Larian Studios Forums Divinity - Original Sin Divinity Original Sin - Beta DirectX Installation on every start!

Everytime I start the game it installs Microsoft DirectX! Even if i just closed it and want to start again: DirectX installation.

also the whole game is very slow, mouse and keyboard inputs are extremely delayed.


MSI Notebook, Win7, 64bit (DirectX installed ... meanwhile a few hubdred times ), ati hd5730

Try starting the game directly from the '..\SteamApps\common\Divinity - Original Sin\Shipping\EoCApp.exe' program file.

Did you try verifying local files for the game?

If that doesn't help, maybe reboot, shut down all non-essential programs, install DirectX again (sorry) from the '..\Divinity - Original Sin\_CommonRedist\DirectX\Jun2010' folder (perhaps install as administrator, unless the installer complains about that), reboot, and see if that convinces Steam that DirectX is already installed.

First manually install direct x as Raze has explained above. If it installs with no problems then you will need to manually edit the registry to let Steam know it has installed OK.

Type regedit in the search box.

Now go through the registry tree and find the entry for :

(The registry's data is stored similarly to the way files are stored in the filing system).

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Valve\Steam\Apps\CommonRedist\DirectX\Jun2010

(Anyone with a 32 bit version of windows should ignore the Wow6432Node part of the directory).

If the key doesn't exist then use 'new key' to add any missing "directories" of the key above.

Once you have found the right directory; on the right hand side you should have the key 'dxsetup'. Change the value of this key from 0 to 1. If the key doesn't exist then create a 'new dword value', name it dxsetup and give it the value 1.

This should tell the Steam installer that Direct X has been installed and it shouldn't try to re-install each time.