Salem 2 Posted June 4, 2018 Good evening guys, Does anyone else have an issue where the launcher always starts by saying Installing DirectX, no matter how many times you've launched the games (and you've already installed DirectX)? Takes like 3-4 minutes for this to go through it's process every time I try to launch the game. Any ideas? Thanks, Salem 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bloo 43 Posted June 4, 2018 (edited) Control panel, search "device manager", the one that requires admin to enter, go to your GPU drivers, pick your GPU, disable it and then enable. Try again. EDIT: Usually fixes any Directx issues for me. Sorry if it didn't work for you. Edited June 4, 2018 by PancakePower Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
111MikA111 4 Posted June 4, 2018 10 minutes ago, Salem said: Добрый вечер ребята, Кто-нибудь еще есть вопрос, где пусковая всегда начинается с того, установка DirectX, независимо от того, сколько раз вы запустили игры (и вы уже установили DirectX)? Займет 3-4 минут, как для этого, чтобы пройти через этот процесс каждый раз, когда я пытаюсь запустить игру. Есть идеи? Благодаря, Salem Можно узнать какой у вас Windows ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SixxstagesofMajik 6 Posted June 4, 2018 go to C:Programfiles)86x)/steam/steamapps/gamersfirst/apbreloaded/tpi Open TPI.xml with notepad and remove this line;<InstallerInfo><Name>DirectX</Name><DllRelativePath>DirectX\DirectXInstaller.DLL</DllRelativePath><SetupFileRelativePath>DirectX\DirectX_June2010program</SetupFileRelativePath></InstallerInfo>Save the file and delete the DirectX/exe file It will not try to update/install it againcan do this for all iteams in tpi folder if want to 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlavorJenni 1 Posted June 4, 2018 1 hour ago, SixxstagesofMajik said: go to C:Programfiles)86x)/steam/steamapps/gamersfirst/apbreloaded/tpi Open TPI.xml with notepad and remove this line;<InstallerInfo><Name>DirectX</Name><DllRelativePath>DirectX\DirectXInstaller.DLL</DllRelativePath><SetupFileRelativePath>DirectX\DirectX_June2010program</SetupFileRelativePath></InstallerInfo>Save the file and delete the DirectX/exe file It will not try to update/install it againcan do this for all iteams in tpi folder if want to The launcher will just replace those files and the lines the XML files, as the launcher was designed to replace edited/missing files; now if that behavior has been changed, I'll be amazed. Best way to get around it is to make a shortcut to the APB executable, and only run the launcher when there is a patch. Honestly, I don't know why G1 thought it was a great idea to force that DX9 Redistributable to be installed every single time the game is launched, since DX9 hasn't seen a major change from 2010... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rade 54 Posted June 4, 2018 (edited) You can fix it by creating the registry entry detailed below. Edited June 4, 2018 by Rade Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alani 475 Posted June 4, 2018 tbh i just use advanced launcher because this bypasses the entire problem Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tobii 346 Posted June 4, 2018 (edited) Or just run the exe file ? Edited June 4, 2018 by Tobii Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Keshi 436 Posted June 4, 2018 u need the dxd9.dll or something, place it in your folder where apbprogram is located and u should be gucci... If that doesnt work dxwebinstaller should help as well Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tobii 346 Posted June 5, 2018 He already has it installed. He's asking why it's installing every time. Run the game using the exe file, and you have no problem. I see why that deserve a downvote tho :^) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Triksterism 137 Posted June 5, 2018 Use the advanced launcher OR use a shortcut like "C:\GAMES\Steam Library\SteamApps\common\APB Reloaded\Binaries\APBprogram" -lbl -pktlag=0 -noamdtsc -nomoviestartup -noverifygc Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Puffdragon 131 Posted June 5, 2018 (edited) On 6/3/2018 at 6:13 PM, Salem said: Good evening guys, Does anyone else have an issue where the launcher always starts by saying Installing DirectX, no matter how many times you've launched the games (and you've already installed DirectX)? Takes like 3-4 minutes for this to go through it's process every time I try to launch the game. Any ideas? Thanks, Salem Hello brother, you can avoid the delay by running the apbprogram straight from the binaries folder. Just navigate there and create a shortcut and plop it on the taskbar. Cuts load time way down. Word filter won't let me say E X E Edited June 5, 2018 by Puffdragon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shui 225 Posted June 6, 2018 (edited) On 6/4/2018 at 10:50 AM, Rade said: You can fix it by creating the registry entry detailed below. The registry fix worked tho ... Dont understand why but w/e ._. Edit: So I just looked up the standard value on my notebook where I don't have this problem with directx. It was already 04.18.2011 With the registry fix I changed the value on my PC to this one (04.18.2011) and it fixed the problem. I didn't look up the value before I changed it (I'm stupid..), but I guess it was a different one ... Just type in windows search "regedit", open it and go to this path [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\GamersFirst\APB] "directX ShipDate"="04.18.2011" Then you can look up your value. Edited June 6, 2018 by Halelulia 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DiBBz 38 Posted June 9, 2018 i tried the reg edit approch but it appears i dont have a reg directory for [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\GamersFirst\APB] so im kinda stuck atm. not only that but battleye is constantly reinstalling every time i re open the launcher Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ElectroStingz 53 Posted June 9, 2018 (edited) The idea is to add the whole lot if you do not have any trace in your registry. Use this, extract and double click on it to add. DX Reg Fix Edited June 9, 2018 by ElectroStingz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 9, 2018 42 minutes ago, ElectroStingz said: The idea is to add the whole lot if you do not have any trace in your registry. Use this, extract and double click on it to add. DX Reg Fix I justp refer to wait till the official fix by LO, i know they wanna check into this as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites