I tried this on an older laptop (Intel HD 3000 which does not support past DirectX 10.1), and it let me log in, though the load screen of 5 minutes caused a time out after that. Select 11_1 from the Feature level limit to the left of the 'Force WARP' check box.Ĭlick Apply, then OK The simple explanation: This will cause software to pretend that the system (video card and respective drivers) supports DirectX 11 in the way that the ZOS developers have coded the requirement (or some sort of function call upon opening the game client - which doesn't make sense, though that's how they did it). Put a check mark in 'Force WARP' at the bottom of the window. Add the eso.exe and eso64.exe executables to the list of executables to affect (click the Edit List button and add both one at a time - probably from C: Program Files (x86) Zenimax Online The Elder Scrolls Online game client) 3. Note that the Windows 8 SDK works for Windows 7 as well.
DXCPL DIRECTX 11 EMULATOR HOW TO INSTALL
Install the dxcpl (DirectX Control Panel) from the (free) or the (also free). In order to get around the crash, a player / user can do the following: 1.
DXCPL DIRECTX 11 EMULATOR HOW TO DRIVERS
Some new systems that have updated video drivers (one on top of the next for a long, long time) instead of doing clean installs have also had this crash on launch happen - as mine did. The crashes upon running eso.exe (32 and 64) stem from a call to DirectX11 that is not being interpreted by the system (video card drivers) properly. Please note that I'm not recommending that anyone do this and play the game with this work around, just that this workaround allows the game to load past the first half second where it would normally crash for many people. I've started a thread here - in addition to so that this information reaches the most people possible.
Go to C:/windows/system32 Run dxcpl.exe In. Supports DirectX 11 in the way that the ZOS developers have coded the.
Install the dxcpl (DirectX Control Panel) from the (free) Windows 8.