Eragon demo-DX9 update??????

J

Jeff

Hi,

Just downloaded the Eragon demo; and after scanning it for buggies, I
ran the install.
Which fails and says I need the dx9 updates for Dec 2005????
Umm,
Isn't dx9 final already in Vista?

Jeff
 
C

Colin Barnhorst

Vista includes Dx10. You can check the version by clicking on the Start Orb
and typing "dxdiag" in the Start Search box and hitting return.
 
J

Jeff

yup,
knew that part Colin,
seems some games don't see dx9 even tho its in Vista.

So I installed the December '06 dx9 updates and it saw dx9.

Jeff
 
C

Colin Barnhorst

If the game was written for a specific version of dx rather than for a
version 'later than' then the specific version needs to be installed. It is
more an installer thing than whether the game can run OK with a newer
version of dx.
 
J

Jeff

Colin,

thx for the clarification
:)

Jeff

Colin Barnhorst said:
If the game was written for a specific version of dx rather than for a
version 'later than' then the specific version needs to be installed. It
is more an installer thing than whether the game can run OK with a newer
version of dx.
 
C

Colin Nash [MVP]

Colin Barnhorst said:
If the game was written for a specific version of dx rather than for a
version 'later than' then the specific version needs to be installed. It
is more an installer thing than whether the game can run OK with a newer
version of dx.


DirectX 9 games won't necessarily run under DirectX 10 - it's not completely
backward compatible.

But Vista also ships with DirectX 9C, so everything *should* still work
seamlessly.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/community/gamingplatform.mspx
 
J

Jeff

Colin,
Thx for the link, and it should have worked I guess,
but the installer would not let me go forward until I dloaded the Dec. '05
dx9c update.
Strange, as you'd think with Vista shipping with the newest dx9c and
dx10;that the installer would see it.
But it didn't-upon further talks with gaming people(which I wholeheartedly
confess-I'm not)
it seems some game installers do go flaky, but I got it resolved by
installing the Dec. '05 update. (over one in Vista already-probably)
Then the Eragon installer saw it, and let me proceed.


On a different note-
One big thing with me about pc games, is the keyboard.
I'm no good with it, and preferred;in my limited gaming, to use
controllers(PS2 is the console I have)
so when Colin B. addressed a question that I could use a xbox controller
with my pc-I went out and grabbed one.
Alas,many PC games aren't set up to use controllers-or easily configed if
they do.

It just so happens that Eragon is one that does-right out of the box-so
earlier today I went out and bought it!!!!
woohoo
Bring on them nasties-woohoo

Thx again,

Jeff
 

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