patched INSTALL to mention DX9 Redist requirement

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Chris Forbes
2009-11-30 10:51:20 +13:00
parent da84b66424
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@@ -14,3 +14,16 @@ CD images. Unfortunately the installer is 16-bit and so wont run on modern 64
can be worked around by using the Red Alert Setup Manager (http://ra.afraid.org/html/downloads/utilities-3.html).
Make sure you apply the no-CD protection fix so all the files needed are installed to the hard drive.
Other Notes:
* You'll need the DirectX 9 Redist installed. I know you think you have DirectX 9.0c installed, but you also
need d3dx9_*.dll, which are *not* included by default. This is the package you want:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=04AC064B-00D1-474E-B7B1-442D8712D553
If you don't have the DX9 Redist, you'll get an exception somewhere in Ijw.DirectX when you try to run
the game.
* When someone patches Ijw.DirectX, you need to do `git submodule update` in your OpenRA tree. This has so
far happened *once*.