Windows 10 and DX12

I can't play FFXI now since i upgraded to windows 10, when i load my game it crashes saying i need DX 8.1 (-1) or something. Is there any way around this and one of the times i tried to load the game it completely crashed my pc and task manager wouldnt even work.

DirectPlay might be disabled. No idea if the steps are the same in Windows 10, but in 8.1, you needed to go to Control Panel -> Programs & Features -> Turn Windows features on or off. After that, look under "Legacy Components", and DirectPlay should be there. Make sure it's on.

Currently the testing team is in the midst of verifying this while they improve the environment; however, they cannot determine for sure that FFXI will operate properly. At the moment our official answer is that we do not recommend using Windows 10 for FFXI.

Your type of hardware compatibility with Windows 10 could be playing a big role in this, rather than FFXI.

For me, I just upgraded to Windows 10 from 8.1 (for free). At first try, launching FFXI, POL crashed right away. All I then had to do was check for updates for my Graphics card, it downloaded and installed an updated Driver for Windows 10. After that, POL/FFXI runs perfectly. Took me 5 minutes.

I updated day 1 and had no problems playing XI, never crashed or failed. Its some setting in your computer not SE.

It's good to hear XI runs well on W10.

But then again in my case I'm waiting a while before upgrading to 10 anyway (currently using 7) At least until DX12 games start rolling out there's little incentive for me to switch to 10 right away.

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Originally Posted by Pooty

DirectPlay might be disabled. No idea if the steps are the same in Windows 10, but in 8.1, you needed to go to Control Panel -> Programs & Features -> Turn Windows features on or off. After that, look under "Legacy Components", and DirectPlay should be there. Make sure it's on.

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Anyone with the issue should try this! I had the same error: DX8.1 (-1) on installing it on Windows 8.1, you just go turn on DirectPlay, Same for when upgrading to Windows 10. Nothing else to do. This same answer is also in the top google searches.

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Originally Posted by Pooty

DirectPlay might be disabled. No idea if the steps are the same in Windows 10, but in 8.1, you needed to go to Control Panel -> Programs & Features -> Turn Windows features on or off. After that, look under "Legacy Components", and DirectPlay should be there. Make sure it's on.

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it was all fixed by doing this

There may be a compatibility issue for some. Updating from Windows 7 to 10 I was unable to play FFXI. After clicking on <PLAY> I got a pop-up about installing DirectPlay that was immediately not responding and trying to close this resulted in programs including Task Manager becoming non responsive. I had to reset the PC.

Attempting to manually install DirectPlay through the Control Panel resulted in the following:

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Windows couldn't complete the requested changes.
The function attempted to use a name that is reserved for use by another transaction
Error code: 0x80071A90

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Because this is not happening to all then I can assume that it is hardware or driver related. I have a Nvidia GTX 750 Ti with the latest 353.62 drivers.

I have gone back to Windows 7 until this is sorted.

I would also like to add I've had no issues running FFXI at all under windows 10, and I've been using it as my primary OS since the first insider build released late last year, and through 2 pc's, as i upgraded my system in march.

This sounds like a different issue then FFXI.

Make sure directplay is enabled in legacy components as others said. And one more step you could do is this:

Goto your FFXI folder > _commonRedist > DirectX > jun2010 > run DXsetup.exe
This might also help, it should install a lot of dx files, as 10 doesn't launch with those installed, and may have removed any you had installed from your last OS.

I upgraded to Win10.

pol.exe crashed the first time I launched it but worked just fine the second time. No clue why. I've noticed that since upgrading, ffxi is taking about half the cpu usage it used to, running at the same settings. I'm not sure why, but it's awesome and I'm not complaining.

A few weeks prior to upgrading to Win10, doing a usual Windows update (patch Tuesdays!) made FFXI subsequently "stutter" for a few frames every once in a while. I eventually noticed that the Windows Defender Antimalware Service Executable was spiking cpu use exactly when my stutters were happening.

Control Panel > Windows Defender > Settings > and adding a process exclusion for pol.exe fixed it.

Upgrading to Win10 kept the exclusion in place and things have been smooth sailing.

Good luck, folks!

Just to settle this, its nvidia specific. The nvidia update downloads automatically some time after the initial windows 10 install, then you restart and it works. It's pretty fast if your connection is good.

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Originally Posted by Cowardlybabooon

Just to settle this, its nvidia specific. The nvidia update downloads automatically some time after the initial windows 10 install, then you restart and it works. It's pretty fast if your connection is good.

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I doubt it's Nvidia specific.
Probably AMD too, as any GPU will need new drivers for 10, esp if you came from 7, 8.1's might work ok. But you'd still need the new ones that launched about a week before 10 for better compatibility.

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Originally Posted by Bluestar2kx

I doubt it's Nvidia specific.
Probably AMD too, as any GPU will need new drivers for 10, esp if you came from 7, 8.1's might work ok. But you'd still need the new ones that launched about a week before 10 for better compatibility.

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it is Nvidia specific, i just upgraded to windows 10 and had the Nvidia problem which was fixed thanks to the update to the driver. but to better explain it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53yVbnG3GzE

pretty much explains it.

I have an AMD graphics card and FFXI would crash until I got windows 10 drivers installed.

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Originally Posted by Necrological

it is Nvidia specific, i just upgraded to windows 10 and had the Nvidia problem which was fixed thanks to the update to the driver. but to better explain it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53yVbnG3GzE

pretty much explains it.

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I never encountered that issue.
I wonder if it only affected certain video cards or environments.

But no matter, the problem is fixed^^ and everyone needs new video drivers when they upgrade from any previous OS anyway. And some have said you need to make sure your audio is updated too or it will cause crashes.

had that all taken care of once i upgraded to windows 10.

Did an upgrade then a Refresh / Clean Install, Win 10 actually prompted me for DirectPlay when the initial legal Screen popped up, updated drivers, FFXI runs fine (I run it Windowed mode)

FFXI worked fine for me on windows 10. Just need to make sure drivers are current and legacy components enabled like has been stated by others.

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Originally Posted by Bluestar2kx

I would also like to add I've had no issues running FFXI at all under windows 10, and I've been using it as my primary OS since the first insider build released late last year, and through 2 pc's, as i upgraded my system in march.

Goto your FFXI folder > _commonRedist > DirectX > jun2010 > run DXsetup.exe
This might also help, it should install a lot of dx files, as 10 doesn't launch with those installed, and may have removed any you had installed from your last OS.

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I couldn't find the _commonRedist frome the FFXI folder but I downloaded directx user end runtimes or something online. After it finished downloaded it asked me which folder to save them to though (it was set to os:users/neil/appdata/local/temp). Is that where I should be placing them? I have had so many problems with this game on this so called super duper gaming laptop (which is a £2000 one). should have just gotten a "crap" one for £300