I have been trying a lot of things that other people have posted but just cant seem to figure out how to get the game to run, Its on steam i tried loading it through PA launcher, but an error pops up saying d3dx9_43.dll missing. ive been trying to download it and install it but nothing seems to work anyone have any suggestions or has run into similar problems? heres my DxDiag.
The Windows version of PA actually has some DirectX dependencies despite the fact that it uses OpenGL to actually render the game. Try installing the latest DirectX 9 runtime on your box as Windows 8 does not come with DirectX 9 pre installed. Yes I know that the newer versions of DirectX that come with Windows 7/8 are "compatible" but it seems that PA expects a specific older version of the dx9 dll. I have seen other games do this too on my Windows 7 system. Although usually older games.
Ive tried reinstalling D3dx9_43 but it doesn't seem to have any effect. is there anything else I should try? or could windows 8 not be compatible with this game
You tried to do that with web installer? It's not working correctly. Download this package (directx_Jun2010_redist.exe), unpack it, and then run DXSETUP.exe: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download ... px?id=8109 If it not helps you may try to unpack Jun2010_d3dx9_43_x64.cab yourself and place *.dll files in same directory with PA.exe or in "host" directory where CoherentUI_Host.exe But probably you need Jun2010_d3dx9_43_x86.cab because it's UI need this DLL and I don't sure if latest Windows builds need 32-bit DLL's or 64-bit. It is compatible, unfortunately Windows have some weird bugs related to DirectX9 web installer. It's not PA bug, so developers can't fix it.
It is compatible, unfortunately Windows have some weird bugs related to DirectX9 web installer. It's not PA bug, so developers can't fix it.[/quote] Anyone have any details as to the "weird bugs" on Windows 8 ?
Read again please, I'm not talk about bugs of Windows 8. I said about bugs of DirectX installer. But it's also looks like some Windows 8 installations have wrong d3d9x_43.dll file in system, it's create some problems.
Are you working at Microsoft? Biggest bug in DirectX installer: it's not checking file checksums. E.g if you have broken DLL it's won't replace it with correct version. Also if you have DLL which isn't registered in system it's won't remove it and it's won't try to register it. So if you want to get proper DLLs you need remove them and then install them from June 2010 redist.
