Game Installation says I don't have DirectX 9+ on my Vista
Posted by admin on May 15th, 2007
I tried installing Marvel's Ultimate Alliance, but I can't play it because it's telling me that "DirectX 9.0c is not installed on this computer." even though DirectX 10 is installed. Does anyone have a clue as to why I'm getting this message?
May 20th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
Jack, Even though Vista has direct X 10, some games need specific files, like the monthly updated dx9 ones, also even if you do have them, some games just don't read it correctly in Vista. I've ran into that lotsand just let the game install the direct x 9 it needs, or if it doesn't come with a dx9 installer for the specific files, I went to MSFT's downloads and grabbed them, then installed the game.Jeff"Jack"
May 22nd, 2007 at 09:52 am
thanks. I don't know much about directx, but if I let the game install directx 9, am I possibly downgrading my experience for other games? Or do the directx 9 files not write over the directx 10 files and I would just be installing a few directx9 files that seem to be required for this particular game, but overall I would still have directx 10?
May 27th, 2007 at 12:26 am
DX9 shouldnt overwrite DX10 files, if you would like to check for yourself, then go Start>Run> and type in "dxdiag" and this will bring up DirectX's diagnostic screen. The DX version will be listed on this page as well as other info. djohnson djohnson's Profile: vista64.net/forums/member.php?userid=1707 View this thread: vista64.net/forums/showthread.php?t=47292