Talk:The Looking Glass/@comment-129.161.156.108-20160303133600/@comment-27345161-20160303224807

the DirectDraw error is usually the result of your computers graphics card being unable to support the low resolution in fullscreen mode.

if you have RPG Maker 2k3 installed, you can open the game in that and set it so it doesn't start in fullscreen.

http://rpgmaker.net/forums/topics/10204/ << this thread has some alternate solutions you could try also.