Legacy games rely on older software libraries to render graphics and process audio. Ensure your system has the DirectX 9.0c runtime end-user runtime packages installed, alongside the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable packages from 2005 to 2010. Without these, the game may trigger missing DLL errors upon launch. Configuring Settings and Optimization

Change the API drop-down from Keyboard to (for Xbox controllers) or DirectInput (for third-party gamepads).