> ok i got 800x600 mode working. it turns out the modes do not use the number of bytes per scanline that you expect and you have to use a variable that tells you how many there are.

Didn't you read the DX docs?

> however, 1280x960 doesn't seem to work anymore. my monitor says "attention out of range", and then says some hz. i think it's talking about refresh rates which is weird because i told it to use defaults. this problem started when i put a different graphic card into my computer. i traded graphic cards with my friend. his is older but supposed to be faster coz it's a GeForce2 GTS versus my GeForce2 MX. yes i have the latest drivers.

> i wasn't able to get 1600x1200 to work properly coz apparently the GTS can't do it. instead it seems to use 1024x768 and let the extra graphics go off the edge of the screen. yah i know i'm supposed to put error checking when setting modes.

1600 x 1200 shouldn't be a problem, even my 3dfx voodoo 3 can do it.

> i still haven't been able to get rid of the stupid blank window opening up and trying to kill epileptics. i won't release my program like this coz i'm not a murderer.