Topic: SFC III Direct X Puzzler.

[Alphageek]

   Ok, I'm sure it's something I've done wrong ( I hate you so much, Activision.) but here's my issue.  I just got my hands on SFC III finally (yay, me!) and it installed just fine.  The movie plays ok as well.  But when it gets to the point of starting the actual game part I get an error message telling me  Direct x 8.1 wasn't installed.  So I click on the OK to install DX 8.1 and I get an error message about abnormal program termination and the game shuts down.  I'm actually running DX 9.0b.  Do I need to actually install 8.1 over 9.0b?  Oh, and I'm using a Dell with a Celeron processor and Windows XP.

Bicycle Repair Man!!  Help!!!

---Sarah.

[KBF-Netman]

there is a special dx9fix patch for sfcIII.. I tracked it down to this link . hope it works for you

http://server9.download.filefront.com/pbtazjmtoq+/patches_scrolls/pc-patches/general-

if you can't directly download that link try going to the mirror site at  http://files.filefront.com/sfc3_dx9/;904537;;/fileinfo.html

[Tus-XC]

download the latest beta patch from dyna, it contains the dx 9 fix

[Alphageek]

Yay!  It worked.  Sorry for not thanking you sooner but I've been tied up with figuring out how it all works in SFC III.  Thanks so much, everyone!

[Pestalence_XC]

Yay! It worked. Sorry for not thanking you sooner but I've been tied up with figuring out how it all works in SFC III. Thanks so much, everyone!

Umm.. use the latest patch, v534_b located in the Announcements forum and follow the install directions exactly as posted.. this will get your game workig better than the files that Netman pointed out, plus the files netman pointed out corrupts the latest patch if those files are installed at all..

Hope that this helps.