• DirectX 9.0 trying to download for Garry's Mod - I have DirectX 11, help?
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HI, I just downloaded Garry's Mod today. When I try to start playing, it tells me 'Your DirectXRuntime is out of date. Download and install this file from Microsoft.' It then tries to download version 9 which then fails. I have version 11 already on my system - Windows 7 Ultimate with SP1, if that helps. How do I get to play? Any ideas? Many thanks, Lucy
DX11 isn't supported by Source, only 9. Try [URL="http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=35"]this[/URL]. Then try loading Garry's Mod again.
That's the link the game gave me directly. And it failed to update, saying internal error. Maybe I would have to uninstall version 11 and reinstall 9? That seems a bit drastic =/
[QUOTE=yogscastfan12;39130717]That's the link the game gave me directly. And it failed to update, saying internal error. Maybe I would have to uninstall version 11 and reinstall 9? That seems a bit drastic =/[/QUOTE] I have 9 and 11 installed, and it works okay. What error does it spit out?
[QUOTE=yogscastfan12;39130717]That's the link the game gave me directly. And it failed to update, saying internal error. Maybe I would have to uninstall version 11 and reinstall 9? That seems a bit drastic =/[/QUOTE] All versions of Direct X dating back to the first release for Windows 95 are backwards compatible, even if the application isn't. And although Direct X is backwards compatible, Windows doesn't ship with a complete set of backwards compatibility libraries by default and you have to download them from Microsoft. The link digigamer17 posted was for the GB version of Windows, but here's a link to the Direct X 9.0c runtime installer for the US version: [url]http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35[/url] The two might be slightly different, which could be the reason for the error you got. Try installing this version.
Thanks for helping - I'm UK based. Tried the US link just in case, but I got the same error. I have pasted the error log below if this makes any sense to you? I'm really hoping you can help me work this out (and it's something non-technical) =p Thanks again, Lucy. 01/07/13 15:32:33: DXSetup: No command line switch 01/07/13 15:32:33: DXSetup: StartWizard() 01/07/13 15:32:37: DXSetup: CDXWSetup() 01/07/13 15:32:37: DXSetup: start installation 01/07/13 15:32:37: DSETUP: DirectXSetupA(): hWnd: 003C0466 dwFlags: 02010098 01/07/13 15:32:37: dsetup32: === SetupForDirectX() start === 01/07/13 15:32:37: dsetup32: DXSetupCommand = 0. 01/07/13 15:32:37: DXSetup: DSetupCallback(): Phase = 0, Steps = 0 01/07/13 15:32:37: dsetup32: Installing on Windows 6.1.7601 01/07/13 15:32:37: dsetup32: DirectXSetupIsJapanese == 0 01/07/13 15:32:37: dsetup32: DirectXSetupIsJapanNec == 0 01/07/13 15:32:37: dsetup32: Installation ended with value 0 = Installation succeeded 01/07/13 15:32:37: DXSetup: WM_APP_ENDINSTALL 01/07/13 15:32:37: DXSetup: ~CDXWSetup()
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