I installed Far Cry but it needs DirectX 9 to play. My PC has DirectX 11 installed which doesn't work with the game. I can't seem install 9 as I get an error message saying a higher version is already installed on the PC. Please help.
the latest DirectX End User Runtime for DX11 contains updates for all previous versions:
Download details: DirectX Redist (February 2010)
you can select the version you wish to use in the FarCry game - it's in the options screen at start-up
I have the steam version of Far Cry which does work ok.
ok, i downloaded the directx redist file and unpacked it... and now? how do i install it (or do whatever needs to be done to make it work)?
Doesn't do it, mate. anyway apparently its impossible to do (According to google) so last night i installed xp. now i'm dualbooting xp with w7... sorted! thanks for your help though, guys.
firstly, i'm talking about the 1st far cry, not far cry 2. also it needs dx9, dx11 doesn't render the images properly... and dx9 will not install on w7. i have tried all that you (and many others) have suggested. it just don't work. works beautifully in xp
I overlooked the fact that is was the original Farcry, my apologies.
But I wonder, is this your post?
W7 64bit and Original FarCry??
If so, what has changed since then? If not, then disregard.
Anyway, In 7, does it give you an error pointing to a particular DX9 file/s?
If so, find and copy those files from your XP installation into Farcry's folder.
Some games will bypass looking in C:\Windows\system32 if the the d3dx9_*.dll is found in the game folder.
And once again DX11 is BACKWARDS compatible.
This means it already has DirectX9 and DirectX10 included as part of DirectX11.
Far Cry is an old game and as such, relies on older versions of particular DX9 files.
I think you are confusing DX11 with the updated DirectX9 files that have been installed on your system which Far Cry relies upon.
That is where the 'higher version' error is coming from. It's not DX11 that is the problem, but the updated DX9 files that are included with DX11 and the redistributables.
Same file name, newer version = Old Far Cry doesn't like it because it doesn't match what the version that the farcry.exe is looking for.
Usually with older games you need to update the DirectX files...
Web Installer - Download details: DirectX End-User Runtime
Direct download - Download details: DirectX Redist (February 2010)
Contrary to popular belief, just because Windows 7 is DX11 capable doesn't mean the DX9 files don't need to be updated.
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