Unable to locate or load d3dx9_43.dll

Hawheld on 7/11/2012 at 12:39

Hi,

after installing Thief 2 and the latest version of the Tafferpatcher I want to start T2 in a compatibility Mode to Win 2000.

But before the game starts, an error message comes up and T2 doesn' start up. Can somebody help me to fix that problem?

Greetings
Hawheld

The Watcher on 7/11/2012 at 13:06

You need to install the DirectX End-User Runtimes (June 2010): (http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=8109)

See the release_notes.txt file.

voodoo47 on 7/11/2012 at 13:17

and do not set any compatibility modes on the exe.

Hawheld on 7/11/2012 at 14:31

Ok, I've insalled the old version of directx, but there is still directx 11 on my dxdiag. What can I do on that?

I won't use the compatibility mode any more, thanks!

voodoo47 on 7/11/2012 at 14:58

just run the game, no need to care about dxdiag.

Acolyte6 on 9/11/2012 at 05:41

Quote Posted by The Watcher

You need to install the DirectX End-User Runtimes (June 2010): (http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=8109)

See the release_notes.txt file.

So where do I extract the files to?

Azaran on 9/11/2012 at 05:48

Just download the dll file and copy it into your T2 directory. You don't need to install Direct X

voodoo47 on 9/11/2012 at 09:52

but you should. not having DX9 installed can cause issues with any number of older games the user might install. no idea why it isn't included by default.

bedwine on 24/12/2012 at 10:46

I have been fiddling with this for two days. Downloading and extracting it to Games /Thief 2 directory does nothing. I still get a "unable to locate or load d3dx9_43.dll' message. I even found the individual d3dx9_dll file and copied it to the thief 2 directory. I still get an error message. It's driving me bonkers :wot:

gnartsch on 24/12/2012 at 11:03

Probably some older version of DX9 is already installed on your system ?
Instead of extracting to Thief2, better try to get DX9 properly installed on your system.