To Java Games Users
:-[ Sorry to post in this section, but I have only one reply which doesn’t work.
I have now started reading David Brackeens book on Developing Games in Java. Excellent Book!! 
I have tried the second chapter example and I am getting this runtime error.
K:\DGJ\allsrc\ch02src>java FullScreenTest
Java2D Direct3D usage disabled by J2D_D3D env
Exception in thread “main” java.lang.InternalError: Could not get display mode
at sun.awt.Win32GraphicsDevice.getCurrentDisplayMode(Native Method)
at sun.awt.Win32GraphicsDevice.getDisplayMode(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.GraphicsDevice.setFullScreenWindow(Unknown Source)
at sun.awt.Win32GraphicsDevice.setFullScreenWindow(Unknown Source)
at SimpleScreenManager.setFullScreen(SimpleScreenManager.java:31)
at FullScreenTest.run(FullScreenTest.java:36)
at FullScreenTest.main(FullScreenTest.java:23)
Is this a problem with my video card, do you need video acceleration to do what the code does below.I have the most up to date drivers, is there any other software I should be installing
If someone can help, I have tried google.com and the suggestions, small as they are are of no help.
David Thomson
Code is below (Copyright © David Brackeen)
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
public class FullScreenTest extends JFrame {
public static void main(String[] args) {
DisplayMode displayMode;
if (args.length == 3) {
displayMode = new DisplayMode(
Integer.parseInt(args[0]),
Integer.parseInt(args[1]),
Integer.parseInt(args[2]),
DisplayMode.REFRESH_RATE_UNKNOWN);
}
else {
displayMode = new DisplayMode(800, 600, 16,
DisplayMode.REFRESH_RATE_UNKNOWN);
}
FullScreenTest test = new FullScreenTest();
test.run(displayMode);
}
private static final long DEMO_TIME = 5000;
public void run(DisplayMode displayMode) {
setBackground(Color.blue);
setForeground(Color.white);
setFont(new Font(“Dialog”, 0, 24));
SimpleScreenManager screen = new SimpleScreenManager();
try {
screen.setFullScreen(displayMode, this);
try {
Thread.sleep(DEMO_TIME);
}
catch (InterruptedException ex) { }
}
finally {
screen.restoreScreen();
}
}
public void paint(Graphics g) {
g.drawString(“Hello World!”, 20, 50);
}
}