Direct x Crash when starting other games

[Renen]

If I ever have FF14 playing, and I start another game (Civilization 4 for example), it seems to crash FF14, giving me an error about Directx.
Only game this never happens with is SC2.
Does anyone know a fix to this, is i ever want to keep FF14 logged on, and still play another game for 10 minutes?

[Impulse]

Don't use fullscreen mode on the other games.

[KiriA500]

First world problems...

PLAYING ANOTHER GAME WHILE I PLAY A GAME MAKES MY GAME STOP WORKING! D;

That being said, hopefully the 2.0 client is better optimized so there aren't any DirectX errors.

[Hiruke]

If I ever have FF14 playing, and I start another game (Civilization 4 for example), it seems to crash FF14, giving me an error about Directx.
Only game this never happens with is SC2.
Does anyone know a fix to this, is i ever want to keep FF14 logged on, and still play another game for 10 minutes?

Use dual video cards, or use a video card that can act like a dual video card.

[Dhalmel]

Don't use fullscreen mode on the other games.

This is your solution. I run TF2 CS:GO or touhou while running FF14 with no problem when they're all in window mode

[Valmonte]

run the game in DirectX 9 mode, its just not a FF14 thing Windows is very temperamental when it comes to trying to juggle two Graphic API's.

[Renen]

You mean run FF14 in Dx9? How?
Looked in config, but didn't see anything

[Valmonte]

You mean run FF14 in Dx9? How?
Looked in config, but didn't see anything

FFXIV is a native DX9 program, you'll want to run your other games in DX9 mode

[TaalAzura]

Why are all you people not playing FFXIV when it's running?

[Valmonte]

Why are all you people not playing FFXIV when it's running?

if i had to guess its so there not twiddling there thumbs or watching porn while they wait for a shout out in uldah.