Civ4 Gold Error

[jw1987]

If I had bothered with installing it again,I would've gotten an error about DirectX9 something-or-another which I also have no clue about.



I get this when trying to install. I don't know what it is,or how to fix it. It only happens when I try to install certain games.

I've spent $50 on Civ games in the past two weeks and haven't been able to play one minute of eiether one,and I'm pretty close to just giving up and throwing stuff away.

 

[Big Boss Man]

You have to install the game on an admin account easy to fix heres how to get the info you need to do this .

start here and brush up on the issue

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...proddocs/en-us/usercpl_overview.mspx?mfr=true

For DX issues go here

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/Browse.aspx?displaylang=en&categoryid=2

Soon you will have fixed your system to run your game , hang in there need more help just ask

 

[jw1987]

Got this when trying to mess with DirectX



I don't know what it is. It also said DirectX's installation had some kind of internal error.

 

[ori]

are you running Vista? and which directx9c version did you try to download?

 

[jw1987]

I am running Windows XP (i am on the administrator's account,too)

DirectX9c_EULA.exe is the file I downloaded,it appears. I think I tried another file earlier and had the same results.

 

[ori]

try this version the one you tried just contains the license agreement... (and yes it says software developers but it is correct

 

[jw1987]

I downloaded the file,what do I do with it after extracting it? I see a ton of .rar files.

 

[ori]

when I extract it it includes tons of .cab files and one dxsetup.exe - that would be the one you need to run for installation.

 

[jw1987]

I extracted the files into a seperate folder this time.

Tried to install it,got the software error crap again.

Then it gave me a box about some internal error.

[10/21/07 10:28:02] module: dsetup32(Jul 20 2007), file: setup.cpp, line: 5558, function: CSetup:oCopy

Failed API: SetupInstallFromInfSection()
Error: (0xfffffb40)

Unable to proceed dxxp.inf:[WINXP_INSTALL]. The file may be damaged.

 

[ori]

this is weird I checked the file I linked to and it installs fine on my xp machine...
Somehow the installer looks for a file that is missing, unfortunately the microsoft knowledge database does not give much more information and definitely no solution regarding this error with directx...
I am at a loss there. While this may not yield much in terms of a solution I would recommend contacting Take 2's Customer Support since with the Games for Windows logo on the game they have to make sure it is compatible with Win XP - this is about the error in your first post (Don't expect too much from them - I have come to doubt that they actually read what you write and send out automatic replies to everything - but sometimes there are people who actually do their job even at Take 2's Tech Support ).
Regarding the DirectX install I do not know how to proceed - I doubt the support forum at microsoft.com will yield anything substantial and since this is more of a windows thing than a Civilization4 problem I am not too sure Take2 will be able to help in any case.

 

[jw1987]

Well,in that case,anyone need a copy of Civ4 Gold? I'm not going to bother with the headache anymore.