🚀 go-pugleaf

On Fri, 22 Nov 2013 15:31:28 -0500, Xocyll <Xoc...@gmx.com> wrote:

Q> Garrett <tecknode@NOSPAM.invalid> looked up from reading the entrails of
Q> the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:
Q> 
Q> >On Fri, 22 Nov 2013 02:32:35 +0400, "Andrew Rybenkov"
Q> ><aryb...@gmail.com> wrote:
Q> >
Q> >Q> On Thu, 21 Nov 2013 20:36:22 +0400, Garrett <tecknode@nospam.invalid> wrote:
Q> >Q> 
Q> >Q> >
Q> >Q> > It is the....
Q> >Q> >
Q> >Q> > nD3D9sHADER: failed to create effect file 'shaders:shape_vs_3_0_ps_0'
Q> >Q> >
Q> >Q> > ....error.
Q> >Q> >
Q> >Q> >
Q> >Q> > REF:  WinXP SP2, nVidia GeForce 7900GS
Q> >Q> >
Q> >Q> > Note the game is on my J: drive.
Q> >Q> >
Q> >Q> > And I have "DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)"
Q> >Q> >
Q> >Q> >
Q> >Q> 
Q> >Q> probably nVidia driver thing.
Q> >Q> 
Q> >Q> Did you install DirectX that came with the game?
Q> >Q> (...\Steam\steamapps\common\Drakensang\directX)
Q> >
Q> >You've got to be kidding?!  Downgrade a key component?
Q> 
Q> Downgrade?
Q> 
Q> Google say Drakensang was released in Aug 2008, which would have made
Q> the current DX version 9.0c since it came out in Aug 2004.
Q> It might have also come with 10.1 for Vista SP1 since that came out in
Q> Feb 2008.
Q> 
Q> You're using XP, 9.0c is what that game came with for XP so that's not
Q> the problem.
Q> 
Q> Unless it's specifically looking for pieces of it in the above mentioned
Q> directory instead of under the windows directory - not sure how
Q> Drakensang references that stuff.
Q> Mind you the steam games I do have all installed that without giving me
Q> a choice, so likely Drakensang did too.
Q> 
Q> No one seems to check to see what version you're running anymore and
Q> only installing theirs if needed, now they just install.
Q> I suppose it sorta makes sense, since the current installation could be
Q> damaged.
Q> 
Q> Xocyll

Just in case I tried reinstalling DirectX via the Microsoft source.
It's OK.

The error implies this is a file-creation error, so the question is
just WHERE was this file supposed to be created and by which process?


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