Fix Your Broken Global Agenda Install

by Gavin on July 16, 2011

So you download and install Global Agenda, update and patch, and get cryptic messages for missing .dll files like d3dx10_39.dll or random PhysX files you didn’t think you’d need for your ATI graphics card?  Here’s the fix:

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