DOCUMENT:Q155641 08-NOV-2001 [homegame] TITLE :Games: DirectX 2.0 Notes and Troubleshooting PRODUCT :Microsoft Home Games PROD/VER::1.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbdisplay kbreadm kbimukbfaq ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Monster Truck Madness, version 1.0 - Microsoft Hellbender for Windows, version 1.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY ======= This article contains information from the DirectX 2.0 Notes and Troubleshooting section of the Monster Truck Madness Readme.txt file. DirectX Replaces Video Drivers ------------------------------ DirectX is a system component that allows for more efficient hardware access. The games listed at the top of this article require DirectX 2.0 or later. DirectX is installed on your computer when you install one of the games listed at the top of this article. DirectX 2.0 Setup updates your Windows 95 drivers and your DirectX 1.0 drivers automatically. In some cases, the latest video drivers from your video card manufacturer have additional functionality that is specific to your video card. If these drivers are marked as DirectX 1.0 drivers, DirectX Setup will replace them with a generic DirectX 2.0 driver. In some cases, this may result in a loss of the features that are specific to your video card. If you want to have the additional functionality that you had with your original video card drivers, you have two options: - This is the option we recommend: Contact your video card manufacturer to get a DirectX 2.0 compatible video driver. See the "To Update Your Video Driver With a Directx 2.0 Driver" section below for instructions on how to update your driver. -or- - Reinstall your DirectX 1.0 driver. We do not recommend doing this; however, in most cases DirectX 2.0 will work with your DirectX 1.0 driver. See the "Restoring Your Video Driver with a DirectX 1.0 Driver 2.2" section below for instructions on how to restore your DirectX 1.0 driver. To Update Your Video Driver With a Directx 2.0 Driver ----------------------------------------------------- First, contact your video card manufacturer and follow the manufacturer's instructions to get the latest driver. Typically this will be a PKZip file, or a self-extracting executable. If the manufacturer of your video card includes specific instructions for installing the driver, follow them. Otherwise, unzip the files into a temporary subdirectory on your hard disk, or onto a floppy disk. Then follow the instructions below: 1. Open the Display Properties dialog box by using your right mouse button to click the Desktop and then click Properties from the pop-up menu. 2. In the Display Properties dialog box, click the Settings tab. 3. Click Change Display Type. 4. In the Advanced Display Properties dialog box, click the Adapter tab. 5. Click Change. 6. In the Select Device dialog box, click Have Disk. 7. If you have the latest video driver from your video card manufacturer on a disk or compact disc, select the appropriate drive and click OK. Otherwise click Browse and from the temporary subdirectory you created for your video card manufacturer's files, open the file called Display.inf. 8. In the Select Device dialog box, choose the driver that matches your video card and then click OK. 9. Click OK as many times as necessary to accept the changes. 10. Click Yes in the System Settings Change dialog box to restart your computer. Restoring Your Video Driver with a DirectX 1.0 Driver ----------------------------------------------------- You should have a disk that has the video drivers that shipped with your system. These disks should contain a video driver that works with your system. You may also get a DirectX 1.0 driver by contacting your video card manufacturer. If you have specific instructions from your video card manufacturer for installing the DirectX 1.0 driver, follow them. Otherwise, do the following: 1. Open the Display Properties dialog box by using the right mouse button to click the Desktop and then select Properties from the pop-up menu. 2. In the Display Properties dialog box, click the Settings tab. 3. Click Change Display Type. 4. In the Advanced Display Properties dialog box, click the Adapter tab. 5. Click Change. 6. In the Select Device dialog box, click Have Disk. 7. If you have the latest video driver from your video card manufacturer on a disk or compact disc, select the appropriate drive and click OK. Otherwise click Browse and from the temporary subdirectory you created for your video card manufacturer's files, open the file called Display.inf. 8. In the Select Device dialog box, choose the driver that matches your video card and then click OK. 9. Click OK as many times as necessary to accept the changes. 10. Click Yes in the System Settings Change dialog box to restart your computer. Microsoft DirectX 2.0 General Questions and Answers --------------------------------------------------- Q. What is Microsoft DirectX? A. Microsoft DirectX is a set of drivers that is available with the Microsoft Game Software Development Kit (SDK). Q. What components make up Microsoft DirectX? A. DirectX components include DirectDraw, DirectInput, DirectPlay, and DirectSound. DirectDraw and DirectSound components replace current Windows 95 and DirectX 1.0 display and sound drivers with DirectX 2.0 drivers. Q. How do I obtain Microsoft DirectX? A. If you develop computer games and you want to provide DirectX functionality within your game, you need the Microsoft Game SDK. The Game SDK is available on the Microsoft Developer's Network (MSDN) Level 2 CD-ROM. Independent software vendors (ISVs) who use these components in their games can redistribute them. Q. What is DirectDraw? A. DirectDraw allows direct access of video display memory, hardware blitters, hardware overlays, and page flipping. DirectDraw provides this functionality while maintaining compatibility with existing Windows 95-based programs and device drivers. Essentially, DirectDraw is a memory manager for video memory. Using DirectDraw, a program can manipulate video memory with ease, taking full advantage of the blitting and color decompression capabilities of different types of video hardware without becoming dependent on a particular piece of hardware. Q. What is DirectInput? A. The Microsoft DirectInput application programming interface (API) provides fast and consistent access to analog and digital joysticks. The DirectInput API maintains consistency with the joystick APIs of the Microsoft Win32 Software Development Kit (SDK), but has improved responsiveness and reliability by changing the device driver model. DirectInput device drivers also use the registry to store settings for standard joysticks, calibration information for previously configured joysticks, and settings for OEM-supplied joysticks. Q. What is DirectPlay? A. The Microsoft DirectPlay application programming interface (API) for Windows 95 is a software interface that simplifies game access to communication services. DirectPlay provides a way for games to communicate with each other that is independent of the underlying transport, protocol, or online service. Q. What is DirectSound? A. The Microsoft DirectSound application programming interface (API) is the audio component of the Microsoft Windows 95 Game SDK that provides low-latency mixing, hardware acceleration, and direct access to the sound device. DirectSound provides this functionality while maintaining compatibility with existing Windows 95-based programs and device drivers. Q. What do I do if I have problems with the DirectX drivers that replace my Windows 95 video and sound drivers? A. If you experience problems with the DirectX video or sound drivers, you can remove them by running Dxsetup.exe. Dxsetup.exe is on the compact disc of the games listed at the top of this article. To run Dxsetup.exe: 1. Insert your the compact disc (from the game listed at the top of this article) in your CD-ROM drive. 2. Open Windows Explorer, and then select your CD-ROM drive. 3. Open the Setup folder on the CD of the game listed at the top of this article. 4. Double-click the DirectX folder, which is inside the Setup folder. 5. Double-click the file DXSetup.exe to run DirectX Setup. NOTE: After you run Dxsetup.exe, some DirectX files remain in the Windows\System folder. These files do not affect the Windows 95 video or sound drivers. To remove these files, restart your computer to an MS-DOS prompt and remove the following files from the Windows\System folder: Dsound.* Ddraw.* Ddhelp.exe Dplay.dll Dpserial.dll Dpwsock.dll Q. Who supports Microsoft Game SDK and DirectX? A. Microsoft Game SDK is supported by Microsoft Developer Support. The DirectX drivers, such as video and sound drivers, are supported by the Desktop Systems group. If your DirectX drivers are provided by an original equipment manufacturer (OEM), the drivers are supported by that manufacturer. 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