Um sorry musta smoked myself stupid.. had the check off create directories in winzip.. heh blush

Thanks for the help.. .wihen i download the source no dXsdk81 directory is created.. what path do i create this folder in? c:\mq?

oh and where do i insert that line of code? ::

And lastly does it matter that I have directx9.0c?

Okay I have microsoft visual 6.0++ sp6. After running the auth file.. when i go to f7 (batch build) i get the following errors: Deleting intermediate files and output files for project 'MQ2Main - Win32 Release'. --------------------Configuration: MQ2Main - Win32 Release-------------------- Compiling...