Microsoft KB Archive/222071

LM1: Animation Workspace Not Displayed Correctly

PSS ID Number: Q222071 Article last modified on 05-20-1999

WINDOWS:1.0

WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 == Microsoft Liquid Motion for Windows 1.0 == 

= SYMPTOMS =

When you open or play an animation from Liquid Motion on Windows NT 4.0, the animation workspace area may not display correctly. The workspace may display other screen elements in the workspace area, such as the Windows desktop, application toolbars or status bars.

The playback symptoms may only appear after you apply behaviors, such as movement, grow, shrink, spin, or trigger, to actors within the animation.

= CAUSE =

This problem is caused by conflicts that exist between the DirectX 3.0 for Windows NT and video drivers for cards based on S3 or Cirrus Logic chipsets.

= RESOLUTION =

In Windows NT, it is not possible to upgrade DirectX drivers while using the operating system. To avoid this display problem, use one of the following methods:


 * 1) Replace the installed video card with one that is not based on the S3 or Cirrus Logic chipset.
 * 2) Create a dual boot system with Windows 98 and Windows NT. Install and run Liquid Motion in the Windows 98 operating system, which can use later versions of the DirectX drivers.

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

= MORE INFORMATION =

DirectX is an API (Application Programming Interface) layer that software developers use to take advantage of high performance multimedia hardware, such as 3D video and sound cards. Windows NT incorporates DirectX 3.0.

You cannot upgrade DirectX in Windows NT to later versions, as you can in Windows 95/98. Liquid Motion installs DirectX 5.0 on systems running Windows 95/98. DirectX 5.0 and higher do not conflict with the S3 and Cirrus Logic drivers. Therefore, Liquid Motion users using Windows 95/98 do not experience the problem discussed in this article.

For more information about DirectX, please see the following page on the Microsoft World Wide Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/directx

Additional query words: 1.0 bug scattered garbled scrambled black missing

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