The Halo: Combat Evolved is one of the most popular games of recent times. It is a sci-fi game that involves a first-person shooter narrative style. The player, along with Cortana (an artificial intelligence), battles with the aliens uncovering the secrets of Halo, which is a ring-shaped artificial world.
Though, Halo: Combat Evolved became available for Windows in 2003. The game’s popularity led to various sequels. Recently, there has been an error reported by the Windows 10 users while playing the legacy version of the Halo: Combat Evolved.
Reasons for Halo CE DX Fatal Error:
- There is a report on missing DirectX 9 installation. Generally, the sub error suggests this is to be the reason for the error. But it is not true for all cases.
- In most cases, the error occurs due to the game’s incompatibility with Windows 10.
How to Fix the Error?
You have several ways to fix the error, depending on what is causing these troubles. Here’s a quick tutorial:
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Install DirectX 9.0b:
You should ensure first that your gaming computer has all the DLL (Dynamic Link Library) files, which are very necessary to play the game. You have to follow an easy guide to install the DirectX web installer. You should allow everything to install that it proposes.
- Go to this link (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=2da43d38-db71-4c1b-bc6a-9b6652cd92a3&displaylang=en )
- And select whichever language that suits you, then click on the download option.
- Avoid the Microsoft bloatware recommendations by clicking on No thanks and continue with the DirectX End-user Runtime Web installer button.
- Download the exe installer, double-click on it, accept the UAC (User Account Control).
- After following the screen prompts, the installation will complete. Restart your computer, launch the game, and check if the issue is still there or not.
A lot of chances there that you will face the issues again. If you’re facing the trouble again, follow the next tutorial:
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