2009/12/23 James Paige <[email protected]>: > On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 09:01:07PM -0800, Jay Tennant wrote: >> > From: Ralph Versteegen <[email protected]> >> > Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 10:35 PM >> >> > 2009/12/23 James Paige <[email protected]>: >> > > I was just testing out a windows build with gfx_directx gfx_sdl on a >> > > computer with directx 9.0c installed (according to dxdiag). When I run >> > > game.exe it says: >> > > >> > > "This application has failed to start because d3dx9_41.dll was not >> > > found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem." >> > > >> > > When I click okay on it, then game.exe starts up okay falling back on >> > > gfx_sdl >> > > >> > > Any idea why this might happen? >> > > >> > > --- >> > > James Paige >> >> d3dx9_41.dll is one of many dll's that microsoft has released to patch the >> d3dx library. A solution to this would be obtaining the latest dx runtime on >> your computer, available at: >> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2da43d38-db71-4c1b-bc6a-9b6652cd92a3&displaylang=en > > Interesting. I had mistakenly assumed that directx updates got included > along with the authomatic Microsoft Updates.
I think they are, but not the utility library. >> An alternative would be compiling the backend with static linking the d3dx >> library, which was available in the december 2004 dx sdk. This will remove >> dependencies, but will increase the dll size by about 500kb. > > That is probably for the best. The extra 500k is a bummer, but Oh-well We don't have to - this was the initial reason for having a fallback. It least it's only an extra 200kb, after compression. It would probably be possible to reduce the size of game.exe and custom.exe by not using any fbgfx functions anywhere - display_help_string being the offender. But it would be quite nice to include gfx_fb as well. > --- > James > _______________________________________________ > Ohrrpgce mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.motherhamster.org/listinfo.cgi/ohrrpgce-motherhamster.org > _______________________________________________ Ohrrpgce mailing list [email protected] http://lists.motherhamster.org/listinfo.cgi/ohrrpgce-motherhamster.org
