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Can't update to ver. 1.3.1... - JoeyXIII - 11-05-2017
Hi,
I have a physical version of Amnesia: TDD that I bought years ago and I decided to play it. I wanted to update it to version 1.3.1 (I have Windows) but after I finished installing the update and starting the game it said that the SDL.dll cannot be found... I've been looking into other posts here and I've found that I maybe installed it into a different folder. Do you have some guide how to install it correctly? Thanks in advance
RE: Can't update to ver. 1.3.1... - Mudbill - 11-05-2017
Did you have the 1.2 Justine update before? I'm not sure if installing that first perhaps helps, though I wouldn't think so.
Did your retail copy have a "redist" folder inside your game installation? I think I've stumbled upon some retail copies that did not use a redist folder, similar to Steam, but most retail copies do have it. Inside there is where most of the game's files are found. That might be the folder you should pick to install the update to.
RE: Can't update to ver. 1.3.1... - Romulator - 11-05-2017
By default, the game will install in the correct location as it should (it pulls this data from the registry). Have you installed the base game (version 1.0), then updated?
SDL.dll can be manually downloaded from here on the forums
http://www.frictionalgames.com/forum/thread-7878-post-70551.html#pid70551
If the above doesn't fix it, I recommend uninstalling the game from the Control Panel, then clearing out your folder (either by deleting or cutting and pasting the contents in your installation folder elsewhere). By default on a Windows System, your installation folder is C:/Program Files (x86)/Amnesia - The Dark Descent/ - and the actual Amnesia contents and whatnot will be in the redist folder.
RE: Can't update to ver. 1.3.1... - JoeyXIII - 11-05-2017
(11-05-2017, 04:06 AM)Mudbill Wrote: Did you have the 1.2 Justine update before? I'm not sure if installing that first perhaps helps, though I wouldn't think so.No, I have a stock/basic version of the game. And no, It does not have a "redist" folder. I just have an "Amnesia" folder and inside are all the game's files.
Did your retail copy have a "redist" folder inside your game installation? I think I've stumbled upon some retail copies that did not use a redist folder, similar to Steam, but most retail copies do have it. Inside there is where most of the game's files are found. That might be the folder you should pick to install the update to.
(11-05-2017, 04:12 AM)Romulator Wrote: By default, the game will install in the correct location as it should (it pulls this data from the registry). Have you installed the base game (version 1.0), then updated?Yes I installed the base game then tried to update it. I've put in the SDL.dll in the folder then started the game and it said that some other .dll's are missing... maybe bad installation?
SDL.dll can be manually downloaded from here on the forums
http://www.frictionalgames.com/forum/thread-7878-post-70551.html#pid70551
If the above doesn't fix it, I recommend uninstalling the game from the Control Panel, then clearing out your folder (either by deleting or cutting and pasting the contents in your installation folder elsewhere). By default on a Windows System, your installation folder is C:/Program Files (x86)/Amnesia - The Dark Descent/ - and the actual Amnesia contents and whatnot will be in the redist folder.
If it won't work out I'll try reinstalling the game.
RE: Can't update to ver. 1.3.1... - Romulator - 11-05-2017
Yeah, that sounds like a bad installation. Uninstall then reinstall the game and see how you end up from there~
RE: Can't update to ver. 1.3.1... - JoeyXIII - 11-05-2017
(11-05-2017, 09:50 PM)Romulator Wrote: Yeah, that sounds like a bad installation. Uninstall then reinstall the game and see how you end up from there~It finally worked!
I've reinstalled the game and installed the update into a RIGHT FOLDER 
. Thank you for helping me 
RE: Can't update to ver. 1.3.1... - Romulator - 11-06-2017
No problem! Enjoy the game!
Marking as solved and closing the thread