

Apparently Creative EAX used this which means a lot of games which had environmental effects and 3D audio aren't going to be happy.
GTA 4 LOADING SCREEN LOOP WIN7 INSTALL
Best suggestion is to grab the last DX9 update from MS Download Center and install that just to be on the safe side.Ģ) Don't forget that with Windows Vista, MS completely threw away the old DirectSound API.
GTA 4 LOADING SCREEN LOOP WIN7 WINDOWS 7
Here's what I've tested so far on Windows 7 圆4:ĮDIT: Restructuring this post so it's easier to determine what works, what needs a workaround, and what's not workingġ) Despite Win 7 coming with DX11, a good number of games still use DX9. Guild Wars (entire trilogy + expansion) - Works Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Colonies Edition (DX 9 version, DX 10 not tested) - Works But works perfectly fine afterwords.įallout 3 + HD pack + Anchorage DLC - Workingįrater - work but have many graphics bugs and is very unstableįinal Fantasy XI Online - Does Not Work with this Operating System Hitman Blood Money - Works Needs to be put into windows 98 compatibility mode or else it will not launch. Soldier of Fortune Gold (1999) - Works with tweaking - Elaborate Tweaking? Solved by resinstalling DX9.įootball Manager 2009 - Runs, but graphical glitch Anyone able to confirm?įear Demo - Runs great for some, not at all for others. They are going to be patching the game soon, no idea if Epic Games is aware of this issue. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem. Tried to start the executable directly, got the following message: The program can't start because d3dx10_35.dll is missing from your computer. Unreal Tournament 3 Downloaded off Steam. Didn't have any trouble when I tried to run the game again. Broke the cycle by CTRL-ALT-DEL and using task manager to kill the TF2 process. Windows Firewall caused some weird behavior when it popped up, which caused the computer to go into a loop where it kept changing resolutions on me (1280x1024 -> 800圆00 -> 1280x1024). Does not play well with DEP (known issue). Need for Speed Underground 2 - No problems Starcraft: -Installs fine, but I'm seeing some palette issues on the main menu screen.


Two years later, and Blizzard hasn't patched this yet? :(ĭiablo II + Expansion - No problems at all EAX doesn't work due to the removal of the hardware audio layer in Vista. It apparently can't get Creative EAX2 to work in the audio settings. Warcraft III + Expansion - Installs fine despite the autorun program detecting Windows 7 as Windows NT and putting up a notice under the install link stating it is incompatible. *Edit - Adding others descriptions about there games and compatability* The game seems to be laggy, or unresponsive, in mouse/keyboard controls. The game crashes frequently, and at one point I even lost my game saves, for no reason at all. however Installing it freezes up windows Explorer. So far, I've loaded up a few games on windows 7 64bit.Įvil Genius - Okay.
