problem When i install, free package?

[daogn]

I've installed ArmA2, yet when i click on the shortcut i have a message saying missing .dll file???

i've looking on the other forums and aprently its a direct x prblem, i currently have the newest version directx11. Yet when i try to start ArmA2 Free, it just gives me a error message?

Any fixes or suggstions, ive reinstalled the game 5 times :/

[[FRL]Myke]

Already discussed a gazilliion times and entering the full filename of said .dll in the search would have revealed numberous threads about it, like this one:
http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=77880

In short, the "11" isn't a version number but more like part of the product description. So you just miss DirectX9. Install it and you're good to go.

[Special_Air_Service]

I wonder why did the game itself not include directx version which needed to play the game instead we should download it somewhere else :confused:

[[FRL]Myke]

I wonder why did the game itself not include directx version which needed to play the game instead we should download it somewhere else :confused:

I can only do guesswork but i think it is this way: opposite to how DirectX really acts (like different software, not like different versions of the same software) a check for directX version can only check if actual is >= 9.0c, so DX11 detected will prevent from autoinstall to kick in. Afaik DirectX9 is on the disc.

[Dwarden]

what installer you use, it's possible that from standalone installer the DirectX redist was removed to keep the size small
(the redist is 105MB so ~10% of the free version install)