EntropySink
Technical & Scientific => Software => Topic started by: ober on October 02, 2008, 11:11:43 PM
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So I tried to install a game tonight (Madden 08) and the fucker keeps telling me that it can't find Directx 9.0c. I even went and downloaded directx 10 and it still said it. dxdiag even says it's 9.0c so WTF?
Anyone ever run into this?
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got any errors in dxdiag?
Also if you installed 10, why does it say 9.0c? And FYI if you truely have 10 installed, some games that use 9.x wont work because the framework changed a bit for 10.
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Also IIRC your using XP, and you cant just install 10 on XP. You need one of the slightly modified installers to install DX10 on XP.
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Your fix is only a endaround a larger problem. It bypass's a games auto detection of DX which is fine if the issue is not fatal to the game. Being that he is giving different versions, one of which is technically not compatible with xp in its own right, im betting its a larger problem.
tho im guessing its xp, i know obe is one of those who spoke in vistas favor when i did so i may be off there.
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Sorry, didn't think you guys would respond so quick. I'll try your suggestion again tonight ethic, and yes, it's only a Madden problem. And I ended up going back to install 9.0c again. And I'm on XP SP3. I have Vista on my work laptop.
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Didn't work. what now?
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Any errors in dxdiag? Also have you tried re-installing the .net framework?
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and if that doesn't work, listen to RoD even though he's
wrong.
Your first suggestion was a shot in the dark. Your last two arent even going to do anything. Stand back son, the grownups are working.
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EA support?!! Oh im sorry, i didnt know!!
:rolleyes:
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Dammit ethic if you would stop being wrong i could stop being right :lol:
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:popcorn:
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I <3 u ethic
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Ok, I tried several of the new suggestions... one of which I can't because I'm installing from an image.
Seriously... WTF. I even installed the version with the game.
No DXDIAG errors, it says 9.0c is installed. Do I need to restart after installing that, because it doesn't tell me to?!
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did you try the .net framework reinstall? And yea you *should* restart.
I'm starting to think it may be the image, have you tried it on another machine for kicks? If dxdiag is clean, the version is current, and the framework is installed properly then it is not a dx issue.
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Everyone else seems to bitch about the error I get as well. It's not the image... has to be a conflict somewhere else.
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hmm....sounds like a biggy fukin game. I'm trying to remember but isnt there a "diagnostic" mode that DX can run in? god i hate DX
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.... sure it is. No, the copying from CD to hard-drive is the method I can't try.
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(http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/1976/nvtelenpq4.jpg)
is that the error?
Yes
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By the way, I also uninstalled .NET 1 and 2 and installed 3.5... no change.
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why not? if its an image mount it and copy the files to the local disk
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It's already on the HD...... ?
WTF, I'll copy it to another partition.
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Well yea its on the drive, but its mounted if its an image, and running as a virtual drive. Copying those files into an actual folder allows u to run it without it being through a virtual mount. thus allowing u to try ethics compatability theory.
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No dice mother fuckers... this bitch just don't like me.
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video drivers wont affect dx detection.
Completely remove DX. Disable auto updates, reboot.
Download fresh copy of DX from ms, install.
reboot, try again.
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That file doesn't exist. There is an autorun.ini file but it didn't have anything about the DX version.
And RoD... how do you uninstall directx? It's not listed in Add/Remove.
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Crap my bad, its been a while i forgot you cant just uninstall it from normal methods
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Security/Secure-cleaning/DirectX-Eradicator.shtml
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If the issue is not contained to ober (it appears to be a major game flaw) then that would be a waste of money.
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He could simply create it, but i honestly dont think it will help.
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:lol:
I think my method will work, but im willing to concede defeat if it doesnt and blame the game.
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Ober, buy a 360 and move on to Madden 09
Ober, don't listen to those console heathens
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PC Gaming isnt even remotely close to dead.
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I'll admit consoles have more games then PCs. Of course 95% of the console games suck complete ass so it evens itself out.
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Okay. Dying, then.
btw, I just found out that this is an ILLEGAL PIRATED VERSION
of Madden and I will NOT BE party to contributing to the further
demise of the PC Gaming Industry!
How do you know its not legal? I have a ton of images of my favorite games i own legally. Images dont wear like cd's do.
And its not dying. Its still growing.
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Woah bro, piracy is just as bad on the console. In alot of cases its easier. There was a game i pirated a few months ago, a copy for the pc for me and a xbox360 version for my buddy (the one i chipped). His worked perfect first try, took me a week of dicking around to get my pc copy working.
