Download DirectX 10 for Windows XP from Alky Project

By Ashish Mohta

Download DirectX 10 for Windows XP is available now. You can download it ( Directx 10 for XP ) as the alpha version is said to be working by some users. It is said to work for Windows XP and with directx 10 games and graphics card, they should be able to play directx 10 compatible games like they play in Microsoft’s Windows Vista

Alky Project has released a preview of Alky compatibility libraries for Microsoft DirectX 10 enabled games. This can be used for Windows Operating system other than Vista to play games which requires Directx 10 / Direct X 10. This project was aimed to make DirectX 10 compatible games to run on Non Vista operating systems. If you want to install directx 10 on vista read How to Download DirectX 10.1 from Vista Service Pack 1

This download can increase hardware compatibility even on Vista, by compiling Geometry Shaders down to native machine code for execution where hardware isn’t capable of running it .

Cody Brocious, Lead Alky Engineer have released a DirectX 10 Alky preview which can be used with DX10 SDK.

Update: We have found another patch

DirectX 10 RC2 Fix 1 - a patch to increase the compatibility of new games and programs with Windows XP. And also corrects errors with the launch of games requiring files with DirectX 9.0 and earlier versions of it. The download link is available at our download center

You can download the files from our Download Center ( Click to download )

In Case you are looking to know how to set  Crysis on high end with XP and DX9 click to read  How to configure very high settings for Crysis using DX9 and Windows XP

  • DirectX 10 RC2 Fix 1 for Windows XP
  • Installer for Directx10 Windows Xp with PIC
  • Alky Source Code (LGPL)Download
  • Philosopher Code (LGPL - Needed by Alky) Download
  • Alky for Applications 1.0 Compatibility Halo 2 for windows xp nfo
  • Shadowrun for Windows XP Info

Directx 10 for windows xp

and then check the instructions below to how to hack it.

The Preview contains a read me file which goes like this :-

To install:
Copy d3d10.dll, d3dx10.dll, d3dx10.dll, dxgi.dll, and Nucleus.dll to C:\windows\system32\ (present in downloaded file)

To get the examples:

To build and run an example:

  • Go to the Microsoft DirectX SDK folder, Samples, C++, Direct3D10, Tutorials, Tutorial12
  • Double-click “Tutorial12_2005.sln”
  • Select “Start Without Debugging” from the Debug menu.

There are a number of known issues with most of the tutorials, but they will all work to some extent. Tutorial 12 is currently the recommended example.

Please direct any feedback to the Falling Leaf Discussion forum

According to Alky Project ,

  • These libraries allow the use of DirectX 10 Games on platforms other than Windows Vista
  • Increase hardware compatibility even on Vista, by compiling Geometry Shaders down to native machine code for execution where hardware isn’t capable of running it. No longer will you have to upgrade your OS and video card(s) to play the latest games.

I would suggest anybody who wants to give it a try, use the Falling Leaf Discussion forum and then go ahead with it. Do it carefully and If you don’t know how , you have the link above. Visit the Alky Home page and Update yourself.I hope to see the magic of this on XP like it Directx10 for Vista and Some excellent Xp tweaks or If you want to increase your prodcutivity with vista

 

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  • Shashank, April 30, 2007:

    great information…now xp users can also enjoy the vista games.

  • kjhk, June 13, 2007:

    where is the download

  • Fr1Uc4R, June 14, 2007:

    where is that download???? there is no link!!!

  • Ashish Mohta, June 14, 2007:

    @Fr1: you need to compile all the files given and do some sort of steps. The readme file explains everything

  • Ashish Mohta, June 14, 2007:

    @kghk::http://fallingleafsystems.com/site_media/preview.zip

  • anuragsingh, June 19, 2007:

    You should check the hyperlink given in the artical first then say or comment any thing else the download link is given in the artical….

  • Ashish Mohta, June 19, 2007:

    @Anur:The link works fine. But you need to compile things before you can use.

  • Person with brain, October 12, 2007:

    Cody Brocious, Lead Alky Engineer said they have released a —->DirectX 10 Alky preview

  • martee, October 17, 2007:

    great

  • vilo, October 19, 2007:

    im folow your instruction , but i have still problem, error.

