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Problem with Sweet FX [Solved]

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I have attempted to install the Sweet FX graphics enhancement on Battlefront II, I followed everyone's instructions on installing it (I put the contents of the folder in the zip into the GameData folder), but when I try to start SWBF2 after I installed it I get the error message "d3dx9_43.dll was not found", I have tried reinstalling directX but it didn't work. I have the Fan Favorites version of Battlefront II installed in "C:\Program Files\Lucasarts\Star Wars Battlefront II" on a Windows XP tower.

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Microsoft Windows XP Professional Version 2002 Service Pack 3

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Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher
Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.00GHz
2.99GHz, 0.99 GB of RAM
Physical Address Extension

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Intel 82915G/GV/910GL Express Chipset Family
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Re: Problem with Sweet FX

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try this

have the zipped folder on your desktop.

right click on it and select extract all.

extract the folder to the desktop.

you should now have a zipped folder and an unzipped folder call Sweet FX on you desktop.

open the unzipped one and paste the contents into this folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\LucasArts\Star Wars Battlefront II\GameData

run BF2 from here : C:\Program Files (x86)\LucasArts\Star Wars Battlefront II\GameData

It does not work if you try to run it from the launcher.
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JimmyAngler wrote:try this

have the zipped folder on your desktop.

right click on it and select extract all.

extract the folder to the desktop.

you should now have a zipped folder and an unzipped folder call Sweet FX on you desktop.

open the unzipped one and paste the contents into this folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\LucasArts\Star Wars Battlefront II\GameData

run BF2 from here : C:\Program Files (x86)\LucasArts\Star Wars Battlefront II\GameData

It does not work if you try to run it from the launcher.
Still doesn't work.
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last try,

Do everything I told you to do except move the files to this location:

C:\Users\YourName\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files (x86)\LucasArts\Star Wars Battlefront II\GameData
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Re: Problem with Sweet FX

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This won't work.

Have you overwrite some files at the first install of sweet fx??
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JimmyAngler wrote:last try,

Do everything I told you to do except move the files to this location:

C:\Users\YourName\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files (x86)\LucasArts\Star Wars Battlefront II\GameData
Wrong OS. (I run XP)
Anakin wrote:This won't work.

Have you overwrite some files at the first install of sweet fx??
eax.dll, but I had backed it up and put the old one back after the first uninstall.
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what about your d3dx9_43.dll is this in your folder??

does BF work, if you remove the sweet fx??
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Anakin wrote:what about your d3dx9_43.dll is this in your folder??
No
does BF work, if you remove the sweet fx??
Yes
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redownload sweetfx from the official website and use the files from there. Jimmy's are a little bit strange. I had some problem with long loading time,.. :angel:

if you donwload it from the websites there are not so much files and it's faster
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I agree, deleted my old and got Annie's mentioned ones. :funny2: It's a lot faster and looks about the same. I guess mine had some extra ones from skyrim on accident.

Edit: now I know why I liked mine better, the FPS never changes. with the one Anakin mentioned, It was faster loading, but worse performance.
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Anakin wrote:redownload sweetfx from the official website and use the files from there. Jimmy's are a little bit strange. I had some problem with long loading time,.. :angel:

if you donwload it from the websites there are not so much files and it's faster
JimmyAngler wrote:I agree, deleted my old and got Annie's mentioned ones. :funny2: It's a lot faster and looks about the same. I guess mine had some extra ones from skyrim on accident.

Edit: now I know why I liked mine better, the FPS never changes. with the one Anakin mentioned, It was faster loading, but worse performance.
Didn't work. :(
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Re: Problem with Sweet FX

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Same problem??

did you take the european or the other download??
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Anakin wrote:Same problem??

did you take the european or the other download??
The American one.
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Try the europ. it works for me
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Anakin wrote:Try the europ. it works for me
Still won't work, same problem.
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have you changed any settings?? if not i have no idea what the problem is
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Anakin wrote:have you changed any settings?? if not i have no idea what the problem is
No, I have not.
I have tried running stock SWBF2 on high settings and it caused major lag. So I am starting to believe that my PC simply cannot handle sweet FX. :(
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Re: Problem with Sweet FX

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how old is you pc??
grafic card??
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Anakin wrote:how old is you pc??
grafic card??
My PC is about 6 months to a year old. As for the graphics card, see my original post.
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You mean your pc is 1,5 years old and you are running win XP???

The grafic adapter says nothing to me. I need to have a closer look at it.

My notebook is about 3 years old, running now win 8.1 and the grafic card is from the amd radeon hd6000m series
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