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6/4/2004 4:50:47 PM EDT
i'm trying to play americas army(i've got the CD if that makes a difference) when i click on the icon on my desktop i get an error starting program message. it says:

the D3D8.DLL file is linked to missing export DDRAW.DLL:DdEntry14

what the hell does all that crap mean? nevermind i don't care what it means. how can i make it stop saying that so i can play the darn game. thanks for any help.
6/4/2004 4:51:19 PM EDT
[#1]
Upgrade your DirectX
6/4/2004 4:59:37 PM EDT
[#2]
i did that last night. still didn't help. before i did the download it was saying d3d8.dll can't be found or something like that. after the download it gives me that new message
6/4/2004 5:06:12 PM EDT
[#3]
You'll have better luck on getting this fixed by asking this question here:
Americas Army Support Forums
6/4/2004 5:08:39 PM EDT
[#4]
re-install your video driver

run dxdiag, make sure direct 3d acceleration is enabled, and test it

another thing, check your path variable and make sure %windowsdir%\system32 is in your path.  (i.e. if windows is  installed on drive c: in windows, make sure c:\windows\system32 is in the path)

6/4/2004 5:30:27 PM EDT
[#5]
i did the test thing and it worked for the first 2 tests, then it said the test to use hardware-accelerated direct3D9 was skipped because the display driver does not support it.

so i guess that is my prob. how to i figure out what the hardware manufacturer is to download the new driver for it?
6/4/2004 6:48:01 PM EDT
[#6]
Physically check your video card and look for identification. Have a camera? post some pics.
6/5/2004 9:09:37 AM EDT
[#7]
ok i think i got it figured out now. i have an intel 82810 or something like that. i checked the AA site and my card is not supported. so i guess that means i can't play it unless i get a new card. my computer is getting too old.
6/5/2004 12:00:24 PM EDT
[#8]
Just live with it. Or actually, without it.
6/5/2004 12:26:01 PM EDT
[#9]
Yah, the game will absolutely NOT run with Integrated graphics. Pick up an inexpensive AGP card (Geforce4 at the least, preferably something more recent)...