medieval 2 total war

Hi Guys,

I'm trying to run Medieval 2 total war on my Vista 64 box. When I go to
launch the game I get the error "This application has failed to start because
d3dx9_30.dll was not fould. Re-installing the application my fix the
problem". I have tried setting the app to run in compatibility mode (xp sp2,
2k) however, to no avail. This is the only game in which I've had this type
of error as other DX 9 games work fine.

Any suggestions?

Also, I'm running the latest x64 Vista Catalyst drivers.

The dll might be an unsigned copy protection driver. See my post on Anno
1701. Do they have a forum?

Colin,

What eror does your game throw back?

The d3dx9_30.dll is a direct 3d / direct draw 9 library.

Hello, running the DirectX setup program on the disc should do the trick.
There's a few different versions of DirectX 9c out there and this sort of
error message is quite common with newer games.

If that fails post back and we'll sort out copying the file manually.

Mine throws an Unsigned Driver error.

Sorry, I was taking a guess at what it might be. I'll go back in my hole
now. :)

Doesn't vista contain Direct X 10? I thought this would supply DX
functionality. Why didn't 9 cause an issue here?

Yes. You may verify by clicking the Start Orb and typing "dxdiag" in the
Start Search box.

The system still has version 9, as 10 isn't backwards compatible. And just
like on Windows XP with the latest released version of DirectX 9, some games
use slightly different versions, I'm guessing because they're developed
against different SDKs which require the version shipped on the disc to be
installed.

Hi Guys,

I've been watching this thread with some interest. I have the same
problem with Medieval 2. The same error popped up and I worked around
it by copying the file (from my xp install) into Vista's
\Windows\System directory. The game loads but there is heavy on screen
corruption. My specs are a bit different from Johnathonm's I have a:

AMD Opteron 175
2 GB Ram
Nvidia 7800 GT Extreme
X-FI Xtreme Music

at first I though perhaps the reason for the corruption which renders
the game quite unplayable was due to Nvidia's beta drivers. I now have
the latest RTM drivers (I'm running the RTM x64 build of Vista) but I
get the same result. I havn't tried Paul's suggestion of loading the
direct x 9.0c drivers which came on the game disk yet. Not sure if its
wise - will a directx 9 install play havoc with the DX10 install or
some other part of Vista's subsystem?

Given Johnathonm's got a ATI card and is getting the same results as me
with an Nvidia card, I assume this is a Vista issue.

The other thing to note about this game is that Creative's drivers for
X-Fi (released in Dec 06) are a great improvement but provide no support
as yet for EAX games in Vista. Apparently they will be implementing an
OpenAL to EAX conversion layer in the final release of the driver.

Any help, comments etc greatly appreciated. :D

Quick update got it to work:D - heres how used nvidia latest drivers
for vista rtm.
Then used MS update to get WDM drivers for card (happens in auto
update) installed those and it works!

Have you attempted right clicking and selecting run as administrator?

i have installed Medieval 2. Total war on my windows vista home premium,
32 bit system. When i go to play the game, i double click the icon on my
desktop, it begins to load, the brings up "Cannot Locate DVD-ROM" error
message. if memory serves me correct, this game has worked on here
before. and no other game has this problem, i just recently played and
beat Rome: Total War. does anybody know whats the problem?

when i double click on the shorcut (or from start menu or from where the
game installed) nothing at all happens, not even an error message. but
when i try to run it from autorun the message 'access is denied" comes
up. Running the game as admin on vista and have tried compatiblity
mode...

Steve_M;385 Wrote:
> Quick update got it to work:D - heres how used nvidia latest drivers
> for vista rtm.
> Then used MS update to get WDM drivers for card (happens in auto
> update) installed those and it works!
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Steve
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Hey steve, i just ordered medievil 2 total war yesterday and i have
vista home premium 32bit and a nvidia geforce 8800 gts graphics card.
will i be able to get it 2 work


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