Problem with Direct X

[Owain_Glyndwr]

Whenever I click to open RTW I get a message saying ''Rome: Total War failed to find DirectX 9, which is required for the game to run. Please reinstall Direct X.'' I know for a fact DirectX 9 is installed and I've also tried reinstalling it but the same message keeps coming up. Anyone know what the problem is and what I can do about it.

[macsen rufus]

Did you have a previous version of DirectX? There can be problems if this is not uninstalled first. Also there may be issues surrounding DX 9a, 9b and 9c with RTW. IIRC there is a thread in the apothecary which goes into it in more detail.

[macsen rufus]

Oh, and welcome to the Org, by the way!

[Owain_Glyndwr]

Oh, and welcome to the Org, by the way!

Thanks mate. Its version 9c of Direct X if that means anything to anyone? I dont know a great deal about computers.

[caravel]

Try downloading and installing DirectX9c again:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

A reinstall might fix it, if not post back.

Welcome to the forums.

[BlueRobin]

Hit Start, click Run then type "dxdiag" and click OK. This will run the DirectX diagnostics. Click Yes or No is it asks about "WHQL" (not important).

The thing you are looking for is the version of DirectX at the bottom of the page (under System tab). What is it?

If you like, click the Save All Information button and sae the resultant text file say to your desktop. Not sure if you can attach files to this board. If not, open the text file (dxdiag.txt by default), then copy/paste the contents here.

Also with the dxdiag tool, you can click the top tabs under Display and Sound and run DirectX compatibility tests. Useful stuff.