The windows8/10 patch for mm2 doesnt work always

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The windows8/10 patch for mm2 doesnt work always

Postby midtown96 » Mon Oct 24, 2016 2:39 am

On my computer, the patch works but I have tried the patch from this link
and on some computers with windows 8 or 10 the patch doesnt work. When I start the game I get a message which says: Midtown Madness 2 requires dx7 or above. I dont know why.
I have even tried dgvoodoo and the game doesnt start and I get the same message.

Please help!

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Postby Franch88 » Tue Oct 25, 2016 11:47 pm

So, there's no way to let MM2 work on your PC with Windows 8 or 10? At this time, I'd suggest you to use a virtual machine with Windows 7 (or even XP) that allows to use your graphic card, so to properly run and play the game on it.
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Postby midtown96 » Sat Oct 29, 2016 4:52 am

I wonder why the patch works on my pc if it doesnt work on my fathers computer. Both computers have windows 10. Whats the difference?

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Postby Franch88 » Sat Oct 29, 2016 8:23 pm

Well, I assume that the hardware and the relative drivers of both are very different, it's not only a matter of the OS... What's the graphic card of both your and your father PCs?
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Postby midtown96 » Thu Nov 03, 2016 10:55 pm

The pc which the patch works have GeForce GTX 560.
The pc which the patch doesnt works have AMD Radeon HD 7400M Series.

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Postby Franch88 » Sun Nov 06, 2016 9:07 pm

Just because you get that message, have you tried to install the DirectX from the installer present in the game disc? Or, if that doesn't work, try to download and install this.
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Postby pibraclab » Fri Dec 23, 2016 6:33 am

Just because you get that message, have you tried to install the DirectX from the installer present in the game disc? Or, if that doesn't work, try to download and install this.
I try your directX solution but anyone work. DirectX from CD don't work on W10 and, by your link, directX9 work only on previous version of Windows.

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Postby midtown96 » Mon Jun 05, 2017 2:47 am

I know. Install DirectX from the game cd doesnt work.
The fix from this link works
on windows 8 and 10 but only with intel and nvidia and geforce videocards.
I search for a fix for amd and ati cards.

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Postby aaro4130 » Tue Jun 06, 2017 9:48 am

That patch link is the old method. Please reinstall Midtown Madness 2, or remove the patch files.

Get dgVoodoo, and extract the DirectX files to your game
link: https://dege.fw.hu/dgVoodoo2/dgVoodoo2_54.zip

Then you should be good to go. Run the provided configuration EXE if you want to disable the dgVoodoo watermark.
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