Updated launcher is not recognizing directx on Windows Server 2008 R2

[Kronoman]

Might be happening to Server OS in general. I am having the same issue on Server 2012 R2.

[_colina_]

Same issue on windows server 2012!

I was really hoping to raid coil tonight.

[Taoquitok]

Thanks for confirming Kronoman, could suggest there's a process/service/ indigenous to home versions which isn't available by default to server versions. I'm guessing most if not all of us have gone through the steps to turn the server edition into a workstation?

[Marou]

Yeah, I've still got all the server tools I use during development, but I've got almost everything that I wanted out of the Windows 8 feature set turned on also. Have half a terabyte of games, only one not working right is this one, post update. I don't know of any services that can be queried for DirectX info, and I checked my registry settings reflect the availability of DirectX 9.0c and 11.1 (it's fine), so kind of at a loss.

I'm half tempted to take the .exe apart with a decompiler but I don't have the time today. Regardless, I'd love to be able to play when the work day is over.

So, confirmed not working so far in this thread: Windows Server 2008R2, Window Server 2012, Windows Server 2012R2

Probably fairly safe to assume Windows Server 2008 wouldn't work either.

[Taoquitok]

Same.. and i've no way of telling my static I can't log in :S

Also, tried making sure I had a few more directX related files and such not automatically available just incase I hadn't already installed them (pretty certain I had).. no effect (link below for those curious)
http://www.win2008r2workstation.com/...core-services/
Found some other server > workstation guides which suggested some other services and features I hadn't enabled, no effect ether

[Marou]

Submitted a Bug Report here: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ons-of-Windows

Referencing back to this thread.

[Kronoman]

Anyone know if there is a way to confirm if they have seen this post or are even aware of this issue? I even submitted a squenix support ticket but never got confirmation. I still need to redownload the entire game so I am hoping to get this resolved asap.

[Marou]

So, I've been trying to find a workaround. After verifying the registry in Server and Windows 7 show the same DirectX version I went to the assemblies themselves.

The primary DX9 assembly is d3d9.dll which resides in System32 in the Windows installation direction, the helper libraries are d3dx9[something else here].dll

There was only one mismatch.

The version number of DX on the d3d9 file itself on my version of server (Server 2012 Standard) is 6.2.9200.16384, it's dated 07/25/2012.

By comparison the d3d9.dll from Windows 7 Home Premium is 6.1.7601.17514 and is dated 11/20/2010. File size is different by 1 kilobyte.

As an experiment I tried backing up my DX9 assembly and swapping in the assembly from Windows 7. Unfortunately, same error message. So, however they are determining version, it's not through registry or version number stamps on the assembles.

Those are the ways I'd check versions if I was writing the code, does anyone know of other ways they might be version checking? We're probably not regular users for the most part, running server here as our desktop environment. Lets put our heads together.

[Taoquitok]

Well my mate's not having any issues and he's also running 2008R2 Standard edition.. which I setup for him so it should be the same as mine.. no idea why mine isn't working though... getting his sys info details to compare.

[Taoquitok]

FOUND A FIX

Seeing as it worked for my mate i wondered whether I had missed something during the conversion to desktop. went to the usual site and they've released and automated converter
http://www.win2008workstation.com/fo...hp?f=21&t=1924
Downloader:
https://mega.co.nz/#!JEwHkBiY!DONJOC...wvpaz_dS_Tdrj0

Ran this, ticked practically everything except obvious stuff that'd have no effect, now loading (no restart required I found)