Direct X problem
Well, I ran across a solution that worked for me. I found it through a friend at:
http://www.ozzu.com/ftopic33122.html. At this site I found these instructions:
Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:07 am
I HAVE A SOLUTION!!!!
Well it worked for me anyway.
You need both the 9.0b and 9.0c full versions. both around 30Mb each. Unzip both to respective temp folders. then copy and paste the following from 9.0b to 9.0c:
dxsetup
dsetup32.dll
DSETUP.dll
next you need a direct x uninstaller. i used dx eradicator from majorgeeks.com, bu there are plenty around
once done simply run dxsetup in the 9.0c version (which would be the one you copied before right) and it will install using the files from the folder it is in. and there you go you have installed directx 9.0c.
pls email at
camomanliveshere@hotmail.com to tell me if it worked for you, since i wanna know if i fluked it for sum crazy reason
Happy playin, and of course I take no responsibility if anything happens to your system (I have to say that dont I) due to using this fix. Im still happily playin and since the original post i made i have had people email me saying it works for them to without problems.
Cam
The only part of this that didn't function properly was the part about using a direct X uninstaller. I tried to find and use the one mentioned however that particular program wasn't there, however, there are several other programs listed so I "picked one" (I really don't remember which one I attempted to use) but when I ran it, I got an error message stating that my version of Windows was not supported, even though it "touted" all versions of Windows was supported (go figure). Anyway, I went ahead and ran the direct X 9c (from the "modified" folder) installation and it "took". I now have 9c that actually shows up, and my program installed with no problem. I would just like to know how someone figured out that you had to use the 9b engine and .dlls in the 9c folder. Good on them!
John