technical problem

[ludwig]

hi all
first I want to say hello after a long time, good to see the forum's still alive and kicking.
then I wanted to ask if anybody experienced the following problem:
I cehcked and don't think this is an issue to post in "bugs", I apologize if I'm mistaken about this

I have a DVD retail version of SH5 and tried to install it on my system:

Windows 7 64bit ATI HD 5700 series, 4GB RAM

the game installs ok, but doesn't start (even if patched 1.2)
the error I get is ""C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_42.dll is either not designed to run on Windows or it contains an error"

of course it is a directx problem, but windows 7 has directx 11 by default and should have backward compatibility. nonetheless I noticed that the setup program installs directx 9c anyway...

no luck in updating /patching directx, no luck in upgrading ATI drivers and, you guessed? no luck with UBI tech help.

just wondered if anybody met the same issue.

of course other games (even older ones) run perfectly.

thanks all and pls forgive me if I chose the wrong place to post

ciao

Ludwig