    The aplication for project ‘C:\Program Files\…..\Tutorial12_2005.vcproj’ is not instaled.

    Can u help me?

    My graphic card:NvidiaGeForce 8400M G

  • Ashish Mohta, October 20, 2007:

    @vilo: As it says the tutorial is missing, I have even heard that in some forum one of the guy did it. But not very sure. Can you please download the tutorial part and try again ?

    Ashish

  • bangymiles, October 20, 2007:

    cool

  • samsiteone, October 22, 2007:

    I’m happy for you guys using xp…
    I just recently upgraded to Vista and got an nVidia 8800GTS so I can run DX10, And is a good card to have because it’s fast as hell regardless of DX10 or DX9,
    Well now you XP users have even more of a reason to get the 8800 cards now.
    XP rocks man… allways could find a way to get stuff done on XP. God bless hackers.
    OK, see you all at the gaming severs!

  • nana nadhiera, October 24, 2007:

    can u explain why people stii using window XP till now……… is VISTA not good?????????? And why XP is most popular among the windows…

  • Ashish Mohta, October 24, 2007:

    @Nana: Vista has high hardware requirement and vista is too heavy. Its like people are more satisfied with xp . Unless you have 2gb of ram I cant use it if i have to use other applications too

  • Brynjar, October 27, 2007:

    Are you getting any problems? No blue screens or a frozen com? is it just running smoothly?

  • Ashish Mohta, October 27, 2007:

    @brynjar: One of the guys at a forum reported to be using it successfully since one month. He also played DX10 games using it on XP without Vista

  • khsatriya, October 28, 2007:

    hmm interesting

  • creajeff, October 29, 2007:

    sounds cool, i already tried it but it didnt work, so now i gonna try it again

  • cungalungaa1, October 29, 2007:

    I have one question ..
    are this project gona help us to play DX10 Games on XP only, or i can have DX10 graphic features on my XP.
    Couse i wont use Vista!! couse its sucks and i have gf8800 dx10 and i cant use all my graphic card features.

  • scorpy, October 30, 2007:

    just tryin the crysis

  • Ashish Mohta, October 30, 2007:

    @cungalungaa1 : Not sure whether it will work with dx10 card but should theoretically as it same as Directx10 driver but not exactly the same.

  • Simon, October 31, 2007:

    Did ANYONE try it? Does it even work? I am seeing all over that it’s not possible. The forum seems dead as well…noone seems to be on it for months.

  • creajeff, October 31, 2007:

    uuhm, i was completly convinced that it had to work.
    but now i dont see it happening.

    still hoping that it would work, and i keep trying to get dx10 on my xp

  • Artjom, November 1, 2007:

    “To build and run an example:
    1) Go to the Microsoft DirectX SDK folder, Samples, C++, Direct3D10, Tutorials, Tutorial12
    2) Double-click “Tutorial12_2005.sln”
    3) Select “Start Without Debugging” from the Debug menu.

    There are a number of known issues with most of the tutorials, but they will all work to some extent. Tutorial 12 is currently the recommended example.

    Please direct any feedback to the Falling Leaf Discussion forum on http://www.fallingleafsystems.com/forum/”

    I DON’T UNDERSTAND IT^^ Can someone exmlane it to me?
    I can’t find Microsoft DirectX SDK folder. And how do I start without debugging from the debug menu?

    thanks

  • oqix, January 3, 2008:

    Hi, I read about this and if I understand to this I can use DX10 feature in XP and on non DX10 card right? And my second question is: Why the msconfig says that Ive got DX 9.0c after I instal DX10? And third: Why I cant use DX10 settings in a games? Thanks for reply.

  • Ashish Mohta, January 3, 2008:

    @Oqix:

    1: Yes. One of the person I know is using the same way. However he said sometimes it does not work.
    2. This is a hack so possibly the version has not changed so you are still seeing the Old version.
    3. I am not sure on this. Will have to wait if somebody can confirm.

    HTH

  • Marco, January 3, 2008:

    perfect

  • Rueben, January 4, 2008:

    I think I need to try it out first before I leave any comments.

  • Rueben, January 4, 2008:

    Here goes…

  • Rueben, January 4, 2008:

    One question: Will this version of directx improve perfomance on dx9 games?