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Yea you can burn blueray, but its big $$$
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Because Ober just told me over MSN that it's torrented.
Prove it.
Ober, don't listen to those console heathens
Don't worry, I won't be.
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Crap my bad, its been a while i forgot you cant just uninstall it from normal methods
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Security/Secure-cleaning/DirectX-Eradicator.shtml
Yeah... that? DON'T DO THAT. BAD IDEA.
Now I can't even open dxdiag and the game still won't fucking install. Fuck it, I'll go back to playing my legal copy of 06.
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Crap my bad, its been a while i forgot you cant just uninstall it from normal methods
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Security/Secure-cleaning/DirectX-Eradicator.shtml
Yeah... that? DON'T DO THAT. BAD IDEA.
Now I can't even open dxdiag and the game still won't fucking install. Fuck it, I'll go back to playing my legal copy of 06.
wtf did you do wrong? Did you remember to reinstall DX after removing it, because that helps.....
ooh, looks like ethic won.
ethic: 0
RoD: -1
I think it would be more like
ethic: -100000
RoD: -1
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It killed 3 programs on startup and I had to jump through hoops to get DX installed again. Now video (playing videos) is fucked up a little... still trying to fix that.
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wtf did you do wrong? Did you remember to reinstall DX after removing it, because that helps.....
Of course fuckstick...
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Hey i had to ask, cuz i have used that tool alot in the past with no issues.
haha fuckstick....
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Something else you should never do... install Nvidia drivers from Windows Update... fucking shit... I might have to reinstall windows after all of this. :(
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use driverclean and reinstall the nvidia direct drivers
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Now dxdiag is saying I have 8.1 installed, even though I installed 9.0c. It's also saying I have registry errors (see attached).
Now what? I think the PC is stable again... hopefully :(
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It says direct3d isn't available now... what gives? I tried installing directx again and it didn't change anything.
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KNUCK?
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Sorry working on a forum.
The core must be 8.x....somehting with your comp is really screwy man. your doing everything right, the installer/os is the issue. Its not updating and removing files and reg entries like it should...if its stable and everything is working right except this game id walk away.
Otherwise...fuck it dude wipe it out, clean install of xp and 9.0c
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I'm now at 9.0b... now I have to figure out how to get to c. I'm tempted to reinstall but I'm about back to normal now.
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i agree wih ethic for once, should be just that easy
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Obes. I have been watching this. I didn't have an answer that could help. I had this issue (or similar) before we moved into the new house and had to reinstall XP to get everything functional again. I was hoping you guys would find the solution that Randy and I couldn't. :(
I also went through a similar nightmare with Quake once too (not DirectX). It just wouldn't recognize the reality that was installed on the machine.
I know.... :wall:
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wow.
reminder to self: never get computer advice from RoD or ethic.
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um, what? My advice is/was solid, show me where its not? Windows isnt the most predictable thing ever. I used these methods plenty of times with no adverse effects, but if a computer has issues and is running on Windows nobody knows what is going to happen.
How many times have you been working on a windows box and had it do something you werent expecting while performing routine tasks or corrections?
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I will reiterate: no advice from rod or ethic - ever. You guys should start your own company.
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<---- has his own company
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yeah, but it's not with ethic. Think about the possibilities.
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Your right. Sexual harrassment complaints, random hair sniffings, customer complaints. Mmmmhm
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Just because its over your head doesnt make it complicated, just means your slow.
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His issue was bigger then the simple explanation you would like to think it was. That was determined pretty early on. It comes down to im the professional, and your not. So think what you want, i dont really care.
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The DX Eradicator works perfectly, windows is unpredictable.
<3
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http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=2DA43D38-DB71-4C1B-BC6A-9B6652CD92A3&displaylang=en
just download from there
Yeah, I've done that... like 5 times already.
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have you reinstalled the .net 2.0 framework? or a newer one if its available i dont know whats current
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:popcorn2:
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yea THATS good advice
:popcorn:
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have you reinstalled the .net 2.0 framework? or a newer one if its available i dont know whats current
3.5
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You gotta be mothafuckin kidding me. I went through all that... then bought the goddamn game and it's giving me the same mothafuckin error.
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I downloaded it from the EA store so I don't have the discs. I tried everything on the EA support site and even emailed them. They sent me the same goddamn steps even though I said I already did that. What a crock of fucking shit.
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I downloaded it from the EA store so I don't have the discs. I tried everything on the EA support site and even emailed them. They sent me the same goddamn steps even though I said I already did that. What a crock of fucking shit.
I
Know
This
Isn't
Supposed to be
Funny
But
DAMN!