Updating DirectX

When the next update for Age of Conan will be made available in the near future, players will have to upgrade their DirectX to the lastest version or they won't be able to enter the game. The launcher will detect this when the update is out and give the appropriate message of course.

We suggest that players update to the latest DirectX version before to save some time on the day of the update. The following URL links to the DirectX Web Installer on the Microsoft Donwload Center website:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...8-9f20f1244a8e

If you get an error when trying to download please try again a little later on.

It seems that there are problems with the Microsoft web installer. Please use the redistributable installer instead as this one includes all the needed versions and files.

The link in the original post has been changed accordingly but here is the link again:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...8-9f20f1244a8e

Thank you.

To install the update, do the following (thanks go to Tarkadahl for writing these instructions):

1. Create a new folder on your desktop, call it something like "DirectX November" or something like that. The name doesn't matter. Just make sure it's something you can find easily.

2. Download the Directx update to your desktop (or somewhere you can find it).

Right click the link below and select "Open in new window" to go to the website to download the Directx Update:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...8-9f20f1244a8e

Once it's downloaded, double click the file and when asked, browse to the new folder you created and click OK to begin extracting the files.
NOTE: At this point it hasn't actually installed it yet, it just extracted (unzipped) the contents of the downloaded file to your new folder.

3. Once it's finished "extracting" (unzipping) the files, open the folder you created. You'll see a lot of files in there now. Find the file called "DXSETUP" (or "DXSETUP.exe") in there, and then double click it to install update.

Once it's installed, and if you want, you can now delete that folder you created because it, and the files within it, are no longer needed.