  • oqix, January 4, 2008:

    So I try this hack version of DX10 and my results is:I cant run Gears of War after install it but od the other sidebefore I instal this I has 35-45 FPS in UT3 now I have 58-62 on same settings.

  • Rueben, January 4, 2008:

    Geez… after browsing through the forums, I think I better stick to what I currently have and not upgrade anything.
     
    Hope things goes well for everyone else.

  • Ashish Mohta, January 4, 2008:

    @oqix: Thanks for your feedback. I would agree it might not run every game but as you said, The FPS got increased

  • dicky, January 6, 2008:

    great , thx

  • tyrone, January 6, 2008:

    this rox

  • The T, January 6, 2008:

    Lets see what its got

  • Josefino, January 6, 2008:

    :lol:
    leGAL

  • Joe, January 7, 2008:

    Um, i wish it was easier to figure out how to download directx 10 for xp.

  • hatzi, January 7, 2008:

    wow thanx!

  • manjinder, January 8, 2008:

    I am using NVIDIA GE force 6400…eill direct X work with that card…please help me…I want to download direct x10 for xp…or i should buy another graphic card…

  • Ashish Mohta, January 8, 2008:

    @Manjider: You will need to follow the instructions written there. Its a hack and requires some technical activity.

  • sgs, January 8, 2008:

    verry good ig u let me download it first

  • eueue, January 9, 2008:

    thx =]

  • Enma, January 12, 2008:

    :?: I downloaded the Microsoft DirectX SDK, but exactly what do I do after that???? I don’t understand, I double click on the “Tutorial12_2005.sln”, but window cannot open the file. What do I need to open it?????

  • Bored No More, January 15, 2008:

    I saw this one a few weeks back.. Didnt bother installing it as , who knows ? It might mess up the system..

  • Gery, January 15, 2008:

    great…

  • Tung, January 18, 2008:

    thank ! let me try this stuff

  • bee, January 18, 2008:

    thankyou

  • DAeJM, January 19, 2008:

    GReate information ( need download :mrgreen: )

  • Dylan, January 20, 2008:

    :!: =[ everytime i try to goto the website i get “The connection has timed out” is there another place i can download this?? even the forums! please help :!:

  • Dave, January 22, 2008:

    guys i’ve win vista n i cant use the disable hardware accelaration option in the directx diagonose tool in vista!! i open the dxdiag in the option u cant use the option to disable directx 3d /hardware acc!! my xp i can disable it but not when i upgrade to vista! how to disable the disable hardware accelaration pls help!

  • Abhay asokan, January 23, 2008:

    hai……

  • karrar, January 24, 2008:

    Im using Winfast PX8600 graphic card .it supports directx 10 but i am using XP .what i should do? plz help!!!

  • Ashish Mohta, January 24, 2008:

    @Karrar: This is hack which emulates directx 10 behavior to play Directx10 games. I am not sure if it can work on all cards but some of the people said it did but for which card its not sure.

    You can try with the tutorial and see if it works for you. Please backup everything before you do

  • Brh, January 27, 2008:

    thanks

  • Anthony, January 28, 2008:

    Sad news, Falling Leaf Systems, the company that started the Alky project has tanked. As of January 6th, 2008 they closed shop. However they did leave behind the source code for someone else to pick up. Hopefully some group will pick it up and bring DX10 to the non-vista masses. http://alkyproject.blogspot.com/

  • Ashish Mohta, January 28, 2008:

    @Anthony: Thanks for informing us. I will make the necessary updated and changes.

  • Darko, January 29, 2008:

    I just upgraded my pc. Now I use 8800gt 512mb. I am pretty satisfied with the xp and dx9. why do you guys so rush! wait a couple of months and we shall all have stable vista and dx10 games. You’re just wasting your time. all that hacking in system32 isnt worth it, believe me.

    Darko, Serbia.

  • Ashish Mohta, January 30, 2008:

    @Darko: I guess you are right but DX 10 Mania is too high and people jus dont want to swiych to vista

  • Nate, February 1, 2008:

    You MUST have a DX10 capable GPU to enjoy DX10 visuals, no matter if your games are running in a hacked version of XP or in Vista.

