error creating direct3d 9 graphical engine arma 2

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error creating direct3d 9 graphical engine

as mentioned before this problem is mostly related to f...ed up shortcuts,
just go to your ArmA2 directory and use the ones included

[Obliteratii]

when trying to install that dx9 it tells me i have a more recent version already. lil help?

and why is none of this information on the faq or better yet on the update page itself. You could make tons of room if you just got rid of all the patches that dont have working links to them anymore.

edit: and im sry about all the frustration, its not your guys fault. just ya this could be presented better.

[Oslomadon]

@Oslomadon

do you run the game as Administrator?

yes,
and it seems that the "DirectX End-User Runtime Web Installer" for DirectX9.0c IS the installer/update for directx 9.0 and all those before it.
So I still have a problem,

my last attempt will be to uninstall the entire game and try again... but I will wait a few days, I'm rather busy.

thanks

[Obliteratii]

bump?

[[FRL]Myke]

Do not bump threads, please. If someone knows a solution or has a idea, he will post it anyway.

[Obliteratii]

its been a day and im just trying patch the game. Are you seriously telling me in all this time no ones came along that knows anything about that?

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does oa use dx9? cause i have that for steam and it has been working fine, ive gotten the first patch to take once or twice, but it defaults back to 1.01 as soon as it gets reset. I have tried downloading multiple dx9's but it says i already have dx.

please fellas, lil help, im begging here.

[[FRL]Myke]

You know, people tend to have a real life, jobs family...you know, the usual boring stuff that distracts them from visiting our forum. Besides that, i've checked your posts in this thread and i just realized that some more info might attract some people...you know, the usual stuff like used hardware, driver versions, game versions...just anything that could help to get the complete picture. Either that or you pack up your PC and move to my place so i could look at it directly.

[Obliteratii]

i guess im on windows 7 on a radeon 6470m? the original game is on a disk and keeps defaulting back to 1.01 if i can even get the first patch to take at all, its on a asus laptop/mom, i think i gave you everything else...

but ya, i had it previously too, not sure how long ago i had last patched it, but i had previously been up to date. I had just been doing single player campaign stuff tho so not sure how long ago the last patch was.

EDIT: oh and im trying to use the 1.01 to 1.09 patch, is there a better one i should be using?

and for the first time doing this my antivirus just flashed something (and yes ive been checking my antivirus, but it shows no logs or problems up until now), so im going to assume its been sand bagging me the whole time. Im not able to shut this program off either guess i need to get with bitdefender tho.

[[FRL]Myke]

i guess im on windows 7 on a radeon 6470m?

If you do guesswork, i'm affraid we're not able to help. Make a proper report containing detailed hardware specs, OS version, driver versions. Also a proper dxdiag.txt and maybe a .rpt would be helpful. Or we have to start guessing aswell: i guess something is wrong.

[Obliteratii]

lol ive simply never seen a site that required a dxdiag.txt or they wouldnt talk to you. Much less over a patch issue.

Im totally saving this quote...