DirectX

G

Guest

I have installed a game and it tells me that my system does not support
DirectX8.1. I operate with XP 2002. I thought I had DirectX9. What do I
need to do to get this game to work. The game is relatively new.
 
J

Jimmy S.

Hi solly1228,

Which game are you trying to install? It's possible that the game is
old and was not written in such a way that it can detect future versions
of DirectX installed.

Have you installed Service Pack 2 yet? It will upgrade your DirectX.


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_________________________________________________________


solly1228 Wrote:
=================
| I have installed a game and it tells me that my system does not support
| DirectX8.1. I operate with XP 2002. I thought I had DirectX9. What do I
| need to do to get this game to work. The game is relatively new.
 
G

Guest

Medal of Honor - Pacific Assault. It's from 2004. I haven't installed the
service pack. Thanks for the help.
Solly
 
J

Jimmy S.

Hi solly,

I suggest you go ahead and install the Service Pack then, it should help. :)

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Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________

| Medal of Honor - Pacific Assault. It's from 2004. I haven't installed the
| service pack. Thanks for the help.
| Solly
|
| "Jimmy S." wrote:
|
| > Hi solly1228,
| >
| > Which game are you trying to install? It's possible that the game is
| > old and was not written in such a way that it can detect future versions
| > of DirectX installed.
| >
| > Have you installed Service Pack 2 yet? It will upgrade your DirectX.
| >
| >
| > --
| > Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
| > Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
| >
| > Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
| > MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
| > My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
| > _________________________________________________________
| >
| >
| > solly1228 Wrote:
| > =================
| > | I have installed a game and it tells me that my system does not support
| > | DirectX8.1. I operate with XP 2002. I thought I had DirectX9. What do I
| > | need to do to get this game to work. The game is relatively new.
| >
| >
| >
 
G

Guest

I just received the game last week and am currently having the same issue. I
have DirectX 9.0c on my system and Service Pack 2 was installed on my
computer in August 2005. Any suggestions? Thanks.
 
J

Jimmy S.

Hi mikey14,

What is the game you're installing?
Are you able to install and play other similar games?
Which version of DirectX is shown when you RUN dxdiag?

--
Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________

mikey14 Wrote:
=================
| I just received the game last week and am currently having the same issue. I
| have DirectX 9.0c on my system and Service Pack 2 was installed on my
| computer in August 2005. Any suggestions? Thanks.
|
|
| "Jimmy S." wrote:
|
|| Hi solly1228,
||
|| Which game are you trying to install? It's possible that the game is
|| old and was not written in such a way that it can detect future versions
|| of DirectX installed.
||
|| Have you installed Service Pack 2 yet? It will upgrade your DirectX.
||
||
|| --
|| Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
|| Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
||
|| Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
|| MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
|| My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
|| _________________________________________________________
||
||
|| solly1228 Wrote:
|| =================
||| I have installed a game and it tells me that my system does not support
||| DirectX8.1. I operate with XP 2002. I thought I had DirectX9. What do I
||| need to do to get this game to work. The game is relatively new.
 

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