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Re: DX9 update
« Reply #20 on: April 02, 2008, 06:10:23 am »
No joy here yet. I'm going to try reinstalling directx.
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Re: DX9 update
« Reply #21 on: April 02, 2008, 07:26:26 am »
I tried running directx_mar2008_redist.exe a second time. It actually installed files! (shakes head at MS...) But no joy, still cannot connect to the directory servers.

I see directx is installing xml files... xml!  >:(  I wonder if that conflicts with my MSXML4.0 istall I had to use to make an installer for somebody once...

XML is the the work of the devil, Satan himself I tell you!

I'll try running the directx_mar2008_redist.exe a third time and see if that makes any difference. If not, then I'll see if the 2006 9.0c redist will install.
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Re: DX9 update
« Reply #22 on: April 02, 2008, 07:42:12 am »
Third time - same result.

I can't find the 06 redist in my stacks of backup CDs.  :(

I wonder if it's still online somewhere?

EDIT: Ah, here's the '06 redist:
http://www.fileplanet.com/168738/160000/fileinfo/DirectX-Installer

I'll try that before I attempt to roll it back to the original 9c from '04. Though I expect neither will install over the current newer version without a little hacking...


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Re: DX9 update
« Reply #23 on: April 02, 2008, 08:01:14 am »
I installed and went to boneyard OP was able to log in and stuff...I used the link and installed if that helps anyone?
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Re: DX9 update
« Reply #24 on: April 02, 2008, 03:20:30 pm »
Something occurred to me this afternoon. I have the Microsoft DirectX SDK (November 2007) currently installed. Now in the past out-of-date Directx SDKs have not interfered with installed runtimes - perhaps this is no longer the case?

I am going to uninstall the Nov07 SDK , reinstall the Mar08 runtimes and see what I get.
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Re: DX9 update
« Reply #25 on: April 02, 2008, 03:39:42 pm »
Nope. That did not do it. I also uninstalled Windows Defender and set my desktop to 16 bit color as well. I still can't get to the serverlist.

I'm going to try a Fresh OP install, I probably should have tried that a while ago...

Wait.. I seem to recall there were issues way back with NVIDIA drivers interfering with Dynaverse login? I just might have to put my old Matrox card back in. (I want to finish Serious Sam 2 first though...  ;D)
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Re: DX9 update
« Reply #26 on: April 02, 2008, 10:38:12 pm »
Didn't re-restrict it under XP's firewall did it?
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Re: DX9 update
« Reply #27 on: April 02, 2008, 11:09:03 pm »
 
I think this update may have just ironed out the video-lag that's been bugging me on my beater laptop lately...

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Re: DX9 update
« Reply #28 on: April 02, 2008, 11:20:57 pm »
Quote from: Dracho on April 02, 2008, 10:38:12 pm
Didn't re-restrict it under XP's firewall did it?

Nope, XP firewall completely disabled. No other software or hardware firewalls present. I have uninstalled AVG and Windows defender as well.

I've yet to do a fresh OP install as I'm in a bit of a bind for disk space. My current OP folder is 3.67GB (lots o models), and I'd like to back it up before I do a fresh install. Hmm that will fit on a DVD... My OP install is almost as old as my windows install and I've grown rather attached to both.
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Re: DX9 update
« Reply #29 on: April 03, 2008, 01:50:12 am »
Quote from: Bonk on April 02, 2008, 03:39:42 pm

Wait.. I seem to recall there were issues way back with NVIDIA drivers interfering with Dynaverse login? I just might have to put my old Matrox card back in. (I want to finish Serious Sam 2 first though...  ;D)


Never heard of any problems of nVidia graphics interferring with Dynaverse login.  Hmmm........
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Re: DX9 update
« Reply #30 on: April 03, 2008, 01:59:05 am »
Neither have I.. both NVidia Released and NVidia Beta..

as a matter of fact, I have been using the NVidia Beta 174.74 drivers vor over a week now without any problems...

smoother game play, faster frame rates.. and 1 to 2 degrees C cooler on the Vid Card..

no log in issues that I know of.. ATI on the other hand **shutters** it depends on which driver you are using for which game..
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Re: DX9 update
« Reply #31 on: April 03, 2008, 06:57:53 am »
Don't forget that a lot of DirectX problems can be with sound as well as video.
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Re: DX9 update
« Reply #32 on: April 03, 2008, 07:54:05 am »
I've only ever encountered 2 problems when it came to nVidia and SFC gameplay.

The first was when I was still running on my old RIVA TNT 2 Ultra AGP card, and when I had the most updated drivers for the card installed, and was playing SFC3, the cursor would disappear from sight when I would move it down to the lower half of the screen, yet when I used the original card drivers, I didn't have that problem.  But gameplay was even worse.  The card was very old by the time I got into SFC gaming, so I knew it was the card giving me problems. 

The other occured on both my old RIVA and on my FX 5200 card.  Sometimes the graphics would go all wonky and the colors would turn pyschedelic.  In the least extreme of the cases, my ship would still appear normal, but everything else, including ships, would be nearly impossible to identify by sight.  I had to rely on the HUD in the corner of my screen and on my UI to determine what shield front that was facing the current target.  And in the most extreme cases, my ship wasn't even visible.  Everything looked like a light show of different colors.  And restarting from a cold boot wouldn't fix it every time. 

Don't have either problem anymore. 
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