Error Creating Direct 3D Graphic Engine

[jdblair5 170]

Ok so a couple of days ago I downloaded beta patch 94444 and applied it, windows said it didnt install correctly ( I did install it as administrator)

I then tried to run the game, ( with Steam running as administrator) when the game tries to launch a small window pops up saying "Error Creating Direct 3D Graphic Engine"

So I ended up unistalling the all of the Arma games ( OA and the two DLC expansions) as it say before the beta patch the only way to uninstall the patch is to uninstall the entire game.

I deleted all of the folders in my steam folder pertaining to Arma II and respective addons.

I reinstalled all of the games. Ran both, worked fine. Downloaded the latest patch, installed in in the same manor expressed above, got the same error from windows " this may have not installed correctly" launched the game and same shit, "Error Creating Direct 3D Graphic Engine"

This is obviously annoying, last week I was playing Dayz and Arma and everything was fine. For whatever reason these newer beta patches are causing me issues ( I assume)

Any Help would be MUCH appreciated.

[xshezza 0]

i get the exact same error , its very annoying.

[Tag (DayZ) 2]

lols. All you had to do was copy the beta exe from the arma 2 oa expansion/beta folder over the original arma 2 oa exe. Then toss this into your arma 2 oa steam launch options under properties.

-beta=Expansion\beta;ca;Expansion\beta\Expansion -mod=@dayz

-- Also, next time while you're frustrating yourself, remember to use THE SEARCH FUNCTION. This has been posted a billion times, I even believe there's a sticky. Why you had to make a new thread is beyond me, do some work man. It takes 2 seconds. Or ya know, google is your friend.

Edited July 13, 2012 by Tag

[jdblair5 170]

Hey Tag, thanks for your condescending response. Why would I include the dayz mod extension in the launch tab options when I haven't even gotten as far as installing the Dayz mod? I understand the steps of installing days, as I stated I had it running before without any issue, the issue is the beta patch and once its installed I get that error, with or without dayz.