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Dark Reign series"Can't start hardware accelerated DirectX 7.0." Dark Reign 2 on Win 10(4 posts)(4 posts)
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Posted June 06, 2020
So, I bought and downloaded DR2, installed it and tried to run it.

The message "Can't start hardware accelerated DirectX 7.0." pops up.

I currently have DX12.

Is there any fix or workaround?

Thanks.
Posted June 11, 2020
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Omar_Macias: So, I bought and downloaded DR2, installed it and tried to run it.

The message "Can't start hardware accelerated DirectX 7.0." pops up.

I currently have DX12.

Is there any fix or workaround?

Thanks.
drop these two dlls into your gamefolder where the dr2.exe is located.
https://www.mediafire.com/file/vqfmngc66023nb3/ddraw.rar/file
Posted December 14, 2021
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Omar_Macias: So, I bought and downloaded DR2, installed it and tried to run it.

The message "Can't start hardware accelerated DirectX 7.0." pops up.

I currently have DX12.

Is there any fix or workaround?

Thanks.
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MardukPain: drop these two dlls into your gamefolder where the dr2.exe is located.
https://www.mediafire.com/file/vqfmngc66023nb3/ddraw.rar/file
This
worked
thanks
Posted August 16, 2022
Downloaded it, put it in the game folder but still comes up with the error message.
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MardukPain: drop these two dlls into your gamefolder where the dr2.exe is located.
https://www.mediafire.com/file/vqfmngc66023nb3/ddraw.rar/file
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applehiku: This
worked
thanks
What did you do, any additional steps?
Post edited August 16, 2022 by Micjo88
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