  • kutterk, February 4, 2008:

    Will this work on xp x64 version ? anybody tried it ?

  • Ashish Mohta, February 4, 2008:

    @Kutterk: I dont think so but others can add their points

  • Nick, February 6, 2008:

    all I need to know is how do you open an SLN file

    thank you

  • Ashish Mohta, February 6, 2008:

    @Nick: SLN means solution file. You will need the visual studio for opening it

  • apocke, February 9, 2008:

    Hey can this enhance graphics of older cards.. Like i have fx5200, i can[’t play the newer games.. will this help me in anyway??

  • Ashish Mohta, February 9, 2008:

    Hi Anudeep,

     No it will not work on older cards. You will need a new one

  • Ace^^, February 10, 2008:

    Hi guys im new here and im just interested in knowing if one of this cards will be able to stand DirectX 10 Looking forward in your Help

    Ati radeon 9600 256 Mb X1050 or
    Ati Sapphiron X1650 512Mb (The card im gonna bye next Week :P)

  • baz mccarthy, February 14, 2008:

    its interesting to explore directx10 and xp but to be honest, even though i genuinely feel that the vista ui is a massive step back in user-friendliness, you can’t stop progress. get vista and leave xp behind because everyone else will eventually. anyway its all NT underneath! baz

  • [DRG]001, February 14, 2008:

    :smile: nice

  • andrei, February 15, 2008:

    wtf when i click on it, it just refreshes the page. pop up blocker is turned off. anyway i really want this so can anyone help?

  • Sheevar, February 17, 2008:

    ..i have the same problem -.-

  • Pindakaas, February 17, 2008:

    >kjhk, June 13, 2007:
    >where is the download
    >@kjhk:http://fallingleafsystems.com/site_media/preview.zip

    this link doesnt work anymore, is there an other source from where i can download the “preview” file which contains the readme file.

  • Ashish Mohta, February 18, 2008:

    It Seems like the zip file has been removed. If any body has it can help us out here by contacting us. Too bad. The file which are there are too geeky

  • dave, February 18, 2008:

    is htis whole thing even legal?
    i know im being a fuddy dutty but i really would feel better about dwnloading it if i knew it was legal.

  • Sheevar, February 19, 2008:

    ..i don’t understand how to install DX 10..please help me :D

  • ∟Dl>1¼P4§≥., February 20, 2008:

    how do i download DX10 the link button is just basically a refresh button. where can i download it I really want to play Crysis and World in Conflict on DX10. plz

  • Ashish Mohta, February 20, 2008:

    Exactly which link button is refresh button ?

  • ∟Dl>1¼P4§≥., February 21, 2008:

    the download link button. it just refreshes the page.

  • Ashish Mohta, February 21, 2008:

    A alternative Hack ( No gurantees, found at one of the forums 60 Mb Installtion and I have not tested it DirectX_10_Hacked_For_Windows_XP. Link in the post

  • wahyu, February 21, 2008:

    okayyy

  • Mik0z, February 23, 2008:

    Hey people i’ve got one question - did anybody download this 60 mb hacked version and test it? Is this working?

  • EmiroS, February 24, 2008:

    If you need dx10.dll and the rest here is the link: http://stealth.to/?id=4y1lruix09bomnzptfkymxmczcpifr

    One question, how can i open the tutorial12_2005.sln? it doesn´t work when i click it. Do i have to install the dxsdk_november 2007? Please i need help. I´m from Germany, i don´t can´t speek english very well :).

    greetz

  • EmiroS, February 24, 2008:

    Now I have installed the Visual studio express train. If the program has opened and then datei 2,005.sln in the folder has opened Tutorial 12. If I the Debugger without Debugging start I get these error messages:

