Hi All
My problem: the initial Stronghold 2 install runs OK. However, after using the Automatic Update feature, the game exits with a message that file d3dx9_27.dll is missing.
I downloaded the 1.4 update from Gamespot, and manually reran the patch - same error message.
I reinstalled Dx9 - still the same error.
I then uninstalled S2, rebooted and reinstalled S2 - the game again runs fine. I searched both the S2 and Windows directors, but found no file named d3dx9_27.dll.
This suggests to me that contrary to the posters in the other d3dx9_27.dll thread (http://stronghold.heavengames.com/cgi-bin/forum/display.cgi?action=ct&f=26,3533,,10, d3dx9_27.dll is not a standard Microsoft file.
Possible scenarios:
1) Is d3dx9_27.dll something which is added by the patch?
2) Is it supposed to be added by the patch, but for some reason is not, hence the error?
3) Is the patched version erroneously looking for a non-existent d3dx9_27.dll?
4) Is d3dx9_27.dll a file which is somehow missing from many Windows installations, yet is required by the patch?
5) Or, finally, is d3dx9_27.dll in fact a standard Microsoft (DX9?) file, which the patch somehow deletes? And if so, where is it normally located?
Thanks,
Sky
My problem: the initial Stronghold 2 install runs OK. However, after using the Automatic Update feature, the game exits with a message that file d3dx9_27.dll is missing.
I downloaded the 1.4 update from Gamespot, and manually reran the patch - same error message.
I reinstalled Dx9 - still the same error.
I then uninstalled S2, rebooted and reinstalled S2 - the game again runs fine. I searched both the S2 and Windows directors, but found no file named d3dx9_27.dll.
This suggests to me that contrary to the posters in the other d3dx9_27.dll thread (
Possible scenarios:
1) Is d3dx9_27.dll something which is added by the patch?
2) Is it supposed to be added by the patch, but for some reason is not, hence the error?
3) Is the patched version erroneously looking for a non-existent d3dx9_27.dll?
4) Is d3dx9_27.dll a file which is somehow missing from many Windows installations, yet is required by the patch?
5) Or, finally, is d3dx9_27.dll in fact a standard Microsoft (DX9?) file, which the patch somehow deletes? And if so, where is it normally located?
Thanks,
Sky