Directx (again)

**Halie Satanus** · December 19, 2011, 11:15 AM

Playing RSII for about a week and it was running fine. I had a sudden CTD and when I tried to restart got the 'directx not found the game needs it to run please reinstall' msg. I tried that but got the same msg, so I un-installed RTW and started from scratch. Still the same msg.

Any ideas?

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**irishron** · December 19, 2011, 11:26 AM

Logged in as Administrator?

Run as Administrator?

XP Compatibility?

Is RSII modfoldered or not?

**Halie Satanus** · December 19, 2011, 11:40 AM

Yes.

Same Msg.

Tried to run in compatibility with XP (SP2 and 3) same msg.

No but I made a separate copy for RSII (as per instructions) and it worked fine.

I also get the same Msg when I try to run vanilla RTW and Alex..

**irishron** · December 19, 2011, 12:01 PM

If it worked beofre, it should work, again, says logic.

I wonder if it's time for http://shoguntotalwar.yuku.com/topic...Rome-Total-War before reinstalling.

**Halie Satanus** · December 19, 2011, 12:25 PM

If it worked beofre, it should work, again, says logic.

Not philosophy windows seem to agree with..

**irishron** · December 19, 2011, 01:04 PM

Blame Bill Gates and Steve Balmer for Windows lack of agreement.

**Ishan** · December 19, 2011, 01:06 PM

Have you restarted your PC since then Sir Halie?

**Halie Satanus** · December 20, 2011, 08:43 AM

Clueless as I am I am familiar with the 'turn it off and on again' protocol.

I even managed to do a system restore which as luck would have it fixed whatever had gone wrong. It's often the last thing I think of but nearly always the answer..

**PoleCat** · December 21, 2011, 01:18 AM

Originally Posted by Halie Satanus

...I even managed to do a system restore which as luck would have it fixed whatever had gone wrong. It's often the last thing I think of but nearly always the answer..

The question to ask here is what you've downloaded or installed since your last Restore Point. Maybe there is an answer there. Also how often do you make Restore Points? Good luck!

**Ishan** · December 21, 2011, 08:28 AM

Originally Posted by Halie Satanus

Clueless as I am I am familiar with the 'turn it off and on again' protocol.

Haha yeah i actually forget this sometimes and waste several hours and finally try it to find out that the driver was hanged and needed a restart.

Anyways please attach your dxdiag.txt file as an attachment, i need to see it & remove your machine name from it like you did in the OP.

If don't want to do it then check this part in your report, it should be exactly like this:

------------
DxDiag Notes
------------
Display Tab 1: No problems found.<----This one
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.

**irishron** · December 20, 2011, 09:07 AM

Glad you're back in business, Halie.

System Restore has never saved me. I get to that point for me, reformat and start over.

**Halie Satanus** · December 20, 2011, 11:11 AM

Last time I did a reformat reinstalling all the programs I use nearly killed me.

**irishron** · December 20, 2011, 11:50 AM

Understandable.

**Halie Satanus** · December 22, 2011, 05:18 AM

I checked, it was all fine. Something, I don't know what but suspect it was mod related, caused system crash. *Shrugs, it seems to be running fine now though..