I have DirectX version -1 (in W2k)

[MichaelL 0]

When browsing the DirectX applet in the control panel, I see that I have DirectX version -1 (minus 1). This is of course not true. I can play thoses games that do not explicitly "look for the version number".

All sub parts (DirectDraw, Direct3D etc) have good version number information.

 

What can I do? This must be a registry problem?

 

/Michael

[MichaelL 0]

Forgot to mention:

 

dxdiag.exe reports everything ok! (Which it should.) Am I using a bad version of the controlpanel applet? But then, why do some apps report a bad DirectX version?

 

Monkey Island 3 insist on installing DX 5

3dmark 99 think I have DX 200 (!!!)

Controlpanel applet think I have DX -1

 

 

/Michael

[YuppieScum 0]

There is no DX Control Panel applet shipped with W2K, so the version you have must be from Win9x - which would explain why it's not having much luck getting the version number right.

 

3dMark99 and MI3 were both written (IIRC) before DX7 and W2K, so again are having trouble. I would suggest that MI3 was just badly coded, and didn't use the MS-approved method of determining DX version.