DirectX9.0b Summer Update [rant]

x · 2004-04-21T09:12:16

At first I didn't want to download it because of its Managed DirectX bug. Then, Microsoft released a patch that is supposed to fix this bug. So I was convinced to download and install it. After spending 10+ hours downloading that beast with my 56k, I uninstalled my DirectX9.0 SDK and installed the Summer Update. After the installation is done, Managed DirectX files (still) can't be found on my .NET references. Tried to include them manually, it can't find "dependencies." I thought the patch is supposed to fix it. In addition to that, I can't open all C# sample project files because they are in VS.NET 2003 format, and I use VS.NET 2002. I was outraged. I uninstall the Summer Update, and reinstall the good old DirectX9.0. It turned out that Summer Update ruined my system that now both SDKs didn't work. I kept installing/uninstalling both SDKs, wasting my precious 3 hours, hoping that one of them would work. Too bad the attempts were unsuccesful. Now I don't know how to fix my system so that I can work on Managed DirectX once again. I don't want to reformat my Windows or reinstall VS.NET because it takes hours to complete, and I have to download those security fixes again with my 56k. Since now I can no longer test drive Managed DirectX and the so-promising C# for my next game, and my system is now ruined, hateToMicrosoft += REALLY_REALLY_LARGE_NUMBER; Let's see if I can restore my system... edit: I think I can call myself lucky. The System Restore checkpoint was yesterday. Thanks a LOT, Microsoft! [edited by - alnite on October 15, 2003 5:05:29 PM]

Graphics and GPU Programming Programming

Started by alnite October 15, 2003 03:11 PM

13 comments, last by alnite 19 years, 12 months ago

Anonymous

October 17, 2003 11:05 PM

quote:Original post by Anonymous Poster
I had the same problem. Just go into the folder where you unzip the setup files. Browse into "Developer Runtime/Managed DirectX" and then either Debug or Retail depending on which you want installed. For some reason the managed stuff is not installed by the installer!! Very crazy but this fixed it for me. Good luck.

Just tried that.. still not showing up.

Oh well.

The Pentium Guy

160

April 21, 2004 07:52 AM

yeah... i just did the same too..
not showing up,

pent

btw: wehre would the path to the DLL''s be?

dot

426

April 21, 2004 07:58 AM

If installed, look into your windows folder, Microsoft.NET. There should be a Managed DirectX folder now. I even have two versions in there, v9.00.0900 and v9.00.1126. In any case, just reference those .dll in your projects, and everything will be set.

The Pentium Guy

160

April 21, 2004 08:05 AM

found it (on another post) thanks anyways

McGuireV10

122

April 21, 2004 09:12 AM

quote:Original post by alnite
edit: I think I can call myself lucky. The System Restore checkpoint was yesterday. Thanks a LOT, Microsoft!

Your thanks are justified since System Restore is designed to checkpoint whenever you do an install.

As for your other post, I was using VS2002 with C# projects as recently as this past February...

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