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I have installed GalCiv II and updated it but when I try run it, it says "A required .DLL file, D3D8THK.DLL, was not found. Can anyone help me with this.

The Kingslayer
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Try reinstalling. See if that helps. If not, then it's beyond me.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Check that you have the latest version of DirectX installed properly as well. Barring all else, google that file and download it specifically.
The Political Machine 2024
Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Thanks for your help! Unfortunantly, reinstalling doesn't work. (I think I installed it 3 different times.) I have DirectX 9.0C and when I download the .dll file and put in my C:\Windows\System it gives me this message:

The D3D8THK.DLL file is linked to missing export GDI32.DLL:Entry1.

It also gives me an error saying:

C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\GalCiv2.exe
A device attached to the system is not functioning.

Can anyone help me.

Thanks,
The Kingslayer
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
post your system specs.
also is a debug.err being created? if yes please post.

Also you have updated vid. drivers?
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I couldn't find a debug.err. And I have updated my video drivers. Sorry, what are system specs. By the way, I'm running Windows ME not XP.

Thanks for your help,
The Kingslayer
Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Please follow these steps, this will at least give us some technical information to work with if there's no debug.err file in C:\Program Files\Stardock\Totalgaming\GalCiv2 (if there is a file named debug.err there, open it in notepad and copy/paste all of its contents into a post here):

Go to start menu > run. Type in "dxdiag" without the quotes, and run it. When it comes up, click 'save infromation', wait for it to process everything, then save the file. Go open that file in notepad, select all of it and copy/paste it into a post here.