How to add DX Audio .dll to avoid installing the DirectX End-User Runtime?

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Alex_Peres

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Posted: 3rd May 2018 17:12

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How to add DX Audio .dll and what .dll it should be to avoid installing the DirectX End-User Runtime?

This is a very important question for me cause many publishers require:

"Other Files / Software Required: Your game must not install or require any additional software or data files, other than the game itself. For example:
DirectX 10
Microsoft C++ Redistributable
Additional DLLs"

It could be mean that I've spent so many years on AppGameKit wasted.

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Paul Johnston

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Posted: 3rd May 2018 17:28

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Windows 8 and 10 do not require the DirectX End-User Runtime, only Windows 7 and below require it. I don't know of a way around it as those versions require XAudio2.7 to be installed on the system in some way.

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Alex_Peres

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Posted: 3rd May 2018 18:12

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Thank you for the answer, Paul.
When I used GDK, it was needed DX too, I just added d3dx9_35.dll and it was run without any problem.
But now I'm trying to add "Jun2010_XAudio_x86.cab" or "Jun2010_XAudio_x64.cab" content to .exe but it doesn't work ...
Don't know what to do ...

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Posted: 8th May 2018 02:51

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I have not done any desktop work with AppGameKit recently, but a couple years ago I created a NSIS installer script that added the minimum required DirectX audio component to resolve this (it adds about 2 MB to the installer). You will need to update the path to where your DirectX setup files are located to bundle into the installer. You can't bundle anything directly into the AppGameKit EXE but need to create a full installer for dependencies.

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; Install DirectX Files for AGK Compatibility
Section "-InstallMinimalDirectX"
    SetOutPath "$TEMP"
     
    File "D:\DirectX\Jun2010_XAudio_x86.cab"
    File "D:\DirectX\DSETUP.dll"
    File "D:\DirectX\dsetup32.dll"
    File "D:\DirectX\DXSETUP.exe"
    File "D:\DirectX\dxupdate.cab"
     
    ExecWait "$TEMP\DXSETUP.exe /silent" $0
     
    Delete "$TEMP\Jun2010_XAudio_x86.cab"
    Delete "$TEMP\DSETUP.dll"
    Delete "$TEMP\dsetup32.dll"
    Delete "$TEMP\DXSETUP.exe"
    Delete "$TEMP\dxupdate.cab"
     
    ${if} $0 != "0"
        MessageBox MB_ICONEXCLAMATION "DirectX may not be properly installed on your system. If you experience problems running this application, please download and install the DirectX runtime files from http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8109"
    ${endif}
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