To those with d3dx9_32.dll problems

[thekube]

Ok thanks.., so I need 2 get a graphics card then yeah..?? any suggestions..?? or any directx 9c compatible graphics card will do..?

 

[ori]

pretty much anything on the market today would do. If you have anything particular in mind just start a thread here in the tech support section to ask if that specific one is any good and you'll certainly get an answer...

Minimum System Requirements

Operating System:
Windows® 2000/XP/Vista

Processor:
1.2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor or equivalent

Memory:
256 MB RAM (Windows 2000) / 512 MB RAM (Windows XP)

Hard Disk Space:
1.7 GB Free

CD-ROM Drive :
4X Speed

Video:
DirectX 9.0c-compatible 64 MB video card with Hardware T&L support ( GeForce 2/Radeon 7500 or better)

Sound:
DirectX 9.0c-compatible sound card

DirectX®:
DirectX® version 9.0c (included) or higher

 

[thekube]

Ok thanks alot man..! You've been really helpful... Might come back if I get some trouble with it.., after gettin the card

 

[Oda]

I recently tried to upgrade to patch 1.74 and suddenly nothing worked! That is, until I found this thread, which fixed the problem on the first try.

THANK YOU!!!

 

[Shane1]

Hi, I'm also having the patch 1.74 / dll error but have a couple of questions. I just bought new cpu with vista 32 bit etc all drivers up-to-date, loaded civ4 and it played very well with dx10, then downloaded 1.74 and get the dll missing error, does this mean the patch 1.74 has the dx9 prob as I am using dx10 and if i download dx9 from Microsoft will that replace my dx10, i'm not the most computer literate person around so all advice will be helpful. Thank You

 

[ori]

install dx9c from the link below - it will not affect dx10 in any way.
Welcome to CFC

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...38-db71-4c1b-bc6a-9b6652cd92a3&DisplayLang=en

 

[GVBN]

Hi, I'm also having the patch 1.74 / dll error but have a couple of questions. I just bought new cpu with vista 32 bit etc all drivers up-to-date, loaded civ4 and it played very well with dx10, then downloaded 1.74 and get the dll missing error, does this mean the patch 1.74 has the dx9 prob as I am using dx10 and if i download dx9 from Microsoft will that replace my dx10, i'm not the most computer literate person around so all advice will be helpful. Thank You

DirectX 10 is a completely new version of DirectX and isn't compatible with previous versions. Vista comes with some DirectX 9 libraries in order to maintain out-of-the-box compatibility which is why you could run Civ4 before the patch. Patch 1.74 uses newer version of DirectX 9.0c so you need to download it, and no, it will not replace DirectX 10

 

[Shane1]

Thanks guys, appreciate the help

 

[Raca]

Thank you for the post. After a recent system crash I lost all my files, and your post helped me very much.

 

[Redoubt]

Thanks for the post regarding d3dx9! - I have had Civ 4 on this machine since both were new out of the box back in 2006 and never updated my files until today. Imagine my surprise when it suddenly refused to load, Gaaaaah! I think I would go crazy without my regular Civ 4 fixes.

Thanks again

 

[tastybrain]

I've having the same problem, but I'm running Windows 7. Anyone have a solution for that? I have DirectX 11 (6.01) running. I've tried to install DirectX 9 but it seems that it isn't compatible with Windows 7. Help please! Thanks!

 

[ori]

did you try this link?:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...38-db71-4c1b-bc6a-9b6652cd92a3&DisplayLang=en

 

[tastybrain]

Holy Shiite Muslims! I thought I ran this, but I tried it again and it worked. Thanks!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

 

[DamonL]

Thanks. That was just the ticket.

 

[jobless]

im getting an error message when i try to start the game something abut a 3d device what can i do to get the game stated

 

[ori]

please post the whole error message

Welcome to CFC

 

[belllacie]

Problems...so frustrated. I installed Civ 4 and when I try to start it for the first time I get the d3dx32 not found message. So I have tried to download it and put it in the civ 4 folder, as well as the system32 folder...still not working. I tried the directx9 download but that won't work either because I have Vista and Directx10. I've uninstalled, reinstalled, restarted the computer, even copied other d3 files and renamed them...Nothing works. I'm at my witts end with this thing. Can anyone help me before I return the game?

 

[Furiey]

Welcome to CFC!

What happened when you tried to install from ori's link for directx9c?

It will work with Vista (I installed it on both Vista and W7). Directx 10 does not have some of the old libraries that Civ 4 needs hence the need to install the latest version of directx 9. Directx 9c does not replace or affect directx 10.

 

[MightyGooga]

Try searching for d3dx9_ on your hard drive you should get a list of dll-files.
Take the one with the highest number in it like d3dx9_31.dll and make a copy of it in the same directory it is in. Then rename it to d3dx9_32.dll.
Then try to run the game. You use an older version of directx but i don't think that is a problem.
Let us know if it works

This worked for me, at least for VANILLA. The game was showing a message of compability problems, then I installed the patch, after that i started to get the d3dx9_32.dll problem, i tryed your suggestions and vanilla worked. Now im trying to install the BTS, lets hope it works.

Thanks guys

 

[labam]

Hello please help me, ever since i downloaded the patch 1.74 i can not play or uninstall Civ 4. I also cannot download any of the links, i keep getting the "setup could not download the file" response.