Vista RC2 Directx issue

Draego911 · **Joined:** Feb 2006 **Posts:** 306 **Location:**

thx for the help man...have been going insane trying to fix the problem

xeno_gamerz · **Joined:** Nov 2006 **Posts:** 1 **Location:** malaysia

"the server is undergoing inspection or updates. conect to http://www.silroadonline.net for more information."

i got this message when starting up da launcher everytime..then there will be no start button in the launcher.. i installed client 1.059, then i patch it into 1.062 and patched it again to 1.065, the latest one i suppose.. but problem still not solved.. T_T

Draego911 · **Joined:** Feb 2006 **Posts:** 306 **Location:**

desolator144 wrote:

chaud wrote:

Thats a bot site. Also that method will get your accnt banned soon. Just be happy with XP for now lol...

If it's a hacked exe for SRO from a botting site, then he's either going to be banned OR get his account stolen

Putting a keylogger inside an SRO exe is super easy because everyone lets it through the firewall to connect to the internet so they can transmit the name and password you put in anywhere. Btw I'm a programmer so trust me when I say there's like 101 super-easy ways for them to detect that you're not using the real one.
As for Vista, everyone in my IT department at my college agrees that nobody should ever upgrade to a new version of Windows until the first service pack comes out for it. Before then it's just a barely useable buggy piece of crap that will drive you nuts. Plus Vista takes so much resources doing its stupid useless background crap that it's just not something you want to put on your computer ever really. Plus, if every gamer boycotts Vista, the Vista only Halo 2 for PC that's coming out will be released for XP when they realize nobody's buying it.

Apparently you haven't tried vista before, I have a computer that can't run all the features yet. But, I still love my vista...there are a few bugs here and there and it does run a tad slower. I don't notice much change in my gaming though, other than having to run some in xp compatability mode

madhamster · **Joined:** Oct 2006 **Posts:** 4

NOOOOO..after the new patch, the modified .exe would not work anymore. Is there a updated version of that .exe?

lynxz · **Joined:** Jul 2006 **Posts:** 450

Vista wont work with SRO right now, I installed and everything.. then it goes it like it's gonna play and all the sudden it will just.. crash.. right when it goes into "3d" mode.. i suspect this is a compatibility issue with the drivers.. i mean i tried both stock vista drivers and ati drivers, nothing seemed to help.. i even turned it into compatibility mode for XP SP2 and still didn't work..

Deacon · **Joined:** May 2006 **Posts:** 4377 **Location:** De Dutch

On silkroadonline.net the GM mornigdrew or w/e said that SRO will NOT run on vista.. So go back to XP guys

Hogy · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 11

Well, I`m running Vista and Silkroad. No problems here.

ddcc · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 291 **Location:** USA

Here's the issue. Your copy of Vista is pre-RTM, which means that it's a beta edition. Beta means bugs. Bugs means things don't work. And I really doubt Silkroad supports Vista anyway. When the O.S. hasn't been released yet, you can't really hope that the game will work on something the developers haven't experienced. And when it is released, expect a couple of months to pass before they fix it. Vista costs a lot, and companies aren't exactly the first on the bandwagon. It'll take them a while to actually get it, then another while for them to play with DirectX 10 SDK when it's released. So don't really expect it anytime soon, and don't expect anything to work out right on a beta.

Also, the vista beta says that you shouldn't use it on production machines, it should only be used for testing purposes.

maadhatter · **Joined:** Nov 2006 **Posts:** 6

Well Vista is officially out now, but still does not run SRO. Vista still has DX10 and SRO seems to think that is less than 9.0b

tictac232434 · **Joined:** Feb 2007 **Posts:** 1

I know there are some people out there who don't understand wut liukanng said I was one but figured it out. To fix the direct x problem what u do is u right click ur silkroad icon. choose properties then click Compatibility and choose under Compatibility Mode choose Windows XP (Service Pack 2) but be sure to check the box first for "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" you don't have to choose windows xp service pack 2 but its runs more smoothly with it. then click Apply then load it should work. If silkroad is a little bit laggy set ur grafix back. All I did was simplfy wut liukanng said so I hope it works sorry for all the typing errors I just want to help plus I was busy so I had to type it fast good luck.

