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    DON'T install latest DirectX (October)!

    Especially if you happen to be playing Dungeon Siege still.

    I've installed it on two completely different spec computers now and in both cases it's produced a severe black flickering in Dungeon Siege engine games.

    It could be co-incidence, and the first time I saw it I thought it was something else, but then when I updated my own machine the flickering immediately appeared.

    System restore does NOT seem to roll back, so you're stuck with it until they fix or you re-install windows.

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    Thanks for the tip, I'll stay away from it for now - I have no issues at the mo so no point going looking for trouble!

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    Just to counter the argument, I've been running it for a couple of weeks now to no ill-effects. Recent games as well as one from as far away as 1998.

    Just because it doesn't work 100% in your particular setup, it doesn't mean it's the same for all of us.

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    might need a video driver that understands the new DX updates ?
    are you running the latest one ?

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    I think I'm using it for dev work, and I have no issues. Mind you, that's the SDK. Check if there are any known bugs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by this_is_gav View Post
    Just to counter the argument, I've been running it for a couple of weeks now to no ill-effects. Recent games as well as one from as far away as 1998.

    Just because it doesn't work 100% in your particular setup, it doesn't mean it's the same for all of us.
    If you read what I said, it's not one particular setup, it's two completely unrelated setups.

    Can you run Dungeon Siege without black flickering?

    edit: I will check what else I could have put on them both though - anti-virus etc.
    Last edited by kalniel; 26-10-2006 at 06:14 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GoNz0 View Post
    might need a video driver that understands the new DX updates ?
    are you running the latest one ?
    Yes one of the systems I tested was using the latest drivers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kalniel View Post
    If you read what I said, it's not one particular setup, it's two completely unrelated setups.
    And of course 'setup' can never mean software...

    I don't have, and have no intention of running Dungeon Siege... all I'm saying is that with the games that I have, the October 06 update is causing zero problems. Perhaps it would have been smarter to have included Dungeon Siege in the topic title, rather than indicating it was a general DirectX9c October issue.

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    Worst of all he's putting "DON'T install..." in the topic. I'm sure Microsoft would love you putting that kind of stuff on public forums

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    It affects certain maps in source.
    To err is human. To really foul things up ... you need a computer.

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