FS 22 on Windows 8.1 (or lower?)

[ジョニー]

Hi there Farmers,

First of all...
BIG THANKS to Giants to release a Win10 only game which causes some players to refund the game (what I was about to do) for no compatibility with win7/8/8.1 and/or earlier DirectX-versions...

But I've used my nonexistent hacking skills - muhahaha
Aaaaand I made it work!
Take a slap, left and right for this!


My rig (pls no comments about that, just for information i bought the basic components in 2k14... so that's what it is a little bit old...who cares it works and I'm happy with it until today)

• Win 8.1 Pro
  
• CPU i7-4770k
  
• GPU Geforce GTX 1080
  
• RAM 24GB DDR3 1600MHz (was 32, one bar died)
  
• MB: GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK
  
• Game Files Location > SSD(just for faster loading)
  
• and some other boring stuff, SSD's HDD's...

To solve the Problem:

• 1a) Make sure your GPU supports DirectX 12
  
• 1b) Update your GPU driver

• 2a) Download my "d3d12.dll"-file here >>Link[www.dropbox.com]<< (don't worry I'm using the same file, it's just a public Dropbox-link, I'm not one of these scammer a$$holes which destroys your PC with a virus...)
  
• 2b) Open your Explorer (Win+E), go to Downloads and copy/cut this downloaded .dll-file
  
• 2c) Navigate to C > Windows > System32
  
• 2d) Paste the "d3d12.dll"-file into this (System32) folder > accept admin confirmations - blah blah... thanks to Microsoft's "Admin rights"... btw. f.u. Bill!

This is for Steam users only:

• 3a) Right-click your FS22 in Steam > Properties > Local Files > click Search...
  
• 3b) Your FS22 file location should pop up
  
• 3c) Look for a .xml-file named "game" > open it, eg. with Notepad
  
• 3d) Search for the line wich includes "<renderer>D3D_12</renderer>"
  
• 3e) Later after the next steps don't forget to save...

Please note! Depending on your GPU, i can't guarantee if it works if you have a GPU below DX12...
For me following changes worked.

• 4a) Please notice (point 3d again) change "D3D_12" to your DirectX-Version (to check your version press win+R type in dxdiag, hit enter and a new window should pop up and you'll see your version and some other informations about your hardware)
  
• 4b) Because of my GTX 1080 (DirectX 12 support) I renamed "D3D_12" to "D3D_12.0"
  
• 4c) I've tried some other versions like "D3D_9" "D3D_10" "D3D_11.1" "D3D_11.2" "D3D_11.3" - the game will run smoothly (for me)
  
• 4d) Very important with "D3D_12" the game will always aks for a newer GPU driver and with "D3D_11" the Giants Engine will crash (for me)
  
• 4e Don't forget to save otherwise there'll be no changes..

If you have some improvements for this guide, please let me know


I really hope i could help you!
Happy Farming in FS22 :3


ps: @Giants just include this "d3d12.dll" file in your Game-Setup and let the players choose which renderer they have / want to use!

[trefilovTV]

и fs22 не стоит своих денег так как сырая версия

[KountryBoi]

Dude said hack like he made some major breakthrough when in reality most people have been doing this for months now.Changing D3D may work but the graphics look like ♥♥♥♥ and game play is so unstable its rediculous but good luck with that 'hack"

[matthewlofland]

with my windows 10 pro machine i have to go into security settings and turn them all off first then start the game and i runs fine. also running a gtx 1060 3gb card so it should work with that one to redaniels

[lepaul26]

Първоначално публикувано от ジョニー:

Hi there Farmers,

First of all...
BIG THANKS to Giants to release a Win10 only game which causes some players to refund the game (what I was about to do) for no compatibility with win7/8/8.1 and/or earlier DirectX-versions...

But I've used my nonexistent hacking skills - muhahaha
Aaaaand I made it work!
Take a slap, left and right for this!


My rig (pls no comments about that, just for information i bought the basic components in 2k14... so that's what it is a little bit old...who cares it works and I'm happy with it until today)

• Win 8.1 Pro
  
• CPU i7-4770k
  
• GPU Geforce GTX 1080
  
• RAM 24GB DDR3 1600MHz (was 32, one bar died)
  
• MB: GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK
  
• Game Files Location > SSD(just for faster loading)
  
• and some other boring stuff, SSD's HDD's...

To solve the Problem:

• 1a) Make sure your GPU supports DirectX 12
  
• 1b) Update your GPU driver

• 2a) Download my "d3d12.dll"-file here >>Link[www.dropbox.com]<< (don't worry I'm using the same file, it's just a public Dropbox-link, I'm not one of these scammer a$$holes which destroys your PC with a virus...)
  
• 2b) Open your Explorer (Win+E), go to Downloads and copy/cut this downloaded .dll-file
  
• 2c) Navigate to C > Windows > System32
  
• 2d) Paste the "d3d12.dll"-file into this (System32) folder > accept admin confirmations - blah blah... thanks to Microsoft's "Admin rights"... btw. f.u. Bill!

This is for Steam users only:

• 3a) Right-click your FS22 in Steam > Properties > Local Files > click Search...
  
• 3b) Your FS22 file location should pop up
  
• 3c) Look for a .xml-file named "game" > open it, eg. with Notepad
  
• 3d) Search for the line wich includes "<renderer>D3D_12</renderer>"
  
• 3e) Later after the next steps don't forget to save...

Please note! Depending on your GPU, i can't guarantee if it works if you have a GPU below DX12...
For me following changes worked.

• 4a) Please notice (point 3d again) change "D3D_12" to your DirectX-Version (to check your version press win+R type in dxdiag, hit enter and a new window should pop up and you'll see your version and some other informations about your hardware)
  
• 4b) Because of my GTX 1080 (DirectX 12 support) I renamed "D3D_12" to "D3D_12.0"
  
• 4c) I've tried some other versions like "D3D_9" "D3D_10" "D3D_11.1" "D3D_11.2" "D3D_11.3" - the game will run smoothly (for me)
  
• 4d) Very important with "D3D_12" the game will always aks for a newer GPU driver and with "D3D_11" the Giants Engine will crash (for me)
  
• 4e Don't forget to save otherwise there'll be no changes..

If you have some improvements for this guide, please let me know


I really hope i could help you!
Happy Farming in FS22 :3


ps: @Giants just include this "d3d12.dll" file in your Game-Setup and let the players choose which renderer they have / want to use!

Hey man,

Thank you very much, this worked for me
And I agree, if this works like this, why not make it easier for Win 8.1 users ...
My PC still works great, Win 8.1 is much better and smaller than Win 10 (which sucked because of the auto updates you had no controll over in the beginning)

A little help for those who don't get it:
I have the "normal" game, from the Giants site and also the free Epic version
For both: just copy the .dll file in the download above and moce it to the system32 folder like described above
Than edit the game.xml file in the (for me) games/FarmSim22 folder
I replaced it with <renderer>D3D_11.1</renderer> and that works for my GeForce GTX 770

THANKS AGAIN !!!

[lepaul26]

Първоначално публикувано от KountryBoi:

Dude said hack like he made some major breakthrough when in reality most people have been doing this for months now.Changing D3D may work but the graphics look like ♥♥♥♥ and game play is so unstable its rediculous but good luck with that 'hack"

Well, perhaps for you ... with me it does the trick and I only have a GTX 770 on my PC from 2013, which still works very good
On my newer PC I have Win 11 and with the free edition on Epic games and the payed from Giants we can do a great multi player at home, no problems at all and good grafics

[Steven]

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