duitf2 Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 I am trying the beta and have found that SC will load w/out incident. When I try to play it however I get and error saying that Direct X version 7 is not detected and the game quits. Whether you have seen this or have researched this I don't know but felt that you needed to know this. BTW I have the newest Direct X installed,,and it may (and most likely is ) my fault some how 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Cater Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 Yes at the moment the latest Vista beta does not support SC2 because it does not have the latest DirectX 7 COM dynamically linked libraries installed. I have a tester who is also on the Vista beta list and is keeping me updated for each release. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikszkom Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 any news on this? that's the only thing that keeps me from buying the game! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Cater Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 I have yet to try Vista but I heard that with the latest version a customer was able to get SC2 running... if anyone else has access to Vista it would be great to have this confirmed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikszkom Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 it's not working on rc2 (build5744). At the end of the next week the rtm should be up for download to technet/msdn subscribers, so i can test with the final build around that time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Cater Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Long story short, and from what I have heard, Vista does not seem to have the dx7vb.dll system file in its Windows/System 32 directory (it should) and essentially this is causing the problem as SC2 dynamically links to this file. If you happen to have access to an XP system you should be able to locate this file and I wonder if SC2 will work on Vista if you simply place the dx7vb.dll file in your SC2 installation folder on Vista. Any confirmation of this would be greatly appreciated 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikszkom Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 simply copy didn't do the trick, but after registering the dx7vb.dll it seems to work! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Cater Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Ok, that is great news, thanks! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikszkom Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 i guess it won't be a surprise, but just for your information. I could test it with the final build it has the same issue and copy & register of the dx7vb.dll still solves it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Cater Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 ikszkom, when you registered the dll did you have to 'Run As Administrator'? I have yet to use Vista but I've heard that this might be a problem where in order to register these types of dlls you have to use 'Run As Administrator'. If so I was wondering if you know of any Flags or Switches that enable you to run 'regsvr32' as an Administrator from the Command Prompt. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikszkom Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 okay, just to get it from the beginning. In Vista only the built-in administrator account works as real administrator. Every other user in the administrators group have the admin rights removed from their token, so they work as normal user (this is the so called UAC feature). So, to do admin tasks like registering a dll you have the following choices: -run the cmd elevated (start-all programs-accessories-right click "command prompt" and choose "run as administrator, you can also set in the "command prompt" properties that you want to run it always as admin or click the start orb, type cmd in the search bar, and press ctrl+shift+enter) -use the builtin administrator account -disable UAC alltogether (control panel-user accounts-Turn User Account Control on or off) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Cater Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 Okay the issue for me is that for SC2 Blitzkrieg I run a system command to register the dll if it is not already registered. This works under XP etc., but it sounds like Vista needs this command run as an Administrator in order for it to work. The preferable solution is of course to not force the user to register the dll and simply have the SC2.EXE register the dll as necessary... so I guess my question is if it is possible to register the dll via a System call (similar to running regsvr32 from the Command Prompt) as I do now under XP and have it seamless where the user has no idea what is happening but that the game simply just works sort of thing 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikszkom Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 i'm not a developer, so i can't really help you in this case. but, if you want to install any program you will have to elevate. If I run the SC2 setup, the system will detect that it needs real admin permissions, and will pop me up about it, if i allow it, then it should work just as in xp. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Cater Posted November 18, 2006 Share Posted November 18, 2006 Ok that might actually work as you suspect and in that case it is good news indeed, thanks! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikszkom Posted November 18, 2006 Share Posted November 18, 2006 another issue, if I launch the editor and create or load a new campaing, get the following error: draw_current_sprite(5) DIRECTX FAILED: Unspecified Errors 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Cater Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Ok, I will have to look into this when I get Vista up and running... but in the meantime I just wanted to say thanks for all your help 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikszkom Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 sure! there is really nothing thank. If I can help is testing, feel free to contact me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pzgndr Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Bump. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n0kn0k Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Getting Vista Ultimate 64 bit also next week. I'll check some stuff out then 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Cater Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 ikszkom, can you send me an e-mail? Thanks, Hubert 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n0kn0k Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Originally posted by ikszkom: another issue, if I launch the editor and create or load a new campaing, get the following error: draw_current_sprite(5) DIRECTX FAILED: Unspecified Errors Same problem here now. Odd though it worked fine till i installed the Pink fix :< Edit just rolled back to the normal 1.06 patch, still the same problem. Very odd, didn't have this last week on 1.06. [ March 02, 2007, 08:19 AM: Message edited by: n0kn0k ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Cater Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 n0kn0k, did you change something else on your system, perhaps the video card driver? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n0kn0k Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Mail inc At work here atm. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n0kn0k Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 Got a workaround for it now It involves two settings: - Enable Desktop Composition - Use Visual Styles On Windows And Buttons Be sure to keep these 2 settings activated when you go to: Computer => Rightclick => Properties Advanced System Settings => Advanced => Performance => Settings Enjoy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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