    1>—— Erstellen gestartet: Projekt: Tutorial12, Konfiguration: Debug Win32 ——
    1>Kompilieren…
    1>cl : Befehlszeile warning D9035 : Die Option “Wp64″ ist veraltet und wird in einer der nächsten Versionen entfernt.
    1>DXUTenum.cpp
    1>c:\programme\microsoft directx sdk (november 2007)\samples\c++\dxut\core\dxut.h(92) : fatal error C1083: Datei (Include) kann nicht geöffnet werden: “d3dx9.h”: No such file or directory
    1>DXUTgui.cpp
    1>c:\programme\microsoft directx sdk (november 2007)\samples\c++\dxut\core\dxut.h(92) : fatal error C1083: Datei (Include) kann nicht geöffnet werden: “d3dx9.h”: No such file or directory
    1>DXUTmisc.cpp
    1>c:\programme\microsoft directx sdk (november 2007)\samples\c++\dxut\core\dxut.h(92) : fatal error C1083: Datei (Include) kann nicht geöffnet werden: “d3dx9.h”: No such file or directory
    1>DXUTres.cpp
    1>c:\programme\microsoft directx sdk (november 2007)\samples\c++\dxut\core\dxut.h(92) : fatal error C1083: Datei (Include) kann nicht geöffnet werden: “d3dx9.h”: No such file or directory
    1>DXUTsettingsdlg.cpp
    1>c:\programme\microsoft directx sdk (november 2007)\samples\c++\dxut\core\dxut.h(92) : fatal error C1083: Datei (Include) kann nicht geöffnet werden: “d3dx9.h”: No such file or directory
    1>SDKmesh.cpp
    1>c:\programme\microsoft directx sdk (november 2007)\samples\c++\dxut\core\dxut.h(92) : fatal error C1083: Datei (Include) kann nicht geöffnet werden: “d3dx9.h”: No such file or directory
    1>SDKmisc.cpp
    1>c:\programme\microsoft directx sdk (november 2007)\samples\c++\dxut\core\dxut.h(92) : fatal error C1083: Datei (Include) kann nicht geöffnet werden: “d3dx9.h”: No such file or directory
    1>Tutorial12.cpp
    1>c:\programme\microsoft directx sdk (november 2007)\samples\c++\dxut\core\dxut.h(92) : fatal error C1083: Datei (Include) kann nicht geöffnet werden: “d3dx9.h”: No such file or directory
    1>DXUTcamera.cpp
    1>c:\programme\microsoft directx sdk (november 2007)\samples\c++\dxut\core\dxut.h(92) : fatal error C1083: Datei (Include) kann nicht geöffnet werden: “d3dx9.h”: No such file or directory
    1>Das Buildprotokoll wurde unter “file://c:\Programme\Microsoft DirectX SDK (November 2007)\Samples\C++\Direct3D10\Tutorials\Tutorial12\Debug\BuildLog.htm” gespeichert.
    1>Tutorial12 - 9 Fehler, 1 Warnung(en)
    ========== Erstellen: 0 erfolgreich, Fehler bei 1, 0 aktuell, 0 übersprungen ==========

    What must I do now? He cannot open d3dx9 or find. Does this not function mod, nevertheless, or does the mistake lie with the program itself? What must I do? To custom urgently help! Then has opened sometimes Crysis to look whether I can put up texturen on very much, but, nevertheless, does not go, because the Prgramm to me dx10 has not played on the calculator.

    Greetz

  • Ashish Mohta, February 24, 2008:

    @Emiros I am not sure what those error means but do you have the directx files correctly ? Moreover try to apply the latest hack we got but please at your own riisk

  • EmiroS, February 25, 2008:

    @ashish mohta. The direct x files I have are d3d10.dll, d3dx10, d3dx10_33, d3dx10d.dll, d3dx10d_33, dxgi.dll, Nucleus.dll and I has copied all in system32, is this right? which this files must I copy in system32, can you help me please?

  • selii, February 25, 2008:

    thanks

  • Ashish Mohta, February 28, 2008:

    @emiros: Seems like you have the original files which we missed. Can you send us those files at info at technospot.net ? I will try to see it and help you out.

     Moreover  we had posted about an alternative hack too Do check  the download page

  • EmiroS, February 29, 2008:

    If you need the link over again, I can give him to you, here the link is over again: http://stealth.to/?id=4y1lruix09bomnzptfkymxmczcpifr

    Then all that is loaded about rapidshare. I succeed it very often tried, unfortunately, therefore, I rather wait, until you have found or other another away to crack XP put under stress lighter without big ones:).

