Bioshock won't Launch

Im running DirectX 10 on XP and as soon as the Download was over, i double clicked my Bioshock icon on my Desktop and nothing, the little CD symble comes up but no Bioshock splash or nothing, just there.

I uninstalled it and reinstalled it and it still doesn't work, next thing is ill just go back to DX9

oh, and i MADE SURE I had DX10,(dxdiag in "run")

any help? thnx

First things first, you can't run dx10 on XP, dx10 only runs on Vista

Im running DirectX 10 on XP and as soon as the Download was over, i double clicked my Bioshock icon on my Desktop and nothing, the little CD symble comes up but no Bioshock splash or nothing, just there.

I uninstalled it and reinstalled it and it still doesn't work, next thing is ill just go back to DX9

oh, and i MADE SURE I had DX10,(dxdiag in "run")

any help? thnx

darkgoth678

their lies your problem

Now for all those pc owns console ppl, this is why i own a 360 and just use my laptop for email.

IceSwift7

theirs a whole forum reserved for fanboyism its called system wars

Im running DirectX 10 on XP and as soon as the Download was over, i double clicked my Bioshock icon on my Desktop and nothing, the little CD symble comes up but no Bioshock splash or nothing, just there.

I uninstalled it and reinstalled it and it still doesn't work, next thing is ill just go back to DX9

oh, and i MADE SURE I had DX10,(dxdiag in "run")

any help? thnx

darkgoth678

Im running DirectX 10 on XP and as soon as the Download was over, i double clicked my Bioshock icon on my Desktop and nothing, the little CD symble comes up but no Bioshock splash or nothing, just there.

I uninstalled it and reinstalled it and it still doesn't work, next thing is ill just go back to DX9

oh, and i MADE SURE I had DX10,(dxdiag in "run")

any help? thnx

darkgoth678

You need Vista for DX10, just do DX9, for Bioshock, the differences in Performance and Graphics really isn't that big. Also, I may be wrong with this, but if a disc icon shows up for the Bioshock icon, it means there isn't a disc in the tray. The Bioshock icon should show when it is in the tray (atleast its like this for a few games on my comp).

Now for all those pc owns console ppl, this is why i own a 360 and just use my laptop for email.

IceSwift7

Because your mind cannot comprehend how to use a computer?

ok yeah i can run DX10 hardware wise cause i do have an 8600GT so yeah but ok fine i dont want DX10 anymore, is there a way to lke roll back DX10 to DX9? without like wipeing my HDD and reinstalling XP?

and for that guy, yeah i do have the disc in cause i put in the disk and the thing comes up and i click "play" and nothing.

You can't install DirectX10 in XP... so there's no rolling back, nor is it necessary.

Perhaps you're just having trouble reading the DVD?

I think that I should tell you CANT run DX10 on XP, it's an integrated part of Vistanevereathim

Yeah, microsoft douched it up and wanted to force ppl to get vista even though it sux an infinite amount of balls right now, and then they blamed it on major graphic architectural changes... aka, bs. So, if you don't have vista, you can't use directx 10.

[QUOTE="nevereathim"]I think that I should tell you CANT run DX10 on XP, it's an integrated part of Vistadf853

Yeah, microsoft douched it up and wanted to force ppl to get vista even though it sux an infinite amount of balls right now, and then they blamed it on major graphic architectural changes... aka, bs. So, if you don't have vista, you can't use directx 10.

http://www.technospot.net/blogs/download-directx-10-for-windows-xp-from-alky-project/

he's running DX10.

anyways, I'm having basically the same problem with Bioshock. double click the icon, nothing happens... the thing is, I've already been playing the game for hours in previous sessions, so I have no idea wtf is wrong with it.