Solihull Posted July 11, 2000 Share Posted July 11, 2000 When I try to load the demo I get the following message. "The procedure entry point DirectDrawEnumerateExA could not be located in the dynamic link library DDRAW.dll" Can anyone help please. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted July 12, 2000 Share Posted July 12, 2000 Do you know what version of DirectX you have ? One easy way to find out is to go to C:\PROGRAM FILES\DIRECTX\SETUP\DXDIAG.EXE. The first tab should usually tell you what version you have (some earlier versions of DirectX may have a different executable instead of DXDIAG.EXE it may be SETUP.EXE). You need DirectX 6.1 or later to play CM. Microsoft DirectX 7.0a: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=16819 You may also need to check your video driver to see if it is the latest version. Some older cards may be supported by the DirectX install (these will usually be the 4Mb of video memory and less cards). It is possible that your current video driver doesn't support DirectX very well. Hopefully you will find a driver between DirectX and the card/chipset manufacturer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solihull Posted July 12, 2000 Author Share Posted July 12, 2000 Thanks Schrullenhaft. I'm running Windows NT. It seems that Microsoft think that NT doesn't need 7.0a. I think I should have made the OS I'm using clear from the start - sorry. [This message has been edited by Solihull (edited 07-11-2000).] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted July 12, 2000 Share Posted July 12, 2000 Yep, you're going to have a problem running CM on NT (unless it's Windows 2000 - and even then...). NT 4.0 max's out on DirectX 3.0. I've seen some hacked "patches" out there that supposedly allow you to fool a game as to what version of DirectX is on NT, but I have no idea how well they will work. My guess is that it will not work as CM will use newer DirectX calls than are supported by DirectX 3 (even if it is patched to tell an application that it is v. 6.1): Reactor Critical - setdx6.zip (near bottom): http://www.reactorcritical.com/download.shtml If you really want to play this game then you're going to need a Win98/95 partition on your machine. I have no idea if this will be possible for you or not. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solihull Posted July 12, 2000 Author Share Posted July 12, 2000 Thanks again. It looks as though my brush with the game was all to short. Maybe another time! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Big Time Software Posted July 12, 2000 Share Posted July 12, 2000 Solihull, As far as I know, CM won't run on Windows NT, because NT doesn't support the latest versions of DirectX, which CM needs. Sorry about that. Charles 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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