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Offline Flakes

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DirectX couldn't initialize - Help
« on: January 27, 2009, 12:13:27 pm »
Right, After running soldat for 3 years smoothly. This error came up without any reason at all:



Now, no matter how much i reinstall the game, this error comes out..

My DirectX is updated to the last version for Windows XP, Which is 9.0c. Also, I have the latest updated driver by nvidia for my GeForce 6200 card.

I've read the faq on the basic fix for this and even searched the entire board. But, It never worked for me.  :|

Any help would be appreciated.

EDIT:

Apparently, Beta 1.5c works perfectly. But, It sucks that no one still officially plays it.  :|
« Last Edit: January 27, 2009, 12:32:41 pm by Flakes »

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Re: DirectX couldn't initialize - Help
« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2009, 01:45:19 pm »
Did you try to install it all over again?


edit:  :| I suck at reading posts
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Offline Flakes

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Re: DirectX couldn't initialize - Help
« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2009, 02:40:51 pm »
I did reinstalled it again, It doesn't work at all. It's strange that the beta version works properly though.

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Re: DirectX couldn't initialize - Help
« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2009, 11:13:09 am »
when you are reinstalling your drivers dont forget that you need to delete the current ones
and check if the drivers even support your graphics card (they leave out some cards if they get old)
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Re: DirectX couldn't initialize - Help
« Reply #4 on: January 29, 2009, 11:47:46 pm »
This is a problem that occurs when Soldat isn't actually exited out from. Enter the task manager and end Soldat.exe, which is most likely running.

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Re: DirectX couldn't initialize - Help
« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2009, 06:24:19 pm »
Also, ensure you restart your computer if you still experience it.

Offline Flakes

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Re: DirectX couldn't initialize - Help
« Reply #6 on: February 01, 2009, 01:00:16 pm »
I already did everything, reinstall drivers etc. nothing works  :|

It's strange 1.5.0c beta works fine and dandy while this official version (1.4.2 i think) just killed itself after years of running it smoothly  :-\

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Re: DirectX couldn't initialize - Help
« Reply #7 on: February 01, 2009, 02:27:54 pm »
Check for any other program that runs on DirectX, and see if it is running.

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Re: DirectX couldn't initialize - Help
« Reply #8 on: February 03, 2009, 11:21:36 am »
also try running dxdiag, should show you if its in your directx/drivers installation
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