Emperor and DX 9.0B on Win 2000 and XP !!!!!

[Atomic Mitten]

I just made an interesting discovery !!!

Windows XP Pro , DX 9.0B and Emperor do not like each other.

I just thought i'd try out my theory, I just installed DX 8,1 and ran Emperor, not only was my anti-virus software running but all my other progs, including two firewalls !

I even had the forum page running in the background,

I played a single player skirmish game, with no lag whatsoever.

I think that Emp doesn't like DX 9.0B at all. ;)

[Nyarlathotep]

How did you install an older version of DirectX over a newer one ?

[Atomic Mitten]

With my Sparkle Geforce4 mx 440 128Mb card's installation CD.It has all the versions of Direct X,

from vers 5 to vers 9.0.

I just clicked on version 8,1 and installed it over DX 9.0B. No problem ! ;)

[Nyarlathotep]

Cool. I always understood that you couldn't install an older version of DirectX over a newer one..

[Atomic Mitten]

To tell the truth, I'm not sure whether it has or not.

When I got the installing diag box, it reported installation successful.

But when I ran DX diag again it reports DX9.0B being installed ??? >:(

[Nyarlathotep]

But when I ran DX diag again it reports DX9.0B being installed ??? >:(

LOL, welcome to the world of Microsoft ;D