DX8 - Report problems here if any.

Here's my story. After installing DX8b, i can no longer play 3dDoom witrhout it crashing, UT (4. 20) crashes in D3D mode. I was wondering. . . . anyone know how to revert to DX7?.

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Here's my story. After installing DX8b, i can no longer play 3dDoom witrhout it crashing, UT (4.20) crashes in D3D mode. I was wondering....anyone know how to revert to DX7?

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this is a smart post on my behave. Really, I was told that if there is not an uninstall feature, you must delete all of the DirectX 8.0 files manual and reinstall DirectX 7 again.

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heheh not if you have the Directx Uninstall executable for 2000! hehehhe

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Scuse me mr DosFreak (/me pulls on DosFreak's pinneh) would you be so kind as to share?

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I Can't Play anymore Rogue squadron (BSOD)
 
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yes DosFreak, please mail it to
 
eddie@intrepid.net, i'll post a link if its not tooooo big.

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Yeah dosfreak. Send me one too. =P.
 
jon@iupgrade.com
 
 
ill open my ftp up so everyone can dl.

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My V3 3500 TV tuner decided it didnt wanna work any more after I installed DX 8. All my games seemed to work the same as b4 I installed it(UT,Q3,Croc2). I had to reinstall Win2k Pro to fix unfortunately since there is no way to get it off after installing it.
I wouldnt use it boys, your games arent any faster with it(my experience) and you're askin for probs, its crap!

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Guys - I think somehow you're missing the issue here. Everyone seems to be talking abount DX8 as though it is the final release - it's not. What you can download from various (dodgy) sites is an early Beta version. It's bound to give you problems, it's not finished yet, it's not going to work flawlessly.
 
Do yourselves a favour and don't install anything but the final release version, it will save you a lot of grief.

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DX 8 is working fine for me. Knock on wood ...

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dx8 b1 works fine. just wish the sdk was not 110 megs.

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DX8 worked fine for men, AFTER I did the sticky keys trick and installed all the files manually. only prob now is, that 5 days after I did this, windows goes and restores all the original files. Now all my sticky keys are back and I'm darn well pi**ed!! I can't believe it took 5 days for the file protection to kick in!!
 
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Quantum Capella 2.2Gb SCSI HDD
Tekram DC-310 SCSI Adapter
Panasonic CW-7502 8x4 SCSI CD-R
Mitsubishi Diamond Data 32x IDE CD Rom
Creative Sound Blaster PCI 64 (ES 1370)
Logitech Wingman Extreme Digital 3D USB Joystick
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Don't bother, its a bad idea.

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Keeps the boards busy though
 
DX8 works perfectly for me, not that is makes much difference. Although DVD playback has improved slightly.

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how do i turn fileprotection off?
(wanna get rid of the posix **** as well =)
 
[This message has been edited by nagual (edited 31 May 2000).]

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no problems here
 
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128Mb SSi PC100
STB Velocity 4400 16Mb PAL TV-Out
Hauppauge Wintv
Realtek 8029 LAN
Creative ES1371 (PCI64v)
56.6K (AkA 44k) ISA Modem
Creative 48mx CDROM
Memorex TriMaxx200(DVD/CDR/CDRW, 6,4,24)
Maxtor 91301U3 13Gb
LS120
and com and lpt i/o conflict error during bios startup.
Hardware fault caused by win2k beta3 and dodgy bios, now irrepairable.

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Definitely worth installing in my opinion. I've been running it for a month with no problems and no sticky keys!