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Benjamin
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Posted: 21st Nov 2004 00:21
I'm not sure where this thread should be but I'm guessing here because I want people to tell me if it happens with them.

I recently downloaded DirectX 9.C, and I've noticed that since then DBC crashes my computer, as well as any DBC program. However DBPro programs seem to work fine.

Has this been happening with anyone else?

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Aoneweb
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Posted: 21st Nov 2004 01:24
DBC loads ok, I am using dark Edit, but I cant run any of the example code, I get an error message language file not updated.
More tests to follow.

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Posted: 21st Nov 2004 01:26 Edited at: 21st Nov 2004 01:29
I'll test some code now.

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I got my old Space Drive game running.



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Benjamin
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Posted: 21st Nov 2004 01:36
What I mean is, it resets my pc. I swear it worked before I reinstalled windows.. . I wonder when that directX download was last updated..

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Aoneweb
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Posted: 21st Nov 2004 01:37
Well I downloaded the latest help files and all is now ok.
Have you tried a re-install of the program and updates?.

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Posted: 21st Nov 2004 01:38
Check your DX version.

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Benjamin
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Posted: 21st Nov 2004 01:46
As I said before, its DirectX 9.c, and downloading the latest stuff for dbc wouldnt work, because even programs made in dbc(like firewall) wont run.

I did notice something else that resets my pc, if I press the mouse scroll button and move the mouse.

Any ideas?

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Aoneweb
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Posted: 21st Nov 2004 01:50
When you say reset do you mean it reboots, if so Windows has a problem.

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Benjamin
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Posted: 21st Nov 2004 02:03
I don't mean restarts(if thats what you mean by reboot) I mean it just sort switches off and on.

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Posted: 21st Nov 2004 02:18
i dont use dbc but i hate directx 9.0c and wish i wouldve stayed with b
ever since i installed it i have been having slownesss with dircetplay and extreme problems with directsound anytime i play a game with direct sound it iwll work fine for about 10 minutes then the sound will stop for no reason(this has also happened when listen to plain windows media player but it takes about 2hours for it to happen to media player) and it is always random and the onyl i can get my sound back is by a restart also it seems dircetdraw got slower btu not sure on that

the worst thing about directx is that u cant reinstall it or rollback to a previous version

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Benjamin
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Posted: 21st Nov 2004 02:25
Quote: "the worst thing about directx is that u cant reinstall it or rollback to a previous version"

Thats what annoys me most. Even with windows restore its impossible unless you previously had the before version of DX on it.

Are you sure that slow down is only with DX 9.c? I've noticed that slow down too.

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Posted: 21st Nov 2004 02:29
I am not experiencing any slow down with DX9.C that I can tell, do you have a graphics card and if so are the drivers up to date?.

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Benjamin
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Posted: 21st Nov 2004 03:05
Erm I'm guessing DirectX only works if theres a graphics card installed?

What I mean by slow down is when I open a dbpro program and switch to another program while its open, the pc starts sort of freezing.

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Benjamin
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Posted: 21st Nov 2004 03:17
Ah bugger it, I'm gonna reinstall windows *again*. Hopefully it'll fix both problems. Of course I'll need to download DirectX again but nevermind..

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Benjamin
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Posted: 22nd Nov 2004 01:27
I reinstalled, then installed all the programs again and I found the problem. Zonealarm was causing the reset. So I just got a different firewall after reinstalling windows again this morning.

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Posted: 22nd Nov 2004 06:27
yes i am complete up to date and i have tried reinstallign windows but it didnt help i tried 3 times so far but it never works

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Posted: 23rd Nov 2004 00:30
aone, I believe your fix is on the dbc forum in a sticky, you didn't download all of the dbc update files.. there's three or four you need to download..

as for 404, sounds like driver problems

click start > run > type in dxdiag and run it's utilities, if it complains of any files you'll need to fix them

there's some other things you can check but it's out of the scope of this topic..

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