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By: Screensavers?

Screensavers? — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:58:00 +0000

Unable to get screensavers to work, either on XP or on VISTA.

Error code: d3dx9_33.dll is missing.

Tried installing, but then get an error code “device not found, code#2″

Any workaround?

Thanks!

By: John

John — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:06:51 +0000

It says…This software was available as a giveaway on December 1, 2009, this giveaway is not available any more. You can download the trial version of this software at http://corner-a.com/page.php?7.

So I guess this means this is not for more than 30 days???

By: diana

diana — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:33:37 +0000

Thanks for the feedback caulbox #55. I should have known better than to write what I did about the dll files. I’ve had to replace a newer dll with an older dll several times in the past because a software installation or update overwrote the one that works with older software while the newer dll version crashes the app or causes a failure to run.

By: caulbox

caulbox — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:38:33 +0000

# diana 54

Actually d3dx9_33 and d3dx9_35 are two seperate distinct component libraries within the DirectX package (i.e. the ’35.dll’ is NOT an updated ’33.dll’). You may be surprised at just how often the DirectX 9.0c package does get updated. Microsoft often releases updates to DirectX 9 without updating the version number or letter. For most purposes it isn’t essential to have the very latest version installed, but personally I like to keep my system absolutely up-to-date. Although obviously available from Microsoft, I recommend bookmarking, and keeping an occasional check at FileHippo, where the full redistributable current DirectX 9 is available for download (drivers section), and like everything else at FileHippo gets regularly updated. The latest version is DirectX 9.0c (Aug 09) which is a 103.26MB download.

http://www.filehippo.com/

By: diana

diana — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:09:13 +0000

Installed and activated fine. It needs good hardware to handle the multiple effects projects. My GeForce 6200 Go chipset in my 4 year old Pentium M based 1.73Ghz laptop with 1GB ram gets bogged down by larger projects. My Core 2 Duo E6400, 2GB ram and a GeForce 7300 card handles this software much better but it is pretty old too.

I can’t see any of the sprites I add to a project. I only see an empty box that I can move around with the finger pointing tool. Even if I choose a sprite image that came with the software and was already in the opened project and visible when I opened the project, it won’t show up after that same image is added to another layer by me.

I exported in gif, flash, image sequence and avi modes fine. Trying to run the exe output got me an error: unable to locate component, this application has failed to start because d3dx9_33.dll (version 9.18.904.15) was not found. I could not run the exe file or the screensaver output until I downloaded and placed this particular dll file in my Windows\system32 folder. I had other versions of this file already installed, including a later version, d3dx9_35.dll which is version 9.19.949.1104 so I don’t know why this software could not use the more current version.

The sprite issue is most bothersome because I didn’t find anything helpful online or in the software. I use particleIllusion (definitely not a freebie) for this type of special effects work usually, but this is nice for a freebie. Could definitely use tool tips and a help file with specifications on the types of files (number of colors, types of transparency, size limitations, etc) you can use as sprites.

By: count drackuloo

count drackuloo — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:08:34 +0000

i like it i made a woman and a baby all chopped up with blood spurting out of all the cuts and hack marks. very nice indeed.

By: goodgotd

goodgotd — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:34:12 +0000

well, just because my MSI FX5700-VTD-128 card *supports* pixel/vertex shader 2.0, doesn’t mean this will run. maybe the latest drivers (doubtful) will help, but so far, crash-boom. Oh well. directx 9c, .NET 1.1-3.0, winXP.. got everything else.

By: Lu Hulu

Lu Hulu — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:21:34 +0000

You can still keep the version 1.1.2 and install this new version 1.3.2. It does not overwrite as the software filename is different.

By: Lu Hulu

Lu Hulu — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:16:47 +0000

I had the previous version and to try the latest, I installed this version. It seems the previous version is easier to use.

Everything said, a nice software. Just wished it has a Preview function.

By: BrD

BrD — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:05:21 +0000

The comment box directed me at the Microsoft .NET Soft. first. When the .NET Soft finished, only when the changes were made, The attempt completioned. [completioned is sense ]