Title: Re: Direct Input error for all emulators
Post by: Mooshoo111 on May 01, 2005, 09:04:27 pm

Yeah, theres no autoupdate popups and I've even checked on the windows update site.