Vista - DirectX 9.0C

I have read and seen several post's about the 9.0c version of DirectX and
have not seen what i woudl like to know. I tried testing a game called
SilkRoad with my Vista system come to find out, that I do not have the proper
DirectX files. Their site offers a version of it, but it does not install, it
just extracts.

I went to the Windows site and downloaded the 9.0c there. I installed it
then restarted my PC. I tried to get on the game again and here is the
message i have been getting since i tried it the first time

"DirectX 9.0c is not installed or its version is not 9.0b. Silkroadonline
needs DirectX 9.0b or later version."


Any assistance would be great.

I guess the obvious question would be, have you tried running it in XP SP 2
compatibility mode ?


"BenV" <BenV@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:97F47515-9052-4A92-B979-D221DFFA7DF9@microsoft.com...
>I have read and seen several post's about the 9.0c version of DirectX and
> have not seen what i woudl like to know. I tried testing a game called
> SilkRoad with my Vista system come to find out, that I do not have the
> proper
> DirectX files. Their site offers a version of it, but it does not install,
> it
> just extracts.
>
> I went to the Windows site and downloaded the 9.0c there. I installed it
> then restarted my PC. I tried to get on the game again and here is the
> message i have been getting since i tried it the first time
>
> "DirectX 9.0c is not installed or its version is not 9.0b. Silkroadonline
> needs DirectX 9.0b or later version."
>
>
> Any assistance would be great.
>

i had a similar problem, dxdiag reports to be directx10, but some later files
from dx9c are missing. for me installing dx9c helped

"BenV" wrote:

> I have read and seen several post's about the 9.0c version of DirectX and
> have not seen what i woudl like to know. I tried testing a game called
> SilkRoad with my Vista system come to find out, that I do not have the proper
> DirectX files. Their site offers a version of it, but it does not install, it
> just extracts.
>
> I went to the Windows site and downloaded the 9.0c there. I installed it
> then restarted my PC. I tried to get on the game again and here is the
> message i have been getting since i tried it the first time
>
> "DirectX 9.0c is not installed or its version is not 9.0b. Silkroadonline
> needs DirectX 9.0b or later version."
>
>
> Any assistance would be great.
>

I actually have tried running it under the WindowsXP SP2 Capability mode,and
no, it did not work. My computer would just crash every time i tried it. I
also tried installing the DirectX9.0c and it installs nothing. Once it begins
the system check to see if i already have it, it says that i do. I am running
Vista RC1 Build 5600. Any help would be great.

"Widar" wrote:

> i had a similar problem, dxdiag reports to be directx10, but some later files
> from dx9c are missing. for me installing dx9c helped
>
> "BenV" wrote:
>
> > I have read and seen several post's about the 9.0c version of DirectX and
> > have not seen what i woudl like to know. I tried testing a game called
> > SilkRoad with my Vista system come to find out, that I do not have the proper
> > DirectX files. Their site offers a version of it, but it does not install, it
> > just extracts.
> >
> > I went to the Windows site and downloaded the 9.0c there. I installed it
> > then restarted my PC. I tried to get on the game again and here is the
> > message i have been getting since i tried it the first time
> >
> > "DirectX 9.0c is not installed or its version is not 9.0b. Silkroadonline
> > needs DirectX 9.0b or later version."
> >
> >
> > Any assistance would be great.
> >

Fix for Silkroad posted here:
http://www.silkroadforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=188052

Note that it has nothing to do with Directx in vista, just silkroad's
retarded directx validation!

Worked perfectly for me!!

"BenV" wrote:

> I have read and seen several post's about the 9.0c version of DirectX and
> have not seen what i woudl like to know. I tried testing a game called
> SilkRoad with my Vista system come to find out, that I do not have the proper
> DirectX files. Their site offers a version of it, but it does not install, it
> just extracts.
>
> I went to the Windows site and downloaded the 9.0c there. I installed it
> then restarted my PC. I tried to get on the game again and here is the
> message i have been getting since i tried it the first time
>
> "DirectX 9.0c is not installed or its version is not 9.0b. Silkroadonline
> needs DirectX 9.0b or later version."
>
>
> Any assistance would be great.
>