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Old 01-28-10, 06:49 AM   #3
Smartcom5
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Mhm …

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Originally Posted by Arclight View Post
2 things to note:

Installing DX9 will not break DX10/11. They share most of their files, so installing DX9 will not overwrite newer files, just add 1 or 2 that are missing.

Update your graphics driver if you haven't already.

*I'm starting to doubt a 6150 is even capable of running this game. Gonna be a slideshow if it does.
Sure, but it's almost safer just not to install the DirectX version the game is shipped with [in generally] - if it's deselectable (most setups don't give that ability to the user but rather install it by default).

This case can [and does often] result in those scenarios that the newer versions [especially under 7] will be replaced with the older one from the setup.

So, if it's possible, disable the DirectX-Setup and just start the game and wait for the prompt that mentioned the missed DirectX files - they consists usually of the extensions
  • D3Dx9_24.dll → *_42.dll
    [18, _24 → _42]
  • XAudio2_0.dll → XAudio2_5.dll
    [6, _0 → _5]
  • Xinput1_1.dll → Xinput1_3.dll
    [3, 1_1 → 1_3]

Then, just google it - the particular extension can be freely downloaded.
Beside that, every single extension [of the above named] is separately available - through Microsoft itself, in order that noone has to reinstall DirectX completely - and overwrite [probably] newer versions!

Don't get me wrong, but i can't hear it anymore - the last final DirectX 9 version [9.0c] is about nearly two years - aside from the .27-minor update last year [august if i remember correctly …] that is already implemented into the actual DirectX 10/10.1 & 11.

I advise anybody to go this way to prevent the sheer mass of corrupted installations that are caused by the countless crappy game-install setups.


In this sense

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