[Ohrrpgce] Problem starting gfx_directx

[Ralph Versteegen]

2009/12/23 James Paige <Bob at hamsterrepublic.com>:
> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 09:01:07PM -0800, Jay Tennant wrote:
>> > From: Ralph Versteegen <teeemcee at gmail.com>
>> > Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 10:35 PM
>>
>> > 2009/12/23 James Paige <Bob at hamsterrepublic.com>:
>> > > I was just testing out a windows build with gfx_directx gfx_sdl on a
>> > > computer with directx 9.0c installed (according to dxdiag). When I run
>> > > game.exe it says:
>> > >
>> > > "This application has failed to start because d3dx9_41.dll was not
>> > > found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem."
>> > >
>> > > When I click okay on it, then game.exe starts up okay falling back on
>> > > gfx_sdl
>> > >
>> > > Any idea why this might happen?
>> > >
>> > > ---
>> > > James Paige
>>
>> d3dx9_41.dll is one of many dll's that microsoft has released to patch the d3dx library. A solution to this would be obtaining the latest dx runtime on your computer, available at:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2da43d38-db71-4c1b-bc6a-9b6652cd92a3&displaylang=en
>
> Interesting. I had mistakenly assumed that directx updates got included
> along with the authomatic Microsoft Updates.

I think they are, but not the utility library.

>> An alternative would be compiling the backend with static linking the d3dx library, which was available in the december 2004 dx sdk. This will remove dependencies, but will increase the dll size by about 500kb.
>
> That is probably for the best. The extra 500k is a bummer, but Oh-well

We don't have to - this was the initial reason for having a fallback.
It least it's only an extra 200kb, after compression.

It would probably be possible to reduce the size of game.exe and
custom.exe by not using any fbgfx functions anywhere -
display_help_string being the offender. But it would be quite nice to
include gfx_fb as well.

> ---
> James
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