Error with clientdx.exe on Win7

E1 Elite · General **Joined**: 28 May 2013

DTA.exe is launching clientdx.exe by default which is giving error on DTA versions of 1.175o through 1.176q (Win7 x64). Last working clientdx.exe is in DTA ver 1.174y. Clientxna.exe and clientogl.exe works fine. Also the same new clientdx.exe from DTA v1.176q works fine on Win10.

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^Rampastein · Rampastring **Joined**: 11 Oct 2008 **Location**: Gensokyo

Most likely a graphics card / driver compatibility issue with the newer version of MonoGame that is used from version 1.175o onwards. I'm planning on making the client detect this crash and redirect to launching clientxna.exe instead.

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E1 Elite · General **Joined**: 28 May 2013

Updated DirectX 11 to its latest version 11.1 (Windows6.1-KB2670838-x64.msu for Win7). Now clientdx.exe from DTA v1.176q works fine.

^Rampastein · Rampastring **Joined**: 11 Oct 2008 **Location**: Gensokyo

DTA.exe will start detecting this DeviceRemoved error with the next update and will forward users suffering from it to using the XNA version of the client instead.

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E1 Elite · General **Joined**: 28 May 2013

Tested with DTA 1.176u for DirectX 11.0 and 11.1 cases.

The Directx 11.0 incompatibility change passes the current try catch test code in DXMainClient\DXGUI\GameClass.cs, doesn't generate exception and never creates .dxfail file, so clientdx.exe launches and gives crash as before.

I have modified that source file to generate exception where it happens for the Directx 11.0 case and switch to XNA. Attaching it.

Switching to xna (DTA.exe change) works when there is a .dxfail file present.

Also, when properly exiting the client, the .dxfail file should be removed, let it check and create that file on every client run if there is DX problem, so that when I update to Directx 11.1, it should be able to launch clientdx.exe instead of clientxna.exe.

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^Rampastein · Rampastring **Joined**: 11 Oct 2008 **Location**: Gensokyo

Ah, so creating a texture works but loading a texture is where it fails? Previously someone on ModDB sent me a log file where it failed in Texture2D.SetData, so I thought that was enough.

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Also, when properly exiting the client, the .dxfail file should be removed, let it check and create that file on every client run if there is DX problem, so that when I update to Directx 11.1, it should be able to launch clientdx.exe instead of clientxna.exe.

I thought of this but I'm worried about increasing the client's startup time if it always goes through DTA.exe -> clientdx.exe -> DTA.exe -> clientxna.exe.

Thanks for testing, btw!

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^Rampastein wrote:

Ah, so creating a texture works but loading a texture is where it fails?

Yes, no crash on Texture2D.SetData but crashes on loading the first texture PNG file (checkBoxClear.png) with DirectX 11.0.