DirectX 9 recommended, but why does it run better with DX8?

Sun Mar 16, 2003 10:10 pm by Lev Arris

When i installed Freelancer i ignored the advice to install DirectX 9, and the game worked perfectly with DirectX 8.2. Totally smooth. Later on i wanted to try multiplayer, so i had to install DirectX 9 otherwise the game wouldn't connect to the server. But ever since the graphics are sorta j.e.r.k.y., especially near planets and when i turn the ship around. Did someone else notice this problem and knows a fix for it? Maybe i could uninstall DirectX9, but how do i do that?

My system:

Athlon XP 1600+
512MB RAM
GeForce 2 Pro (nvidia drivers 41.09)
Soundblaster Live!
Windows 98SE
DirectX9 from the Freelancer CD.

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Sun Mar 16, 2003 10:21 pm by TheGreatRanma

****y motions in multiplayer games, or LAG, isnt usually caused by DirectX, but by the server speeds and your own internet connection. In other words, ****y motion = bad connection/speed

Sun Mar 16, 2003 10:27 pm by Darkside

In case you can't read he said he couldn't even connect to servers. So I'm guessing he is saying that in SP it was ****y. And I'm not sure what I would recommend but if you can't play MP and don't want to you could uninstall DX9 and roll back to 8.1 then install 8.2 again.

Mon Mar 17, 2003 12:30 am by Lev Arris

After installing DirectX 9 i can play MP, that's why i installed it. But the graphics are j.e.r.k.y in single player now either. I'm familiar with lags and it sort of feels like lag, but it isn't lag.

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"Sorry for offending your delicate sensibilities. Perhaps my next film will be about a talking dog who braves the harsh realities of the world in a heart warming attempt to find his rightful owners, who mistakenly thought he was dead. That way you could watch it and get a fuzzy feeling inside and when it was over you could all go f*ck yourselves." - Troy Duffy, director of The Boondock Saints

Edited by - Lev Arris on 17-03-2003 00:33:15

Mon Mar 17, 2003 1:00 am by RevRaz

Did you reinstall your graphics driver after you installed dx9? May want to see if that helps.

Mon Mar 17, 2003 1:55 am by Alua

Something you may want to try before re-installing your video card drivers is actually to run the direct x diagnostic tool first. Sometimes just by running it, it can fix those problems by updating its own values in DX9.

Mon Mar 17, 2003 2:09 pm by Lev Arris

I already did both of it. No change.

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