DirectX

[Highguyuk]

Hiya

Bought a game, and when I click to load it, ddraw.dll wont load and it says I need to check the file. Ive looked for ddraw.dll and its part of directX, so I have installed the latest version of directX (number 9) and yet I still have the problem...

The game is Cossacks : back to war if that helps...

Highguyuk

[david eaton]

Hi and welcome to <img src="http://www.pcguide.com/ubb/pcgubb.gif" border="0" alt=""> forums

Silly question first, does your computer meet the minimum requirements for this game?

You don't state what OS you are running, but have you tried checking for directdraw errors in dxdiag? Go to Start> run and type "dxdiag"(without the quotes). See what that shows as a first step.

David

[Abbadon]

Also make sure you have the latest vidcard drivers. I think this may be related as I've bumped into that one myself from time to time. Either way, it doesn't hurt to be up to date.