Game not starting

[Kifeles]

Hey,

Just got the game yesterday so right before the new update. Saw it updating this morning but now its not running at all. Click on the game and the starting launcher comes up click play and the game closes without any error messages.

I've tried running the launcher from my C drive and when I do it says d3dx9_43.dll is missing. I've reinstalled twice.

Any one else having these problems or have a solution at all?

[TTV/LightSpeedLees]

Having the same problem dude.

[TopperHarley]

check previous threads guys, it's an AA problem- there are a few workarounds but it needs a fix

[Kifeles]

Any threads in particular? I had already tried a few solutions, nothing working so far, hadn't seen anything else that fit. Also my AA is disabled...

[TopperHarley]

Originally posted by knowaknt:

Any threads in particular? I had already tried a few solutions, nothing working so far, hadn't seen anything else that fit. Also my AA is disabled...

The AA problem was what a few people are having. Your's seems different. You should put up some specs. was it running ok b4 update?

[Kifeles]

Wasn't running at all. I just got it yesterday so that was right in the time when I couldn't access the serial and they hadn't updated the game yet.

running Windows 7 64bit
radeon hd 7700
amd 4300 4core
8gb ram

fairly new computer that I just got done fixing hardware issues with so I don't expect the problem to be there.

[Wingdgundam]

go to the library menu, right click on the game and hit the 3 tab. there should be an option for checking the integrity of the game cache. Do that, it takes a while. then make sure the game is up to date and restart the computer. before you launch the game, go to the confing menu of arkham asylum. it is one of the options that comes up when you click on play. in the config menu adjust settings to match your screen resolution and lower the graphics settings. if it still does not work start the game in windowed mode. once the games starts up you can switch to full screen.

[geekening]

I just solved this. Might work for you too. My game wasn't starting so I tried starting it directly by clicking BmStartApp.exe and it complaiend about the same missing file you're talking about. I went to Microsoft's website and downloaded the DirectX Web Installer[www.microsoft.com]. This installs all the DirectX files you're missing. I did that, rebooted, and my game started just fine :D

[Kifeles]

Sweet! That worked!

Thanks for the assist.

[shivam13juna]

@geek

Originally posted by geekening:

I just solved this. Might work for you too. My game wasn't starting so I tried starting it directly by clicking BmStartApp.exe and it complaiend about the same missing file you're talking about. I went to Microsoft's website and downloaded the DirectX Web Installer[www.microsoft.com]. This installs all the DirectX files you're missing. I did that, rebooted, and my game started just fine :D

Thanks a lot man, that helped, almost 10 years later :D

[Magheddon]

Originally posted by shivam13juna:

@geek

Originally posted by geekening:

I just solved this. Might work for you too. My game wasn't starting so I tried starting it directly by clicking BmStartApp.exe and it complaiend about the same missing file you're talking about. I went to Microsoft's website and downloaded the DirectX Web Installer[www.microsoft.com]. This installs all the DirectX files you're missing. I did that, rebooted, and my game started just fine :D

Thanks a lot man, that helped, almost 10 years later :D

This also helped me out today!
Also, thanks if you're still around lol.

[geekening]

Still alive, peeps! Glad the information was helpful. Luckily none of this is needed on Windows 11. The game plays fine there.

[Fliegenfänger]

Originally posted by geekening:

Still alive, peeps! Glad the information was helpful. Luckily none of this is needed on Windows 11. The game plays fine there.

Nope, it doesn't...have the exact same problem as described here, but your solution still works! Thanks for that!!!

[fuxwiththakid]

Originally posted by geekening:

Still alive, peeps! Glad the information was helpful. Luckily none of this is needed on Windows 11. The game plays fine there.

as a new to windows 11 user on this system ryzen 7 5800x3d just upgraded 2 weeks ago 2/8/2023 when i bought the cpu so freshly updated and it would appear that dx9 pre 2010 isnt updated or installed i guess to save a few mb's for bloat cause you just made me not depressed and big shout out for keeping this kind of alive