Windows 7, moving objects texture tearing etc. "possible fix"

[Wyseman76 0]

Ok so I installed SC4 Deluxe on a fresh install of Windows 7.  After doing so I appeared to suffer from a graphical bug  similar to a few others.  All of the moving objects such as cars, people, windmills, etc were not rendering properly. 

These 2 topics are the same issues.

www.simtropolis.com/forum/messageview.cfm

www.simtropolis.com/forum/messageview.cfm

I tried many things to fix it, from graphic setting which anistropic and antialias were often mentioned but not fixing anything.  And running in software mode was its own can of worms.

So after doing a little reading I found that Windows 7 distributes with Directx 11, yippy.  Sadly it is not complete.  What I mean to say is that it does not have all of the files for complete reverse compatability.  There are many Directx 9 components missing.  

After reading other issues reguarding directx 11 and other games it was suggested that  running the DirectX End-User Runtime Web Installer would fill in the blanks.  I followed the advice and now I can run the game with no issues.

Here is the link to the DirectX End-User Runtime Web Installer www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx

The nice thing is that the Installer is designed to only add missing or update old files, it does not rewrite the whole package.

Anyway hope this helps, and of course This is my own experiece I can not promise anything.  I can however cross my fingers for those of you suffering from the issue.

Running

Windows 7 x64

AMD 5200 X2

Nvidia GeForce 260gtx

[SC4BOY 20]

Excellent information.. thanks for posting it.. Hope it will help some people out