New install missing dx3dx9_31.dll in Windows 8.1
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 10:17 am
As it says.
Installed the latest download version (1.3) in my two day old desktop and it won't run from the game menu at all, no error message.
Going to the PON Folder and clicking on the .exe file gives the error message in the Header ... installed twice, and made no difference. Looked at the PON folder and, lo and behold, there is a file named dx3dx9_37.dll ... so I rename it to dx3dx9_31.dll and click on the menu ... and it now works.
Crazy thing is, in the OLD desktop machine running Windows 7, I checked, and it has the dx3dx9_37.dll file, but runs OK.
I don't know whether this is a missing or misnamed file in the .zip file for the game or whether it is some weird Windows 8.1 thing (I am fairly sure the existing file works on my laptop, which is Windows 8.1).
Just thought you should know.
(Also posted on AGEOD forums)
Phil
Installed the latest download version (1.3) in my two day old desktop and it won't run from the game menu at all, no error message.
Going to the PON Folder and clicking on the .exe file gives the error message in the Header ... installed twice, and made no difference. Looked at the PON folder and, lo and behold, there is a file named dx3dx9_37.dll ... so I rename it to dx3dx9_31.dll and click on the menu ... and it now works.
Crazy thing is, in the OLD desktop machine running Windows 7, I checked, and it has the dx3dx9_37.dll file, but runs OK.
I don't know whether this is a missing or misnamed file in the .zip file for the game or whether it is some weird Windows 8.1 thing (I am fairly sure the existing file works on my laptop, which is Windows 8.1).
Just thought you should know.
(Also posted on AGEOD forums)
Phil