What's with the fact that some games force you to install DirectX regardless of whether or not it is out of date?
I've known a few games to do this (can't remember all of them) but I have never understood why.
Battlefield 2 is such a game. I just tried installing it to my new PC, the game installed then prompted me to accepted the DX9 licence - there was no bypass option - no option to not install it and if you did try to cancel it then EA (quite smugly) uninstall the game.
I had to go back through the installation (re-doing the CD Key) and then 'End Process' the installer at the point it wanted to install its own version of DirectX over the top of the newer one I have. Killing the installer was the only way I could find to stop it from uninstalling the game at my refusal to allow it to install DX from the game disk.
What is this all about?
What if I want to install Battlefield 2 in a few years time? Do EA expect people to happily overwrite a current DX installation with one that is a few years old?
Anyone care to explain the logic to me - assuming EA have a point to this?
I've known a few games to do this (can't remember all of them) but I have never understood why.
Battlefield 2 is such a game. I just tried installing it to my new PC, the game installed then prompted me to accepted the DX9 licence - there was no bypass option - no option to not install it and if you did try to cancel it then EA (quite smugly) uninstall the game.
I had to go back through the installation (re-doing the CD Key) and then 'End Process' the installer at the point it wanted to install its own version of DirectX over the top of the newer one I have. Killing the installer was the only way I could find to stop it from uninstalling the game at my refusal to allow it to install DX from the game disk.
What is this all about?
What if I want to install Battlefield 2 in a few years time? Do EA expect people to happily overwrite a current DX installation with one that is a few years old?
Anyone care to explain the logic to me - assuming EA have a point to this?