DirectX 9 dll problem

[Valmond]

Hi everybody!

My game starts to work quite okay but from time to time someone gets this problem (or similar) :

From the DOS window:

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Irrlicht Engine version 1.7.1
Professional  (Build 7600)
Using renderer: Direct3D 9.0
ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series aticfx32.dll 8.17.10.24
Could not load shader function D3DXAssembleShader from dll, shaders disabled: d3
dx9_40.dll
Could not create vertex shader.
Could not create vertex shader.
...

So no shaders are loaded or compiled.

Usually a DirectX install fixes it but this error comes from a friends computer, and he has DirectX11 installed + the latest drivers on a Windows 7 64-bits system.

Isn't DirectX 9 like included in DirectX 11 any more or might this be a "Windows 7" problem?

Secondly, is there a way to check if DirectX is installed and what version (so that I can make an annoying pop-up to tell the user to install it)?


Cheers!

[slavik262]

I'm not sure exactly how to help you with your problem, but I can confirm that this isn't a "windows 7 issue." DX9 is still supported in all current releases of DX, and probably will be for a long time.

[B@z]

well we had the same problem with my friends comp (windows 7)
it isnt really a nice sollution, but we just simply put the problematic file from my comp (winxp), to his comp, and it worked XD

[Valmond]

I know it's like 'forbidden' by Microsoft but I'll try it anyway, thanks

[wing64]

Try install dx9 runtime redist in win7, Hope this help.

[BlindSide]

I usually just google the DLL name and download it off some random website. I wouldn't recommend that though, for security purposes