Hello,

having issues with an old game because of direct play.

windows 10

any suggestions

Peter

Yes peter, I suggest you fix it. Come on seriously, provide any information at all. What game, what have you done, what errors etc. I assume you have enabled direct play on win 10, there are a load of posts on here about it. Install outside windows folders, e.g. Install to c:/mygames.

Your post doesn't really give much detail but if you can't play an old game because it needs Direct Play then you simply have to activate it in Windows 10. It still exists but is disabled by default. If you want to know how simply watch this.

Problem solved now?

Hi,

have enabled direct play in the windows whivh has not helped.

The game is an oldie but a favourite - stronghold HD,

I am reluctant to disable my antivirus as some online posts have suggested becaus ei deal with a lot of email traffic from dofgy areas and would rather not follow this route.

thanks for the response

thanks again

No need to turn off the AV.

Did you remember to install DirectX9? https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8109

yes remember that

<scratches head>

Maybe it is time to call the almighty GOG support

no reply from them......

Time to ask again! Sometimes they may lose your ticket, don't lose your hope yet! I bet there's a solution

EDIT: Oh, they may or may not work during weekends, so that could be the issue of not responding.

yes, a good possibility, christmas wind down weekend loading..

will keep trying,

still looking where to download direct X 9 for my windows 10 the latest pre installed version has direct x 12 pre installed which they say included direct xX 9 but still no joy. looking for a standalone direct x 9 download

DX12 DOES NOT come with DX9 included properly. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8109

thanks, will get back to you

Themkim, it has unpacked a bunch of versions, the latest I can see is : Jun2010_d3dx9_39_x64

is this the one ?

Themkin bunch of packages, do you know which one to install ? Jun2010_d3dx9_43xx64x seems the to be the latest ?