[FIX] GTA San Andreas requires at least DirectX 9 or above

[-Vinyl-]

So recently, I had this problem with GTA:SA where it would tell me it needed DirectX 9 or above. I searched a long time for the anwser, and saw that a lot of

people posted to change it to compatibility mode, or to run it as administrator, or even to force install DirectX 9, none of those worked for me however. But many like me still couldn't fix it, and had the same problem. After a while of playing around with it, I figured out how to fix it.

In your GTA:SA folder, you may see a file called d3d9.dll, this is the DirectX 9 file required, however, GTA:SA doesn't detect it. To fix this problem, rename it to d3d9_32.dll. This fixed the problem for me. I hope this helps anyone else who has this problem.

Edited March 9, 2014 by -Vinyl-

[Chris_Baker]

Thank you very much!!!!!

 

 

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Edited February 1, 2016 by lil weasel

[comanche93]

well, in my case, i used another solution.
go to Control Panel - Programs and Features - Turn windows features on or off. 
when you see the list, find "Legacy Components", open it and tick "Directplay"

 

found this solution here:

https://forums.tomshardware.com/faq/how-to-fix-the-gta-san-andreas-requires-at-least-directx-9-or-above-error.3103778/

Edited October 16, 2019 by comanche93
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[GTAisKAWAII]

On 10/16/2019 at 8:59 PM, comanche93 said:

well, in my case, i used another solution.
go to Control Panel - Programs and Features - Turn windows features on or off. 
when you see the list, find "Legacy Components", open it and tick "Directplay"

 

found this solution here:

https://forums.tomshardware.com/faq/how-to-fix-the-gta-san-andreas-requires-at-least-directx-9-or-above-error.3103778/

Ty now GTA SA dx9 error is gone and I can play it!
But what should I do with GTA VC.. after clicking on the game it only shows a black screen!(I enabled Run with admin + Win Xp or even Win 7 compatibility) + silent patch it didn't work!