medieval 2 total war

Hi Guys,

I'm trying to run Medieval 2 total war on my Vista 64 box. When I go to
launch the game I get the error "This application has failed to start because
d3dx9_30.dll was not fould. Re-installing the application my fix the
problem". I have tried setting the app to run in compatibility mode (xp sp2,
2k) however, to no avail. This is the only game in which I've had this type
of error as other DX 9 games work fine.

Any suggestions?

Also, I'm running the latest x64 Vista Catalyst drivers.

The dll might be an unsigned copy protection driver. See my post on Anno
1701. Do they have a forum?

"Johnathonm" <Johnathonm@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Guys,
>
> I'm trying to run Medieval 2 total war on my Vista 64 box. When I go to
> launch the game I get the error "This application has failed to start
> because
> d3dx9_30.dll was not fould. Re-installing the application my fix the
> problem". I have tried setting the app to run in compatibility mode (xp
> sp2,
> 2k) however, to no avail. This is the only game in which I've had this
> type
> of error as other DX 9 games work fine.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Also, I'm running the latest x64 Vista Catalyst drivers.

Colin,

What eror does your game throw back?

The d3dx9_30.dll is a direct 3d / direct draw 9 library.

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

> The dll might be an unsigned copy protection driver. See my post on Anno
> 1701. Do they have a forum?
>
> "Johnathonm" <Johnathonm@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9CEF8488-D415-4AA4-BE12-5B202A134DD0@microsoft.com...
> > Hi Guys,
> >
> > I'm trying to run Medieval 2 total war on my Vista 64 box. When I go to
> > launch the game I get the error "This application has failed to start
> > because
> > d3dx9_30.dll was not fould. Re-installing the application my fix the
> > problem". I have tried setting the app to run in compatibility mode (xp
> > sp2,
> > 2k) however, to no avail. This is the only game in which I've had this
> > type
> > of error as other DX 9 games work fine.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Also, I'm running the latest x64 Vista Catalyst drivers.
>
>

"Johnathonm" <Johnathonm@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I'm trying to run Medieval 2 total war on my Vista 64 box. When I go to
> launch the game I get the error "This application has failed to start
> because
> d3dx9_30.dll was not fould. Re-installing the application my fix the
> problem". I have tried setting the app to run in compatibility mode (xp
> sp2,
> 2k) however, to no avail. This is the only game in which I've had this
> type
> of error as other DX 9 games work fine.

Hello, running the DirectX setup program on the disc should do the trick.
There's a few different versions of DirectX 9c out there and this sort of
error message is quite common with newer games.

If that fails post back and we'll sort out copying the file manually.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.windowsresource.net/
Get ready for Windows Vista: http://www.windowsvista.com/getready/

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Mine throws an Unsigned Driver error.

Sorry, I was taking a guess at what it might be. I'll go back in my hole
now.

"Johnathonm" <Johnathonm@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Colin,
>
> What eror does your game throw back?
>
> The d3dx9_30.dll is a direct 3d / direct draw 9 library.
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
>
>> The dll might be an unsigned copy protection driver. See my post on Anno
>> 1701. Do they have a forum?
>>

Paul,

Doesn't vista contain Direct X 10? I thought this would supply DX
functionality. Why didn't 9 cause an issue here?

Thanks

"Paul Smith" wrote:

> "Johnathonm" <Johnathonm@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9CEF8488-D415-4AA4-BE12-5B202A134DD0@microsoft.com...
>
> > I'm trying to run Medieval 2 total war on my Vista 64 box. When I go to
> > launch the game I get the error "This application has failed to start
> > because
> > d3dx9_30.dll was not fould. Re-installing the application my fix the
> > problem". I have tried setting the app to run in compatibility mode (xp
> > sp2,
> > 2k) however, to no avail. This is the only game in which I've had this
> > type
> > of error as other DX 9 games work fine.
>
> Hello, running the DirectX setup program on the disc should do the trick.
> There's a few different versions of DirectX 9c out there and this sort of
> error message is quite common with newer games.
>
> If that fails post back and we'll sort out copying the file manually.
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> http://www.windowsresource.net/
> Get ready for Windows Vista: http://www.windowsvista.com/getready/
>
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>
>

Yes. You may verify by clicking the Start Orb and typing "dxdiag" in the
Start Search box.

"Johnathonm" <Johnathonm@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Paul,
>
> Doesn't vista contain Direct X 10? I thought this would supply DX
> functionality. Why didn't 9 cause an issue here?
>

"Johnathonm" <Johnathonm@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E6DB120B-982A-4535-AA3D-391361C8A1CC@microsoft.com...

> Doesn't vista contain Direct X 10? I thought this would supply DX
> functionality. Why didn't 9 cause an issue here?

The system still has version 9, as 10 isn't backwards compatible. And just
like on Windows XP with the latest released version of DirectX 9, some games
use slightly different versions, I'm guessing because they're developed
against different SDKs which require the version shipped on the disc to be
installed.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.windowsresource.net/
Get ready for Windows Vista: http://www.windowsvista.com/getready/

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Hi Guys,

I've been watching this thread with some interest. I have the same problem with Medieval 2. The same error popped up and I worked around it by copying the file (from my xp install) into Vista's \Windows\System directory. The game loads but there is heavy on screen corruption. My specs are a bit different from Johnathonm's I have a:

AMD Opteron 175
2 GB Ram
Nvidia 7800 GT Extreme
X-FI Xtreme Music

at first I though perhaps the reason for the corruption which renders the game quite unplayable was due to Nvidia's beta drivers. I now have the latest RTM drivers (I'm running the RTM x64 build of Vista) but I get the same result. I havn't tried Paul's suggestion of loading the direct x 9.0c drivers which came on the game disk yet. Not sure if its wise - will a directx 9 install play havoc with the DX10 install or some other part of Vista's subsystem?

Given Johnathonm's got a ATI card and is getting the same results as me with an Nvidia card, I assume this is a Vista issue.

The other thing to note about this game is that Creative's drivers for X-Fi (released in Dec 06) are a great improvement but provide no support as yet for EAX games in Vista. Apparently they will be implementing an OpenAL to EAX conversion layer in the final release of the driver.

Any help, comments etc greatly appreciated.

Steve

Quick addendum I've tried Paul's suggestion and installed the DirectX 9 Version on the Game Disc. It dutifully installed but the on-screen corruption remains. It might well be that this game is simply not Vista x64 compatible. Has any one tried this game either on x64 Windows or x86 Vista ? I'm just wonderng if the problem might be localised to x64 Vista.

Kind regards

Steve