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linange · **Posted:** Sun Feb 04, 2007 2:44 pm

this problem occurs on almost every other online games

just bear with XP.....

vista is nothing but luxury ^_*

btw, i us Win2K, lmao

skyduck · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 74 **Location:**

According to silkroadonline.net, tonight inspection will add Vista compatibily... can someone confirms the compatibily issue after the patch has been applied tonight. Thanks.

Hesoyam · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 8 **Location:** Denmark

I have installed vista aswell .. And sro works, but i have game lag.. Not server lag.. sucks a bit

Airbeat · **Joined:** Mar 2007 **Posts:** 942

People! I can play Silkroad just fine! But sometimes when i start the game, i get a pop up that says sro.exe has stopped working..
I can play fine, not that.. but always when im gonna exit the game, i get the same message..
Today it happened while i was grinding! >.<

There should be some patch or somthing to fix this..!

ddcc · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 291 **Location:** USA

BOTTOM LINE: Silkroad won't work fully on Vista for maybe another half year to full year. Also, if you get it to work, it's going to be a heck lot slower than in XP/2K.

>NVIDIA/ATI have no stable graphics drivers. All are in beta and they cause blue screens. They provide basic functionality.
>Vista is new OS. You have to give all the programmers a long time to learn the new features and everything else.
>You can modify the client and everything all you like, but if you get banned it's still your fault even though you can claim you're trying to fix Silkroad.

I have Vista Business (no Aero) myself, but it runs in a virtual machine, since I'm not willing to wipe my entire computer all for the sake of running a new and unstable OS. In a virtual machine, there's no Direct3D support, hence I can only get to the launcher, hit Start, and BSOD.

corkscrew · **Joined:** Mar 2006 **Posts:** 335 **Location:**

Lol I know this topic is very very old but i just wanted to say something. I havent had a single problem yet with just getting into the game. All i had to do was dl a directxSDK... I dont know if u guys have done that but it works : ). Ive been playing since the first day ive had vista.

Originalxfake · **Joined:** May 2007 **Posts:** 15

what does directx SD what ever it is do anyways i just wanted to ask before i start downloading it.

ddcc · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 291 **Location:** USA

It's a developer toolkit that lets you develop DirectX games.
DirectX SDK = DirectX Software Development Kit

Humbie · **Joined:** Jun 2007 **Posts:** 4 **Location:** Belgium

I've been running Windows Vista and been having some issues with SRO in the beginning until I had the luminous idea of just going to Microsoft's DirectX downloadsite and installing DirectX from the download provided.
Windows Vista works standard with DirectX 10, but when you run this installer it installs a complementary DirectX 9 which solves every issue with SRO.

Hope this helps!
It did for me anyway...

Jerone · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 13

EDIT: I have the solution, it's a modified exe file of the launcher which disables the directx error. If you run the modified exe and silkroad without any compatibility settings at all (don't check run in compatibility mode) then it will work. Oh yea and keep Windows Vista's video drivers, using the ATi ones gave me the blue screen.

Can someone translate this to good Dutch =P ?

lxmonkaxl · **Joined:** Jun 2007 **Posts:** 1

Hey Humbie, do ya happen to have a link to what that fix for the vista is?

ddcc · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 291 **Location:** USA

Don't bother with a modified client. If you're detected, you will be banned. What you need to do is to set Silkroad to run in XP Compatibility mode. Then, you need to download and install DirectX 9.0C from Microsoft. Reboot. Run Silkroad as administrator. That should fix it.

shadowskill · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 116 **Location:**

yeah pretty old topic but still so no1 get wrong
here its says sro work wth vista now =)
http://www.silkroadonline.net/guide/sy_setinfo.asp

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