After more tesing, it seems I was being to hasty with my "Please select video mode..." choice. I was simply selecting the first 16bit option which askes for a 59 refresh rate. On that choice, No Display, the frame doesn't open at all. That's actually the only 16bpp choice I had problems with on either card on either computer. All of the other choices with refresh rates other than 59, ran perfectly.
Overall, I tested it on four computers all with ATI Graphics cards with the same results. The 59 seems to be the only problem. I had good results with about two dozen random choices, other than the "59", with an even spread of 16 and 32.
This is my console output at a few 16bpp Video Mode choices.
320*200*16 - 59
Application window does not open.
Console Output:
Exception in thread "Thread-8" java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.threed.jpct.Config.glSetDesiredVideoMode(Unknown Source)
at com.threed.jpct.demos.dust.Dust.selected(Dust.java:46)
at com.threed.jpct.demos.util.ResolutionFrame$2.run(ResolutionFrame.java:20)
320*200*16 - 60
Application window opens and runs correctly.
Console Output:
Java version is: 1.6.0_02
-> support for BufferedImage
Version helper for 1.2+ initialized!
-> using BufferedImage
Software renderer (OpenGL mode) initialized
Software renderer disposed
Current mode:320 x 200 x 16 @60Hz
Driver is: ati2dvag/6.14.10.6683 on ATI Technologies Inc. ATI Radeon 9550 / X1050 Series x86/MMX/3DNow!/SSE2
FBO supported and used!
OpenGL renderer initialized (using 4 texture stages).....etc.....
320*200*16 - 75
Application window opens and runs correctly.
Console Output:
Java version is: 1.6.0_02
-> support for BufferedImage
Version helper for 1.2+ initialized!
-> using BufferedImage
Software renderer (OpenGL mode) initialized
Software renderer disposed
Current mode:320 x 200 x 16 @60Hz
Driver is: ati2dvag/6.14.10.6683 on ATI Technologies Inc. ATI Radeon 9550 / X1050 Series x86/MMX/3DNow!/SSE2
FBO supported and used!
OpenGL renderer initialized (using 4 texture stages).....etc.....
1440*900*16 - 60
Application window opens and runs correctly and looks great.
Console Output:
Java version is: 1.6.0_02
-> support for BufferedImage
Version helper for 1.2+ initialized!
-> using BufferedImage
Software renderer (OpenGL mode) initialized
Software renderer disposed
Current mode:1440 x 900 x 16 @85Hz
Driver is: ati2dvag/6.14.10.6683 on ATI Technologies Inc. ATI Radeon 9550 / X1050 Series x86/MMX/3DNow!/SSE2
FBO supported and used!
OpenGL renderer initialized (using 4 texture stages).....etc.....
Happy coding
-Kearnan