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[Brody]

I am having a hard time saving my video settings to Dx11.

I have Directx11 on my computer.

Dx9 is auto selected by mwo.

When I go into settings and manually set it to dx11, -> save. Then, reopen video settings it has reverted to dx9

What is going on? Can anyone help me with this?

[Napoleon_Blownapart]

i think you need to log out and restart to load the DX!! settings.

[Wintersdark]

Gorantir, on 16 October 2016 - 07:06 AM, said:

i think you need to log out and restart to load the DX!! settings.

Yup. Settings, DX11, Save, exit, restart game.

[Deathlike]

I'm pretty sure the game tells you to restart the game before the settings go into effect.

[Brody]

No, it doesn't prompt me to restart, and if I logout on my own when I log back in it's still dx9...

Maddening.

[Deathlike]

I guess the only question you have to answer is... do you have the latest drivers for your video card? You will need to name what you have just for the sake of getting help (using stock Windows drivers or onboard Intel graphics is a bad idea anyways).

Edited by Deathlike, 16 October 2016 - 09:32 AM.

[Brody]

Also, my game keeps "terminating" for seemingly no reason... Then my computer wants to send a screenshot and a bunch of info to "someone" (I can't tell if it's microsoft or pgi or what).

I don't know why that's happening either... Pretty frustrated right now. Is there a place I can go for help specifically for these issues? I mean besides a PC vendor...

[Brody]

Deathlike, on 16 October 2016 - 09:31 AM, said:

I guess the only question you have to answer is... do you have the latest drivers for your video card? You will need to name what you have just for the sake of getting help (using stock Windows drivers or onboard Intel graphics is a bad idea anyways).

I just recently downloaded drivers from nvidia. I have a gtx 285. and my dxdiag tells me i have dx11...

I also recently had to reinstall my windows 7 and have been upgrading... so I'm certain I'm missing something, but I have no idea what...

[Deathlike]

The only other thing is DX9c (although the app wouldn't run w/o it in the first place I think)... it's not automatically installed.

Edited by Deathlike, 16 October 2016 - 10:01 AM.

[Brody]

Deathlike, on 16 October 2016 - 10:01 AM, said:

The only other thing is DX9c (although the app wouldn't run w/o it in the first place I think)... it's not automatically installed.

I'll try that out. I've got to go visit fam for a few hours... Thanks for your help, I'll let you know how it goes!

[Bombast]

Brody, on 16 October 2016 - 09:55 AM, said:

I just recently downloaded drivers from nvidia. I have a gtx 285. and my dxdiag tells me i have dx11...

I also recently had to reinstall my windows 7 and have been upgrading... so I'm certain I'm missing something, but I have no idea what...

The 200 series is DX10.1 compliant, not DX11.

That's probably the problem.

EDIT: And the 285 specifically is only DX10.0 compliant.

Edited by Bombast, 16 October 2016 - 10:25 AM.

[Deathlike]

Bombast, on 16 October 2016 - 10:24 AM, said:

The 200 series is DX10.1 compliant, not DX11.

That's probably the problem.

EDIT: And the 285 specifically is only DX10.0 compliant.

I don't think that prevents the use of DX11 (it's not like MWO is designed to make the most out of it).

Although, it makes more sense to have the hardware in the first place.

[Bombast]

Deathlike, on 16 October 2016 - 10:47 AM, said:

I don't think that prevents the use of DX11 (it's not like MWO is designed to make the most out of it).

Although, it makes more sense to have the hardware in the first place.

It prevents it.

DX revisions (That include new version numbers) require hardware designed for it. Whether that's an actual technical restriction, or a Microsoft/Video Card manufacturer conspiracy, is debatable (Much like how the moon landings are 'debatable), but it is how it works.

The system is telling him his operating system has DX11 (Which is up to date), not his hardware. A weird distinction that's confused many, but it is what it is.

[Tier5 Kerensky]

Bombast, on 16 October 2016 - 10:24 AM, said:

The 200 series is DX10.1 compliant, not DX11.

That's probably the problem.

EDIT: And the 285 specifically is only DX10.0 compliant.

Yes, this is correct reason. The card is too old.

Anyone not believing, google "gtx 285 direct x". Plenty of stories from different games, all saying the same thing. When the card is not capable, such version can't be used.

Edited by Teer5, 16 October 2016 - 12:12 PM.

[Brody]

Bombast, on 16 October 2016 - 10:24 AM, said:

The 200 series is DX10.1 compliant, not DX11.

That's probably the problem.

EDIT: And the 285 specifically is only DX10.0 compliant.

Teer5, on 16 October 2016 - 12:12 PM, said:

Yes, this is correct reason. The card is too old.

Anyone not believing, google "gtx 285 direct x". Plenty of stories from different games, all saying the same thing. When the card is not capable, such version can't be used.

Deathlike, on 16 October 2016 - 10:01 AM, said:

The only other thing is DX9c (although the app wouldn't run w/o it in the first place I think)... it's not automatically installed.

fixt.

Thank you all so much.

a lack of dx9c was the issue.