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Sang-Froid: Tales of WerwolvesInitialization Error(7 posts)solved(7 posts)solved
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Posted May 17, 2014
I bought Sang-Froid, (along with 6 others), on the Spring Insomniac Sale and is the 1st of new games that I have tried to install. There didn't seem to be any problems while installing but when I click on the icon to start all I get is....

Initialization Error
Unable to initialize display driver, Player will quit!

I have Windows 7..64 bit
AMD quadcore @ 3.6GHz
8 GB RAM
Radeon HD 5450 graphics card

Any ideas? I have installed two previous games from GOG with no problems so far.
This question / problem has been solved by DeMignonimage
Posted May 17, 2014
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niteowl9: ...Any ideas?
First of all make sure all older components of DirectX 9 are properly installed, by installing this:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8109

If it still doesn't work, try running it as Administrator (right-click the game's shortcut => Run as...).
Post edited May 17, 2014 by DeMignon
Posted May 17, 2014
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niteowl9: ...Any ideas?
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DeMignon: First of all make sure all older components of DirectX 9 are properly installed, by installing this:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8109

If it still doesn't work, try running it as Administrator (right-click the game's shortcut => Run as...).
Thanks for your time DeMignon. I'm confused though. I have DirectX 11 on my computer now. If I install DX 9 won't that remove DX 11 ? As much as I want to play the game I'd also like having my other programs be able to run. Or does it install beside my newer version and I have both simultaneously and the program chooses which one it needs? I'm asking because I noticed it said it was uninstallable.
Posted May 17, 2014
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niteowl9: Or does it install beside my newer version and I have both simultaneously and the program chooses which one it needs?
This.
Posted May 17, 2014
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niteowl9: Or does it install beside my newer version and I have both simultaneously and the program chooses which one it needs?
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Gydion: This.
OK thanks. Just before you answered I found the following info.

[i]Some applications and games require DirectX 9. However, your computer includes a more recent version of DirectX. If you install and then run an application or game that requires DirectX 9, you might receive an error message such as "The program can't start because d3dx9_35.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem."

To resolve this issue, go to the following Microsoft website to install DirectX End-User Runtime:
DirectX End-User Runtime Web Installer
Note When you run this package, no change is made to your version of DirectX, Direct3D 9, Direct3D 10.x, Direct3D 11.x, DirectInput, DirectSound, DirectPlay, DirectShow, or DirectMusic.[/i]

I installed DX 9 and it ran the game successfully. Thanks everybody.
Posted May 17, 2014
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niteowl9: ... If I install DX 9 won't that remove DX 11 ? As much as I want to play the game I'd also like having my other programs be able to run. Or does it install beside my newer version and I have both simultaneously and the program chooses which one it needs? I'm asking because I noticed it said it was uninstallable.
Like Gydion said, it's more like besides your newer version. To be precisely, you will use always the newest component available, that is DirectX 11 most of the time. But version 11 is missing a few components from DirectX 9 and only those are installed by the DirectX 9 installer, the rest stays version 11.
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niteowl9: I installed DX 9 and it ran the game successfully. Thanks everybody.
Great! ;-)
Post edited May 17, 2014 by DeMignon
Posted June 19, 2014
Thanks! I had the same problem and installing DX9 made it work. I'm impressed with how well it runs under Parallels.
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