    Is project still active then of the Alky or may not program any more in XP what concerns DX10? Has belonged that it now others take over, but whether this is right I do not know. If we hope that it somebody gets to crack XP:D. Is it also right that this minced meat functions only with Nvidia maps? I have a HD3870 of ATI.Pezzy

  • EmiroS, February 29, 2008:

    alternative one hack 60Mb has, does not function, I have already tried: (. Can one not hack then XP differently without these DX10 files with visual studio? ` One hopes that it will still create, a lot succeed, besides:).

    Peace

  • Ashish Mohta, March 1, 2008:

    @Emiros: Thanks I will take a look. We had been looking for this missing file from a long time

  • EmiroS, March 1, 2008:

    So the password for the files DX10 is: 5x If you of one link download I has given you, then you must download after him this passwort give around files to agree. I have forgotten the password write to like it was, but entschuldigung again:).

    Pezzy

  • ∟Dl>1¼P4§≥., March 2, 2008:

    That stealth.to alternate link. I tried to Download DX10 from there but it said file not found on my download manager. How do i fix this?

  • EmiroS, March 2, 2008:

    @Dl>1¼P4§≥. Look at my first post (February 24. 2008). The link i have post here are functioin. Tried it again. If you have download the files dont forget the password 5x, ok?

    Peace

  • Ashish Mohta, March 2, 2008:

    The link was mixed with the text along with it. Just corrected it now. Try it. I wil be working on this in a day or two if anybody else can get on this and see . Thanks

  • Ashish Mohta, March 4, 2008:

    @Emiros and rest of people: Try out the nrew installer I was able to find. It has pictures which proves that the installer can make directx10 work on windows xp

  • EmiroS, March 4, 2008:

    @Ashish. Is it sure, that the new installer works? How do you find that installer?

  • Ashish Mohta, March 4, 2008:

    @Emiros: I keep on hunting for this a lot, I think I found it in some forum. I cant test on my system as I have only one, the other one is with my friend. If somebody can try we can get a hit

  • EmiroS, March 4, 2008:

    @Ashish. I have tried it. If I go under dxdiag, it registers me dx10.0, but I can put under crysis not on very high. A friend has tried assasin creed, but this play starts nobody dx10! It comes error with the text: The Prozedureinsprungspunkt “D3D10ReflectShader” what not found in the d3d10.dll. What now?

  • Ashish Mohta, March 4, 2008:

    @Emiros: That sucks . D3d10.dll registration is missing it seems. I will work on this thing again on weekend , there should be some way.

    Thanks for the update. :D

  • EmiroS, March 5, 2008:

    I know. Seems in such a way, as would be only chop around the DXVersion as 10,0 look to let. We hope times whether you some more to make can. Somehow that can already still function. Inform me please, if you found something.

  • joris_95, March 6, 2008:

    Hello, I’ve the game Assassin’s Creed. But when I try to launch the game in Directx 10 mode, it doesn’t works, although I’ve done all the instructions.
    And I don’t understand what I’ve to do with Visual Stuido C++. And the others game I have haven’t better graphics . Does it really works ? I don’t think !!!
    How the others succeeded ?

    HELP ME PLEEEASE !!!!!!!!

  • mohammad reza ghahremani, March 7, 2008:

    Thanks My Friend!

  • lukas1987dion, March 7, 2008:

    Hi. When i launched assasins creed in DX10, i have this - ‘CxxFrameHandler3 in msvcrt.dll’, i have winxp HE32 sp2, and 8800gts… emiro have right, i have problem with D3D10.dll and D3D10ReflectShader, but i use D3D10.dll from emule, (size=0.98MB) and copy it to system32 works, but i have error with msvcrt.dll….

  • Ashish Mohta, March 7, 2008:

    @Lukas: Thanks for the info. Probably Emiro can try you lead and see something works oout. I will have to wait for one more day

  • EmiroS, March 8, 2008:

    @lukas1987dion

    Simply wait sometimes whether for Ashish something can do. Maybe he finds a way because of these mistakes? Pity that it, nevertheless, has not functioned, would have with pleasure fully funktion capable DX10 on my XP, but will still probably have to last. Peace

  • Steveeeee, March 8, 2008:

    Nice… i love Xp x64..

  • Ashish Mohta, March 9, 2008: