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FPSC Classic Product Chat / Could an fpscx10 game exe made on windows 7 with directx10.1 play on other windows 7 computers using directx11?

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Medusa
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Could an fpscx10 game exe made on windows 7 with directx10.1 play on other windows 7 computers using directx11?

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Norion
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Posted: 3rd Jan 2011 21:40
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yes read my post on my thread

http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=179603&b=21&p=1

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Just like any other product being released, if you're unsure of the compatability of your software with everyone else's computer, you resdistribute the software that is required for your software to work.

To be honest, if DirectX11 didn't work for YOU to run the game, why would it work for someone else to run your game?

You would want to redistribute DirectX10.1 with your game (there is a redistributable version of DirectX that you can pack into the installation of your game)


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Quote: "Plystire You would want to redistribute DirectX10.1 with your game (there is a redistributable version of DirectX that you can pack into the installation of your game)"


you have just gave out a useful piece of info
but how does that actually work?
I always thought that any game loaded would automatically launch the persons own version of direct x
you are saying that I can make a fpscx10 game exe on windows 7
and redistribute the direct x for it and the other persons computer will run the game from it?

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To make sure the end-user has the latest directx, you include the redistributable version of directx along with your game: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=3b170b25-abab-4bc3-ae91-50ceb6d8fa8d

The end-user would first install this directx redist, then install your game. Ideally, you would make an installer that automatically does this for the end-user, so they don't have to install it manually.

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someone said on the forum that you can have different versions of directx all sitting on windows 7
so you can run different software using the different versions
is this right?
My directx knowledge is still in the dark ages where if you already have a higher version of directx you cannot install a lower one
please tell me more!

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You can have multiple dx libraries/versions at once; they are not mutually exclusive.

Check this list towards the middle of the page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectX

Which ever version the PC's "dxdiag" (start>run>dxdiag)displays is the latest one it has and should include all previous versions though it will only list the most recent version. For example mine says "DirectX Version: DirectX 11" even though I could never actually run a fully DX11 game on this PC and I don't even play Dx10 or 10.1 software. Pretty much all that gets used for games on my PC is Dx9.0c.
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Medusa
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Errant AI
followed the link
that's an awful lot to take in
yet it implies that directx11 will run any previous version of directx
therefore whether I made a game in directx9 or directx 10 it would still run on directx 11 but it would only access the graphic capability of the directx that the game was made on.
Have I got it right?

Whereas fpscx10 needs to be run on directx10 to make the actual game exe?

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This can be misleading in some cases. yes, the latest versions of directX SHOULD be backward compatible (IE, directX10 should be able to run anything that requires directX9, directX11 should be able to run anything that requires directX10 or directX9/8/7). However, it is best practice to be safe rather than sorry and include the run-time version of directX that you are SURE will run your game. This ensures that when someone installs your game, you won't have to tell them "Go get the latest version of directX to fix your problem"


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Quote: "Plystire directX11 should be able to run anything that requires directX10 or directX9/8/7)"

excellent
I make the fpscx10 exe on directx10 and then people get to play it on windows 7 directx11
That is the really important part.
I admit that I did have a horrible dread that I would be sitting making stuff that no one with directx11 would be able to play.

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