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> Robert McKenzie <robert@xxxxxx> wrote in
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>> I play Freelancer on windows Vista64 home premium and ultimate - two
>> machine - the laptop has a new dedicated graphic card - the other has
>> a EN9800GT a directX 9 card with DX10 compatability.
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> Actually a Geforce 9 series card will also run Dx1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, and 8
> games as well.
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>> Virus Software to use is Eset Nod32 or AVG Personal(FREE EDITION)not
>> the buyable version.
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> Or just go naked, I can't remember the last time I installed anti-virus.
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>> The issue is caused by the lack of DirectX Play in DX10 because MS
>> went over to different protocols and forgot about backward
>> compatability.
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> Actually MS didn't install DirectX 9 into Vista, you can download
> dxwebsetup.exe and install it manually.
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> MS Guidelines state that ALL games that use DirectX need to install the
> files via the DXSetup app, even if the DirectX files are already
> detected because some may be missing. Unfortunatly not many games do
> this. Including this one.... which I worked on... hey I even worked on
> the installer, sue me.
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> It's not DirectX 10's fault, so lay off.
> Actually if you want to get techie I suggest your read this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectX - it details that The DirectPlay
DPLAY.DLL was also removed and was replaced with dplayx.dll - apparently
it can be replicated by installing Dplay.DLL and renaming it.
Therefore it was MS fault - NOT DX10.
I actually like DX10 and it nice to see individual bristle on the chin
of my characters in MassEffect.