D3D8.DLL Errors in Graphics Applications

Many common, nowadays games make use of the powerful Direct3D API provided by Microsoft. While this tool helps create games with beautiful, realistic 3D graphics, it can also cause frustration to novices in the field of computing.

Along with many other dependencies, Direct3D relies on this little dll file to support the function calls games made with the API use. It is not uncommon for older installations of Windows to lack this relatively new file and make PC’s that, based on their specifications, should be able to handle a certain game very well but won’t even load it.

This dll file is available free from the Microsoft website and once downloaded to the system folder needs to be registered via the Run command box and the familiar regsvr32 command followed by the dll file name. Once this is completed successfully your game should work fine.

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