Arma2 Free Problem

[dangerman1973 10]

I've tried installing the Arma II free program and when I started it, it has this error message saying "Unable to Locate Component" "This application has failed to start becuase X3DAudio 1_6.dll was not fount. Re-installing the application may fix this problem"

I've re-installed the program again and when I started it, it has the same message.

I need some help.

[Primarch 10]

I've tried installing the Arma II free program and when I started it, it has this error message saying "Unable to Locate Component" "This application has failed to start becuase X3DAudio 1_6.dll was not fount. Re-installing the application may fix this problem"

I've re-installed the program again and when I started it, it has the same message.

I need some help.

X3DAudio = Direct X.

Install/ Re-install this:

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=35

[kylekagore 10]

This may be an old thread but I found it by Google searching, so it may be found by the same methods i used.

Ok so i installed ARMA 2 on my Vista 64 bit home premium, and i had the same problem as stated in this thread. I fully reinstalled (I used steam in administrative mode) and still had a problem (just a microsoft error message). Out of curiosity i started ARMA 2 out of its' steam directory and seen the same massage as above so I did my reinstall and reboot for DirectX. The problem was still there so i think "what if i find the file in the .cab file from the directx folder and copy it to the directory" (I only thought about this because I have used d3d9.dll based shaders in other games). I found the file X3dAudio1_6.dll in the Mar2009_X3DAudio_x86.cab with 7Zip and copied the file to the base Arma 2 directory.

Now the game loads up and I can get in game just fine. (I think 64bit windows tries to only load the 64 bit Directx only and i don't know why)

Note: I used the x86 cab file and not the x64