Possibly a bit of a stupid question, but...

[MrThunderwing]

sorry for getting into the conversation (uninstall sp1 and install the sdk Then reinstall sp1)

Thanks Nuexzz, I'm not sure what you're referring to by sp1 though?

oh my god Internet Explorer pinned to taskbar -> EPIC FAIL XD

Dude... seriously...?

[Jiterdomer]

Thanks Nuexzz, I'm not sure what you're referring to by sp1 though?

It's actually Service Pack 1

[Bart]

I can't imagine that SP1 needs to be removed to install the DirectX SDK. You may try uninstalling/reinstalling the runtimes themselves first or do a bit more Googling.

[MrThunderwing]

I can't imagine that SP1 needs to be removed to install the DirectX SDK. You may try uninstalling/reinstalling the runtimes themselves first or do a bit more Googling.

Ok, thanks Bart. I'll put my thinking cap on and see what I come up with.

[Bart]

I can't imagine that SP1 needs to be removed to install the DirectX SDK. You may try uninstalling/reinstalling the runtimes themselves first or do a bit more Googling.

Ok, thanks Bart. I'll put my thinking cap on and see what I come up with.

Better yet, let Google do the thinking for you There seem to be some solutions and it may be related to your installation of MSVC. You may have to uninstall it first. Look over the Google results first.

[MrThunderwing]

I can't imagine that SP1 needs to be removed to install the DirectX SDK. You may try uninstalling/reinstalling the runtimes themselves first or do a bit more Googling.

Ok, thanks Bart. I'll put my thinking cap on and see what I come up with.

Better yet, let Google do the thinking for you There seem to be some solutions and it may be related to your installation of MSVC. You may have to uninstall it first. Look over the Google results first.

Thanks for the link Bart. I tried removing Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x86/x64 Re-distributable in the control panel and uninstalling MSVC and still got the same error message. After that... I could feel my motivation to try and get this working evaporating. Trying to get SDK to install properly is starting to feel too much like getting to the bottom of an irritating problem with my PC rather than just compiling a new build of Supermodel for fun. I'm also thinking I don't want to end up accidentally creating PC problems for myself that weren't there before by accidentally un-installing something or vital or somehow cocking stuff up by changing registry settings.

Thanks again for all the help up to this point though, just a shame I wasn't able to see it through to the end.

[Bart]

Sorry to hear about your frustrations with this. The Google results having to do with the S1023 error indicate that it is really just the MSVC runtime that needs to be uninstalled (and this may have been installed by a newer game you bought). If you find the energy and curiosity again, I do recommend reading the Google search results carefully. I'm sure there's a way to get it working without much risk to your system configuration.

[MrThunderwing]

Thanks again Bart.

[Jiterdomer]

Thanks again Bart.

1. If you have S1023 error in DirectX SDK, uninstall both Visual Studio (in other hand, uninstall the VS 2010 redistributable if you have it) and DirectX SDK
2.Once you did that, install DirectX SDK First, and then Visual Studio (I recommend VS2010)
3.After these installation, open Supermodel.sln
4. Click on the top to choose which type of architecture you have to build Supermodel with, located on top I recommend Release instead of debug because debug gives more problems with Supermodel.exe
5.After that click on build, and click build Supermodel and then its working well!
It takes about 5-10 minutes depending on how fast your computer
6.It's located on VS2008/(your architecture you build x64/x86) and you'll see Supermodel.exe and SDL.dll
7.Copy both Supermodel.exe and SDL.dll and paste it into your Supermodel folder you just currently have since you downloaded it
8. If you want to update SVN for Supermodel, Update those SVN by right clicking on those folders you created with Tortoise SVN an click Update SVN and follow steps 3-7 repeatedly

[MrThunderwing]

Thanks again Bart.

1. If you have S1023 error in DirectX SDK, uninstall both Visual Studio (in other hand, uninstall the VS 2010 redistributable if you have it) and DirectX SDK
2.Once you did that, install DirectX SDK First, and then Visual Studio (I recommend VS2010)
3.After these installation, open Supermodel.sln
4. Click on the top to choose which type of architecture you have to build Supermodel with, located on top I recommend Release instead of debug because debug gives more problems with Supermodel.exe
5.After that click on build, and click build Supermodel and then its working well!
It takes about 5-10 minutes depending on how fast your computer
6.It's located on VS2008/(your architecture you build x64/x86) and you'll see Supermodel.exe and SDL.dll
7.Copy both Supermodel.exe and SDL.dll and paste it into your Supermodel folder you just currently have since you downloaded it
8. If you want to update SVN for Supermodel, Update those SVN by right clicking on those folders you created with Tortoise SVN an click Update SVN and follow steps 3-7 repeatedly

Thanks for the advice Jitterdomer but I've well and truly decided to give up on this. The version of Visual Studio I installed was only a trial version (nearly £500 for the full version, eeek!) and it was due to expire in a short while, so I wouldn't have been able to keep up to date with the latest builds anyway. As it is, I've now un-installed it and Tortoise SVN.

Thanks again for the advice though, I appreciate the thought