Play around with your desktop-screenresolution. Also keep in mind, that you need to change the resolution in the "config.ini"-file accordingly.

I just keep getting the error initdirectdraw failed:0x800x400 or something like that. I was just playing fine last night, and now I can't even enter servers that I was able to connect to last night, let alone any server. Please if you could help me in any way it would be greatly appreciated.

set your resolution to 800x600 heres how:

1. go to aceofspades folder (if you don't know where its probably in ''my computer, go in C: then program files, then you should be able to see ace of spades, open it)

2. open config

3. where it says ''xres'' change it to 800, where it says ''yres'' change it to 600.

if that doesn't work, (it worked for me) you should keep messing with the resolution. (if you want the default one, just re-install the game)

It might be the resolution you want to use. When I tried using 1920 x 1080 I kept getting that error. Same for 1600 x 900, so I use 1280 x 720, and like part of the screen at the top isn't visible. The resolution setting seems sort of wonky I guess.

So there is no solution to this problem at all?

Apparently this is the mystery message and no one knows what's wrong.

Have you tried hosting your own server and joining it?

Have you tried another computer, a LiveCD, or VM?

Have you tried compatibility mode?

Have you tried reinstalling DirectX?

Just random things I can think of the top of my head.

I get this EVERY TIME I connect to the server
like
EVERY TIME
seriously what

just updated drivers and everything