Q for those still having the rendering problem

[PBN]

checking out if there is a dx9 conflict with other games...

What other games (the more graphical, of course) are installed on the machines having issues?

-- for me
World of Warcraft
Rome: Total War
Caesar (older though - don't expect a conflict here)

[Inverse Icarus]

World of Warcraft
EVE Online

[Tritan]

I have no graphical issues with any other games.

[JD13]

No graphics issues with others games.

Currently on hard drive:
F.E.A.R.
Half Life 2
Doom 3
Fable
Fate
UT2004
Tribes2
Tribes
Tribes:Vengeance
Civ III

[PBN]

Originally posted by Tritan
I have no graphical issues with any other games.

didn't mean to imply that. My thought (based on some other posts regarding DX) is that there may be a conflict with some "non-standard" function that another game OR Civ IV is trying to access. Since DirectX will NOT update a file if it feels it is unneeded, you are using the other games' version, and not the one Civ IV is looking for - hence the error when you run Civ IV.

so, I'm looking for other games in common - much like the above poster and I playing WoW.

PBN

[jadelith]

Civ 4 is the only game on my machine. I formatted it yesterday so my computer is as clean as it gets, I only have civ4 / drivers / msn messenger on it. nothing else (except windows updates).

[PBN]

Originally posted by jadelith
Civ 4 is the only game on my machine. I formatted it yesterday so my computer is as clean as it gets, I only have civ4 / drivers / msn messenger on it. nothing else (except windows updates).

Welp - so much for that hypothesis

[warlordship]

I believe that the DX9's that are included with other games are the official file itself, released about a year ago from Microsoft themselves. I don't think that any of these games included a minor DX9 that is required. That's why I was surprised when I heard that Civ4 actually in fact DID have it.