Hello thanks for getting back to me

I did try switching to DirectX 9 but it made no difference. However, after updating my Windows driver and graphics card drivers (which didn't work), I re-installed my game for the third time. Finally got it to work again! Maybe it needed that for the driver updates to make a difference? Don't know an advanced amount about computers, but hopefully that helps you in your future with advice for others as this is a very frustrating problem. Thank you for all of your assistance, happy it got figured out in the end.