has anyone had the error message could not inialize direct x adaptor and got the game going.if so please tell me what you did. i have vista and got the highest graphic card and am updated to direct x 11

Hi Matty,

I'll move this thread to Glitches as it is not a hints question.

Happened to me too.

I just open the game DVD and opened the folder Support/directX and ran the DXSetup.exe with Admin rights from there.

Fixed my problem with installing it.

Hi:
I have the same problem and I'm also using Vista!!

I also did what Misslilo did, but that didn't solve the problem for me.....

You may need to install DirectX 9.0c for Windows 7 and Vista. If what comes with the game isn't working, try installing it from ***Microsoft***.

Thank you Jenny, I went to the link you posted and I tried to install that version of DirectX, but I keep getting a message :::

"DirectX setup has determined that a newer or equivalent version of DirectX has been installed already. No installation is necessary"

Try the one from here
http://www.filehippo.com/download_directx/

I installed it, but I still get the same message ... I give up, thank you for your help Jenny I really appreciate it

Arlene, what video card do you have?
Are you sure it meets the game's requirements?
Maybe you need to try different video drivers?

I just got the game today and installed it but also get the "error" message.

I already have DirectX 9.0c but tried installing it again from both the DVD Disk directly and used the game install to do it but nothing works.

Is the following insufficient to run the game?

Windows XP Professional (5.1 Build 2600)
Sys. Mfgr. = MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD
Sys. Mdl. = KM400-8235
BIOS = Phoenix - AwardBI05 v6.00PG
Processor = AMD Sempron™ 2300+, MMX, 3DNow, ~1.66Hz
Memory = 1024 MB RAM
Page File = 219MB used, 1476 MB available
DirectX Version = DirectX 9.0C (4.090000.0904)
ATI Radeon Series 9200 Video Card

This is only the second game I've ever found a problem in installing.

I don't think the Radeon 9200 supports Shader 2.0, Billybob, and the minimum specs for Black Mirror 2 require Shader Model 2 (Shader Model 3 recommended).
***Wikianswers*** says

I have bought the original game but I cannot make it run. Why? Please help me.

Thanks.

Until now I've never heard of Shader 2.0,

Looks like I'm out of luck. Not going to buy another Video Card just for this game.

Waited a long time for a new game and now have wasted a lot of money; guess I'll have to sell the game.

Billybob,
You might want to hang onto it. Some day you'll probably get a new computer, or at least a new video card.

Giovanna,
If you have Vista or Windows 7, the reason the original Black Mirror won't run is probably because of the StarForce copy "protection."

@Jenny

I'm running XP and why this protection forbiden me for running an original game?

That early version of StarForce doesn't work with Vista or Windows 7. Some people with XP can't get it working either (check ***Amazon reviews***). It also doesn't work with some CD drives, especially if their read speed is a little different from what is expected.

It prevents you from running the original game because it doesn't work the way it was meant to.

Are you able to locate the game folder on your PC?

Giovanna, I checked old posts and unless you have gotten a new computer or upgraded your video card since last November, you still have a very old GeFroce 5200 video card. You were trying to run CSI Deadly Intent and could not because of the old video card.

Draclvr,
I don't think the 5200 is too old to run Black Mirror (the first one). The requirements on the TAC website say it only needs an 8MB DirectX(r) 7.1 Compatible Video Card.

It certainly won't run Black Mirror 2 though.

I thought by "the original game" she was talking about the first Black Mirror.

Guys,

I really I do not understand what are you talking about? Have I done something wrong in order to run this game that I have bought? Do you really think that | Have to buy a new computer in order to run this game. Sorry I cannot do it. I do not think that my computers lack of something, So far I have played all the adventure games that were in the market, any way

No of course you didn't do anything wrong.
Do you have the first Black Mirror or the second one?

The first Black Mirror is the one with the StarForce problem.

The second one is the one your video card won't work with.

By "original" I thought you were referring to the first Black Mirror.

@Jenny

I have already played the first one when it was released and now I'm trying to run the second one with no success. Unfortunately I do not have any money to buy a new video card so, poor me

I probably spoke too soon. Haven't been in a very good mood lately, what with the way things have been going the past year and more. I need something to get me over this depressive mood I've been in so I think I'll go look for a new card tonigh. Just realized I've had this ATI9200 VC a l-o-n-g time and it's probably time to change. Got to keep these new games coming so buying and playing them is the only hope we have of accomplishing that.

Bob,

You go try to play Black Mirror 2. It sounds like your kind of game. Keep on truckin'.

Good luck, Billybob.
You can check the chart on ***this wikipedia page*** to see which cards have pixel shader 2.0 or higher.

Giovanna, I'm sorry you can't play the game. If you can't afford a new card, maybe you can trade it for something. Even if I sent you a card, you'd probably have to get someone to install it for you and set up the drivers.

Jenny, can you please tell me where to go to find out what video card I have??

Thanks so much for your help, I really want to solve this problem, I have Vista...