dndclient.exe - DirectX Issue

[Thoon]

The Lamannia patcher has been updated and will not check to see if your system has the required DirectX packages when you first launch Lamannia.

This should resolve the 'dndclient.exe / d3dx9_42.dll' issue. Please post in this thread if you are still seeing this issue.

Note: I am aware of the NullReferenceException - Win7 thread and asked for more information there.

[laurawilder]

Once I even got passed the directx issue just to run the client I still cannot run the game. Half the interface does not load and the games just locks if I try and enter. I am highly disappointed. I would not want paying customers like myself to view something this untested.

[Arisa316]

I already had the directx installed on my comp so everytime I start up the launcher now it freezes at downloading the directx file from the client. V_V I cant get past it to play and the person I live with went ahead and was able to install it from the ddo client and when they log in it just loops them back to log in.

[DANTEIL]

When I tried to start Lamannia tonight, I saw the new DirectX download and install happening, so thanks for adding that to the start-up. However, it didn't fix my problem.

When I log in and reach the character selection screen, the screen is black except for the UI buttons (i.e,. I can see my characters' names and the arrows at the bottom, etc -- but the actual scene is black).

So, when I select a character, it goes to the normal "Welcome to Eberron" loading screen, but just sits there. And sits there. Nothing happens, not even any action in the loading bar at the bottom. I have to force quit to exit.

This is disappointing.

EDIT: I tried playing with character generation (because that is the one part of the game I can access right now) and it let me go through the steps, but when I got to the 'appearance' part, not only was the background still black, but the face portrait part was blank as well.

Here is a link to a screenshot showing what I mean.

[Gum]

Still having this problem. "This application has failed to start because d3dx9_42.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem."

[Thoon]

If you are still having problems, either the dll issue or blank screens in character generation, try the following:

- Exit out of any DDO Clients you may have open completely
- Find the file 'UserPreferences.ini', normally in your 'Documents/Dungeons and Dragons Online' folder, and rename it to 'UserPreferences_U6.ini'
- Try and access the game again.

Please let me know if this corrects the issue for you.