Your Questions About Directx

Nagesh answers:

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Nagesh answers:

DirectX is software that serves as a universal translator, DirectX is software that serves as a universal translator, DirectX is software that serves as a universal translator, DirectX is software that serves as a universal translator, allowing
your game to communicate with the hardware on your computer. When
you change the state of the game in any
way (moving the mouse), the game
communicates to your computer by
talking with DirectX. DirectX talks to the
hardware drivers, and the drivers send the message to the hardware (video card,
sound card). When performing updates,
update DirectX first; then, if that doesn’t
solve the issue, you may need to update
your drivers. IMPORTANT: Before updating DirectX, check with your hardware manufacturer
to ensure that your video and sound
cards are compatible with the latest
version of DirectX. There is no way to
uninstall or roll back this upgrade.
Http://www.directxupdate.com/dxwebsetup.exe
to check your version
http://www.directxupdate.com/directxversionchecker.zip
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Nagesh answers:

DirectX 9.0c is the one you will need,
windows 7 and 8 already has version 11 installed.

DirectX 9.0c actually has a few components
that are missing in DirectX 11.

To install the missing parts found in DirectX 9.0c
Do Not use the web installer,
because it will fail every time.
You need to get the old actual installer.
Direct download link > http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/4/A/84A35BF1-DAFE-4AE8-82AF-AD2AE20B6B14/directx_Jun2010_redist.exe

make a new folder on your desktop,
when you fire up the installer
it will ask where to unpack the files to,
choose the new folder on your desktop.

When it has unpacked
in that folder you need to locate a file called DXSETUP
and double click on it.
Accept the agreement then click on next.
Then on next again.
Then click on finish when it has done its thing,
then delete the installer and the folder on your desktop that it unpacked to.

DirectX should now work correctly for your game.

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Nagesh answers:

Directx comes shipped with some graphics cards, and video capture cards, and with some game software, and the latest microsoft media player.

Every few years Microsoft updates the capabilities of DirectX to include more functionality. They may be up to directX 11 by now. Certain versions will not install on older operating systems. Older graphics cards will not support at the low driver level many of the latest functions so having an older graphics cards will somewhat defeat installing new versions of directx.

An error installing directx 9.0c may mean that you already had DirectX 11 or 10 or 9c installed already?

Some versions of Windows come with DirectX and a new version of media player already installed.

I’m running Win2k and Directx 9.0c so the guy who said to be running XP or higher is less than accurate.

Nagesh answers:

If you have DirectX, which you probably do, these steps will work and you’ll be able to see what version you have:

Click on the Start button and then choose Run.
Type in “dxdiag” (without the quotes) and click OK.

A box should open. If you don’t have DirectX, you will get an error message saying “Cannot find the file….” etc.

If the box opens, look at the bottom of the System tab to see what version of DirectX you have.

By the way, you can’t break anything by poking around and seeing what’s available to you here and what information is given and running tests. Just avoid making any changes.