So as usual, installing and updating directX 9.0c as directed in
this thread has cleared up all the missing dll errors, odd though that it was erroring on Dbpro debug dlls, and not specifically on d3d dlls...
anyway, there is still an odd program or snippet here and there that simply fails to even try to launch. it doesn't crash or anything, it doesn't even open a window or task, it just does absolutely nothing. odd, but none of these have been anything important so I haven't looked into troubleshooting them.
More importantly, I'm ecstatic to report that after a only a minor issue with my code to silently auto install fonts, my major project Sulium compiles and runs without issue
I ran dbpro off a flash drive to compile, so it still hasn't been installed directly onto the PC.
Of additional note, my project makes use of the following plugins which therefore appear to be fully compatible with windows 10:
- Sparky's collision
- IanM's Matrix 1 (not all are used, but a good portion of the common ones)
- Cloggy's D3D
- Duffer's Sqlite3
- Evolved's AdvLighting (yeah, not a plugin .dll, but you know...)