Troubleshoot FAQ
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You can visit our support forums at vertigogaming.net, however there
are a few things you can do to improve the performance of the game.

First, try using the Windowed mode in the Options tab. This usually 
speeds up the framerate considerably.

Next, if that doesn't seem to help, try using Native mode in the Options
tab. It resizes your window to 800x600, and can boost performance.

Try turning off Maximum GFX in the options tab to turn off some of the
more processor intensive effects of Acidbomb. Use this as a last 
resort.

If anything else, turning off the music will help the slowdown and loading
on some computers. 

If the game failed to run completely, you need to make sure you're 
running the latest version of Direct X and your graphics drivers are all 
up to date.

From the main Game Maker web site:

-The program complains about not being able to use Direct3D.

Game Maker requires a 3D graphics card with preferably at least 32 MB 
of video memory. Also it requires DirectX version 8.0 or later to be installed 
on your computer. Make sure you have a recent version of DirectX. (You 
can download it at Microsoft DirectX page.) If the problem is still there,
buy a new graphics card (even the cheapest currently available 
card will do).

-The program complains about a missing DLL (most likely D3DX8.DLL).
This means that DirectX version 8.0 or later is not correctly installed on 
your computer. You can download the most recent version at Microsoft 
DirectX page.

-The program complains that is cannot create drawing surfaces.
This means that your graphics card does not satisfy the specs. You can 
try to reduce the screen resolution and set the colordepth to 16-bits 
to save memory and check again. Also you might want to install the most
recent graphics card drivers and DirectX version. Otherwise, you will 
need a better graphics card.

-The program crashes near to the end of loading the game.
This is normally due to the fact that the sound card drivers for your sound 
card are not up to date. Try to get the most recent drivers. Also get the
most recent graphics card drivers as these might also cause the problem. 