for people who have installed DirectX 9c from the CD and updated their driver to 5.10

[chipie]

If you got driver ati2dvag.dll Version 6.14.0010.6575 then you got the right one.
If you take a look at what Version the driver for your Radeon-Card has, you will find it's version 8.18 as needet.
6.14 is the File-Version 8.18 the Driver-Version.

[JaguarUSF]

I also have that particular d3d file.

There are 2 driver numbers for the "same" drivers. If you look under Options, Details under Advanced Display Settings, there is:

2D Version 6.14.10.6575
Display Driver Version 8.18-050914a1-027256C-ATI

[Mart]

My card is from 2-year-old hardware
Mobility Radeon 9000

The
C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_26.dll
is present in on my machine

I attach my Log folder and DxDiag.txt
If that may help here.
I will wait for any news what to do, reinstall or else.
Please write here or pm me if you need some more info.
Good luck!

[gingergus]

what is d3dx9_26.dll’ in your C:\windows\SYSTEM32 folder

where do i find it? If I have it, what do I do? If I dont have it, what do I do?

Ginger

[adarel]

I have also updated to 5.10 and I do have the dx file in question, as well as updated dx files with today's timestamp. I'm using a Radeon x700 pro and would be happy to post anything needed.

Ad

[Mart]

The info on dll you can find here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic-Link_Library

it is just a file, which is used by the system (Windows operating system).

[Knight451]

Soren, here is a copy of my dxdiag for you. I am having the same issue. Hope this helps and if you need anything else to help iron this out let me know.

[Knight451]

Soren, here is a copy of my dxdiag for you. I am having the same issue. Hope this helps and if you need anything else to help iron this out let me know. Sorry about the double post thing lost my attachment on the way some how.

[PBN]

yep

renamed the current to .old and reran the dx install from disk... it came back, same file.

still don't work :-(

[warlordship]

Yeah, got the file. Yeah, installed the new driver. Yeah, it's 6.14.0010.6575.

and btw, timekillr, that is not today's timestamp. It's 05, or May 26th. The day's right, just off by a few months.

If it's any consolation, my file "d3dx9_26.dll" is also stamped for May 26th.

Got an X800 Pro vid card, if that helps (I know it's also in my diag.

[Prole]

Same issue. Didn't initialize with old drivers, and I have the 5-10 drivers for a 9600, fresh off the Ati website. I installed that and have the same error. Here's my init log:
[1247.218] DBG: FILE Cat Init
[1247.406] DBG: Using XML cache
[1247.406] DBG: Game Init
[1247.406] DBG: Multiplayer Init
[1247.578] DBG: Audio Init
[1248.562] DBG: ArtFileMgr Init
[1248.562] DBG: Python Init
[1251.109] VERSION: CIV Version: 0
[1251.109] VERSION: Save Version: 100
[1251.109] DBG: Input Init
[1251.109] DBG: Engine Init
[1253.453] ERR: Initialize Renderer failed - parameters:
- width = 1024
- height = 768
- flags = 0xc
- hwnd = 0xb00ae
- adaptrid = 0
- deviceid = 1
[1253.453] DBG: Failed to Initialize Renderer - Check DirectX Version

DxDiag is attached.

[solarjetman]

In the course of tinkering around to try and get this to work I installed (from an old install file) Directx 9.0b, hoping that would convince the installer on the Civ4 cd to overwrite some files it wasn't overwriting before. Yet, while the 'b' installer certainly acted like it was overwriting a large number of .dll files, the 'c' installer on the CD sits on "copying files..." for about 2 seconds and then claims it's done. Afterwards (even after a restart), dxdiag still thinks I'm running directx 9.0b.

I've got the 5.10 ATI drivers installed, and have the same versions as in the screenshot above. I would bet serious money that if that directx 9.0c installer would actually overwrite my old directx files, things would be working smoothly.

dxdiag file is attached. Incidentally my card is a 9600.

Good luck.

edit: to include my init.log output:

[627.406] DBG: FILE Cat Init
[631.343] DBG: Using XML cache
[631.375] DBG: Game Init
[631.375] DBG: Multiplayer Init
[631.484] DBG: Audio Init
[632.359] DBG: ArtFileMgr Init
[632.359] DBG: Python Init
[637.265] VERSION: CIV Version: 0
[637.265] VERSION: Save Version: 100
[637.265] DBG: Input Init
[637.265] DBG: Engine Init
[653.968] ERR: Initialize Renderer failed - parameters:
- width = 1024
- height = 768
- flags = 0xc
- hwnd = 0x30248
- adaptrid = 0
- deviceid = 1
[653.968] DBG: Failed to Initialize Renderer - Check DirectX Version

[atb]

just a recap of what i said in the other thread, in case it might help diagnose the problem:

1. i have a 9600xt and was running dx 9.0c. i let the disc update dx and tried running. no go
2. i updated my driver to 5.10 and tried updating dx off the disc manually. no go (i've checked all the version numbers etc. it's all the right stuff)
3. i used a tool to revert my dx back to 8.1 and tried running civ4. it runs fine. i only played around with it for a few minutes so i dunno how long it'll continue working but i haven't had any problems yet
4. i tried updating from 8.1 to 9.0c off the civ4 disc. didn't work. it did update my system to 9.0c as reported in dxdiag, but civ4 fails to run with the renderer error

so, i've tried basically all of the solutions offered in the various forums. i always check versions/dates/dxdiag etc to make sure everything is as it should be. and the only thing so far to get it running is to revert back to dx 8.1. so i'll be sticking with that until some kind of official solution is presented

[hongo]

Getting the same failed to initialize render error as everyone else -- radeon x700 here.

Yes, I have installed directx from the civ4 cd. Yes, I have cleared my old ati drivers (via catuninstaller) and am now running 5.10. Yes, d3dx9_26.dll is present in my system32 folder.

Dxdiag report attached ...

[noviere]

Having the same problems with a ATI X800 xl(256MB).

[5477.806] DBG: FILE Cat Init
[5477.986] DBG: Using XML cache
[5477.986] DBG: Game Init
[5477.986] DBG: Multiplayer Init
[5478.167] DBG: Audio Init
[5479.088] DBG: ArtFileMgr Init
[5479.088] DBG: Python Init
[5481.922] VERSION: CIV Version: 0
[5481.922] VERSION: Save Version: 100
[5481.922] DBG: Input Init
[5481.922] DBG: Engine Init
[5498.656] ERR: Initialize Renderer failed - parameters:
- width = 1024
- height = 768
- flags = 0xc
- hwnd = 0x704fc
- adaptrid = 0
- deviceid = 1
[5498.656] DBG: Failed to Initialize Renderer - Check DirectX Version

I have d3dx9_26.dll in my Windows/system32/ folder. It's 2,297,552 bytes in size.
Created: Today, October 27, 2005, 8:00:02 AM
Modified: Thursday, May 26, 2005, 3:34:52 PM
Accessed: Today, October 27, 2005, 9:08:47 AM
(These times are EST +1)

Not sure how a file created today could've been modified several months ago, but that's what it says.