Everyone receiving ARMA 2 crash or fail to start due to xaudio or x3daudio etc.
install the DX9 redist as admin! (this including VISTA and Seven users !) **So you're saying download, and once I have this, I right click and press run as admin"?
June2010 (latest) ** I got this one, I have Windows 7, correct version?? **
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...1-50ceb6d8fa8d
February2010 (latest for Windows XP SP2 and 2000)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...7-5ab8109cb4f5
August2009
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...1-442d8712d553
March2009 (older)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...7-C693D210F616
after extracting this file run dxsetup.exe ! (as admin) ** Extract it where? -.- **
note:
same DirectX folder is also included with both ARMA 2 Demo and ARMA 2 full on STEAM
STEAM\STEAMAPPS\COMMON\ARMA 2 DEMO\DirectX\DXsetup.exe
STEAM\STEAMAPPS\COMMON\ARMA 2 \DirectX\DXsetup.exe
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X-Fi owners make sure You get latest Creative Labs drivers from 26.6.2009 for WindowsXP or for Windows 7 from 16.6.2010
Audigy owners make sure You get latest Creative Labs drivers from 26.6.2009 or newer
Realtek owners make sure You get latest drivers 2.27 or newer
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HINT: TO prevent SOUND distortions please use AUDIO volume levels equal to default or lower !
HINT: TO prevent SOUND distortions please try disable X-Fi CMSS-3D/SVM !
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Note: there is no OpenAL in ARMA 2, period !
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