If You're Having DirectX 11 Crash Issues, REPLY TO THIS!

[Trug]

The issue seems to have gotten even worse over the past week or so for me. Nothing has changed on my PC, but I've gone from maybe 1 DX11 crash per day to at least 2-3. As before, no other games that use DX11 are giving me this problem, just FFXIV.

[Whuysminame2020]

Dx 11 error fixed by: Downloading Visual C++ Redistributable
(Note: At My Fix which is at the bottom of the post, I recommend trying that before reading my rambles. Who knows, the issue might be as easy as you've thought!)

I'll begin with my incredible journey (A.k.a: Warrior of 1100002). So, I had this error since running Final Fantasy XIV with Windows 10 and had to deal with 1100002 (Savage) IN PF:

1. "Basic" formatting for Windows 10 (Under Settings>Update & Security>Recovery>Reset this PC).

2. Updating Drivers "WITH" (Search Automatically for Drivers). I did that, which most people knows, by: (⊞ +X>Device Manager>Right click all drivers>Update Drivers).

3. I tried MANUALLY update drivers, I followed this guide: https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-update-drivers-in-windows-2619214

4. Typing "cmd" in search bar, run as adminstrator. In the command prompt window, typed: "sfc /scannow" (Note: without quotation marks.)

5. Typing "cmd" in search bar, run as adminstrator. In the command prompt window, typed: "DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth" (Note: without quotation marks.)

6. Typing "dxdiag" in search bar, run as adminstrator. (Note: For searching any corrupted "CORE" .dll files, which I'm sure is NOT the problem for most people.)

7. After resetting, I tried to change the compatibility mode of "ALL" Square Enix Application Folders (ffxiv, ffxiv_dx11, ffxivboot, ffxivconfig, ffxiv launcher, ffxivupdater) to Windows 8.

8. Also, I went to (My Documents>FINAL FANTASY XIV>A Realm Reborn>FFXIV) and changing "Screen Mode" to value of 2. (Note: It changes the startup screen mode as "Borderless Windows". Which I have found that fatal dx errors crash less often in that screen mode.)

9. Tried underclocking with MSI Afterburner, which caused the game to be Microsoft PowerPoint..

And then, guess what? It crashed again! Woohoo!

I finally decided to do a full wipe for my PC. (Note: Please be extremely careful when attempting the steps below as u cannot retrieve any files in any "conventional" way. If done incorrectly, worse case scenario is you can't use your PC and sending to an expert. )

1. I installed a program that wipes ALMOST every piece of software in my PC (DBAN). By following this guide: https://home.bt.com/tech-gadgets/computing/windows-10/how-to-wipe-your-pc-with-windows-10-11364002707321

2. Reinstalled Windows 10 with a OS boot drive. Did the nessesary updates etc. By following this youtube video guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYYoCXh2gtw

My Fix

3. Installed Visual C++ Redistributable. (Note: Yes, I know. This fix has been mentioned for so long. But I was confused about which version to download or its legitimacy.)

Link: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads

[Lucas_Angelini]

Dx 11 error fixed by: Downloading Visual C++ Redistributable
(Note: At My Fix which is at the bottom of the post, I recommend trying that before reading my rambles. Who knows, the issue might be as easy as you've thought!)

I'll begin with my incredible journey (A.k.a: Warrior of 1100002). So, I had this error since running Final Fantasy XIV with Windows 10 and had to deal with 1100002 (Savage) IN PF:

1. "Basic" formatting for Windows 10 (Under Settings>Update & Security>Recovery>Reset this PC).

2. Updating Drivers "WITH" (Search Automatically for Drivers). I did that, which most people knows, by: (⊞ +X>Device Manager>Right click all drivers>Update Drivers).

3. I tried MANUALLY update drivers, I followed this guide: https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-update-drivers-in-windows-2619214

4. Typing "cmd" in search bar, run as adminstrator. In the command prompt window, typed: "sfc /scannow" (Note: without quotation marks.)

5. Typing "cmd" in search bar, run as adminstrator. In the command prompt window, typed: "DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth" (Note: without quotation marks.)

6. Typing "dxdiag" in search bar, run as adminstrator. (Note: For searching any corrupted "CORE" .dll files, which I'm sure is NOT the problem for most people.)

7. After resetting, I tried to change the compatibility mode of "ALL" Square Enix Application Folders (ffxiv, ffxiv_dx11, ffxivboot, ffxivconfig, ffxiv launcher, ffxivupdater) to Windows 8.

8. Also, I went to (My Documents>FINAL FANTASY XIV>A Realm Reborn>FFXIV) and changing "Screen Mode" to value of 2. (Note: It changes the startup screen mode as "Borderless Windows". Which I have found that fatal dx errors crash less often in that screen mode.)

9. Tried underclocking with MSI Afterburner, which caused the game to be Microsoft PowerPoint..

And then, guess what? It crashed again! Woohoo!

I finally decided to do a full wipe for my PC. (Note: Please be extremely careful when attempting the steps below as u cannot retrieve any files in any "conventional" way. If done incorrectly, worse case scenario is you can't use your PC and sending to an expert. )

1. I installed a program that wipes ALMOST every piece of software in my PC (DBAN). By following this guide: https://home.bt.com/tech-gadgets/computing/windows-10/how-to-wipe-your-pc-with-windows-10-11364002707321

2. Reinstalled Windows 10 with a OS boot drive. Did the nessesary updates etc. By following this youtube video guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYYoCXh2gtw

My Fix

3. Installed Visual C++ Redistributable. (Note: Yes, I know. This fix has been mentioned for so long. But I was confused about which version to download or its legitimacy.)

Link: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads

So I just did a Windows Recovery for my gaming laptop in hoping it'll help with the DirectX Error 11000002 problem along with some others like the scanning, cleanup, and the C++ Redistributable installing. But I never did bother with underclocking since it's a gaming laptop I use, and I don't want to damage the driver (Nvidia GTX 980M) without knowing what to do.