I thought you might be interested in looking at After every patch, game is broken ("Cannot initialize DirectInput. (Direct 8 required)").
https://forums.dayz.com/topic/162754-after-every-patch-game-is-broken-cannot-initialize-directinput-direct-8-required/?do=findComment&comment=1640842
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