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Offline Scrooge

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DirectX problem
« on: May 13, 2007, 04:20:58 am »
I just got an old laptop off of my sister. It has all the right stuff to play soldat on it. But when I click OK a message comes up saying that I need to install directX 8.0. I have installed it and it says that it is version 8.0. I have also re instaled/downloaded soldat a few times. Any help? :'(
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Re: DirectX problem
« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2007, 04:28:14 am »
did you restart your computer after installing soldat and directx?
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Re: DirectX problem
« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2007, 04:37:29 am »
nope, stupid me... ill tell ya if it works.
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Re: DirectX problem
« Reply #3 on: May 13, 2007, 04:54:34 am »
well did it work?
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Re: DirectX problem
« Reply #4 on: May 13, 2007, 07:15:53 am »
If rebooting didn't work then you might need a newer DirectX version. Soldat might say that it needs '8.0' but in fact it needs '8.0c' for example and you could have '8.0b'. The version numbers are made up here, I don't know if '8.0c' exists, but you get what I mean.

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Re: DirectX problem
« Reply #5 on: May 13, 2007, 07:32:57 am »
No it didnt work and I dont think that this laptop could handle 9.0 memory wise. By the way ive got the latest directx 8.
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Re: DirectX problem
« Reply #6 on: May 13, 2007, 07:38:15 am »
Alright then, try playing with the compatibility and video settings using the config.exe program included in Soldat.

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Re: DirectX problem
« Reply #7 on: May 13, 2007, 07:53:20 am »
I tried setting it to video compatibility and click save and exit but it says something about an accsess violation.
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Re: DirectX problem
« Reply #8 on: May 13, 2007, 08:01:27 am »
I think you'll have to wait until 1.4.1 is released then.
As a last resort you might have your colors set to 24 bit. try setting them to 16 or 32 bit in your control panel.
For the rest i'm out of suggestions :(.

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Re: DirectX problem
« Reply #9 on: May 13, 2007, 11:35:21 am »
Soldat needs at least the latest DirectX8.1, not 8.0. Installing 9.0 shouldn't be a problem either, it's not that large, and it takes up no additional RAM.
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Re: DirectX problem
« Reply #10 on: May 13, 2007, 06:40:28 pm »
Ok thx. ill try that after school today. Thx al for the help!!
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