I'm on a Geforce FX 5500, and I'm using the most up to date drivers for it. (driver version 175.19 release date 7-9-08) Here's a link to my post with all the debugging information the forums ask for (I hope): https://forums.galciv2.com/359904
I'm having the same issue with 9.0c. I've reinstalled and updated the game twice now, and reinstalled Directx once. I'm on WinXP. I just can't get GalCiv2 to recognize my version of DirectX.
Hey, So I just got Galactic Civ 2: Dread Lords today and I can't get the thing to fire up. My system is at or above min specs, but I just can't get it to recognize my version of Directx. I even went through the hassle of redownloading and doing a hard reinstall of 9.0c to make sure my version wasn't corrupted, but every time I try to start the software I get this: "Galactic Civilization II requires Directx 9.0c to run. Please go to www.microsoft.com//directx
