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Game thinks i don't have direct 9????

  • 17-09-2006 11:10am
    #1
    suppafly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,055 ✭✭✭


    So for some reason the game doesn't think that i have a directx version high enough to play the game. When i click on the shortcut it pops up a message saying "GTA:SA requires at least directx v9.0".I have v9.0c. I got this message straight after i replaced the cellphone .dff and .txd files in the gta3.img file using the IMG tool. So when i saw it wasn't working i replaced it with my backed up file, but still it gave me the error. I did a system restore too but that didn't seem to help either. I reckon it will work if i uninstall and reinstall but i'm trying to avoid that cuz i have modded it a bit. I have 67 car mods and a couple of other mods so i really don't want to have to reinstall all of them if i can help it, so if anyone knows what the problem is or how to fix it i would really appreciate it, thanks :)


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  • #2
    Stephen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    Have you tried reinstalling directx 9?


  • #3
    suppafly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,055 ✭✭✭suppafly


    Just tried resintalling there. Saw on the website that u can uninstall directx so it just installed a couple of files i think. Still thinks i don't have directx installed. Really lame.


  • #4
    suppafly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,055 ✭✭✭suppafly


    Well i gave in and wanted to play enough that i installed GTA:SA and reintalled only to find out that i'm still getting the same problem. The game thinking that i don't have directx 9. I really don't know what the problem is now like?


  • #5
    suppafly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,055 ✭✭✭suppafly


    So nobody knows?


  • #6
    suppafly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,055 ✭✭✭suppafly


    So after a reformating(not just for this prob. needed to be done anyway), i put GTA:SA back on and all my mods and i got the same problem. I almost started freaking out for a sec and then remembered the last mod i put in, GTA: San Andreas Speedometer Mod, this is what was causing the problem. It has this d3d9.dll file fix i think is the culprit cuz it directx file. As soon as i removed it the game worked fine again. Its a pity cuz it seemed like a good quality mod.

    Only prob now is the sound bug that left so mysteriously has now come back. I heard that the 1.01 or 2.0 patch fixes this prob? can anybody confirm this?


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  • #7
    Stephen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    I had a problem with sound and the 1.01 patch made no difference to it. Updating my sound drivers to the latest version did fix it though.


  • #8
    philologos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,479 ✭✭✭✭philologos


    suppafly wrote:
    So after a reformating(not just for this prob. needed to be done anyway), i put GTA:SA back on and all my mods and i got the same problem. I almost started freaking out for a sec and then remembered the last mod i put in, GTA: San Andreas Speedometer Mod, this is what was causing the problem. It has this d3d9.dll file fix i think is the culprit cuz it directx file. As soon as i removed it the game worked fine again. Its a pity cuz it seemed like a good quality mod.

    Only prob now is the sound bug that left so mysteriously has now come back. I heard that the 1.01 or 2.0 patch fixes this prob? can anybody confirm this?

    I've used that one fine. There is a version of this mod that is an exe and doesnt require the directx hook. You just run the program before playing. Look for the EXE version or ask Smithers on the #sa-mp IRC channel on irc.gtanet.org (as hes the one who coded it)


  • #9
    suppafly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,055 ✭✭✭suppafly


    Updating the drivers seemed to work for fixing the sound problem. Have tried just using the .exe for the speedometer mod. I'll have to try that and see.

    EDIT: just tried only putting the .exe file into the GTA:SA root directory but it doesn't show up in the game at all. Anyone know why this might be? I did chose which part of the screen to put it in and clicked save exited like the readme says?


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