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Could not initialize SoundManager


Mark Swan
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Mark Swan
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I installed the stable vSTARS available from the official download page on my new computer. When i started vSTARS I got the following error:

 

Could not initialize SoundManager:

Could not load file or [Mod - Happy Thoughts]embly 'Microsoft.DirectX.AudioVideoPlayback, Version=1.0.2902.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.

 

I then tried running as administrator, then uninstalling it and installing the beta version 1.1.7, and running that as administrator. Still not working.

 

Thanks in advance!

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  • 7 months later...
Wesley Miles
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Same problem here, any ideas?

Wes Miles

Air Traffic Director

VATUSA - Southern Region

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Wesley Miles
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In case someone experiences this again, I was able to fix it by installing an earlier version of DirectX (9).

Wes Miles

Air Traffic Director

VATUSA - Southern Region

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  • 6 months later...
john alusik 1005094
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I'm seeing this myself on a new computer. Windows 10 x64, new video card running DirectX 12, it doesn't appear I can install DirectX9.

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Andrew Morkunas
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The solution -- DirectX End-User Runtime Web Installer

 

From the Microsoft website:

The Microsoft DirectX® End-User Runtime installs a number of runtime libraries from the legacy DirectX SDK for some games that use D3DX9, D3DX10, D3DX11, XAudio 2.7, XInput 1.3, XACT, and/or Managed DirectX 1.1. Note that this package does not modify the DirectX Runtime installed on your Windows OS in any way.

Andrew Morkunas

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