CRASHING 0x00000001- UNABLE-TO-INIT-DXGI

[Pitras]

Hi guys. I need help. My game keeps crashing and reports this error 0x00000001- UNABLE-TO-INIT-DXGI. I'm desperate, I don't know how to solve this problem at all... I will be happy for any advice. THANK YOU!

[R[e]venge®-uk*]

Update Graphics drivers, if this is a laptop ensure the correct (Gaming) GPU is selected.
Delete the dayz folder under documents and verify game files....

if you need more help we will need your full specs!

Good luck!

[Pitras]

Originally posted by Revenge®-uk*:

Update Graphics drivers, if this is a laptop ensure the correct (Gaming) GPU is selected.
Delete the dayz folder under documents and verify game files....

if you need more help we will need your full specs!

Good luck!

It didn't help. I've tried almost everything.

Specs:
AMD Ryzen 5 5600x
ASUS ROG GTX 1080Ti
Crucial Ballistix DDR4 16GB
MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK
SSD Samsung 970 EVO, 1TB
Seasonic Focus GX 650 GOLD

[R[e]venge®-uk*]

The error is a DirectX Graphical interface fall over... how long does it take to crash?

One other thing to try is the Experimental version, does this crash?

[Pitras]

Originally posted by Revenge®-uk*:

The error is a DirectX Graphical interface fall over... how long does it take to crash?

One other thing to try is the Experimental version, does this crash?

The game crashes randomly. Sometimes I can play for 30 minutes, sometimes I join and crash immediately.

I don't have the Exp version installed. I can test it.

[R[e]venge®-uk*]

Test it, also ensure your GPU is not overheating (make sure it is clean) and check temps! Also try using DDU to rip of drivers and re install them:
https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html

Good Luck!

[Pitras]

Originally posted by Revenge®-uk*:

Test it, also ensure your GPU is not overheating (make sure it is clean) and check temps! Also try using DDU to rip of drivers and re install them:
https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html

Good Luck!

I tried Dayz Experimental and it crashes too. Exactly the same error.

[R[e]venge®-uk*]

Then I would suggest doing the DDU removal of GPU Drivers and install latest Drivers from nvidia!! Finally check those temps!! either the GPU/PSU is failing or drivers/Windows corrupt!

Good Luck!

[Murphy Law]

Originally posted by Pitras:

Hi guys. I need help. My game keeps crashing and reports this error 0x00000001- UNABLE-TO-INIT-DXGI. I'm desperate, I don't know how to solve this problem at all... I will be happy for any advice. THANK YOU!

I am having this issue now. It started a few weeks ago.
one day I was playing dayZ, left, came back, never worked again. I get this same error code.
Temps are great.
Driver up to date.
New system, Win 11 13700k, 64GB DDR5, 3070Ti. As far as I know all of the MoBo drivers are up to date, and all of the controllers for the entire motherboard and anything that says, "intel" on it on the list.
I had a 13900k running DayZ for weeks until it stopped working. I have done all of the Fixes I can find on the web, even reverted to a Restore Point back to Jan 10th which bricked my MoBo and M.2 SSD, and possibly killed one of my sticks of RAM.
It doesn't matter if I'm on this machine, or my laptop (which worked until recently.
this is also considering full reinstallations of the the OS, even on Win 10.
I went back to an older machine I KNEW it worked on previously, I booted it up after switching the parts in the case, and DayZ booted up. But then the machine started crashing, then sometimes only DayZ would crash. No idea why since the machine rebooted and I never got an error code. When only DayZ crashed it was CTD like I wasn't even playing DayZ. No error codes were produced.
This is bad.
Help?

[LactoseCeliac]

I am also getting this error, I get it only when I alt tab Fullscreen or Windowed. It makes sense for my issue cause I am switching constantly haha between the windows and expecting it to handle it without error. Which is does most of the time, but sometimes BOOP.

So question is, are YOU thinking enough about what you are doing during these moments and seeing if there is a common denominator. Food for thought, like meatballs in the ear.

[Murphy Law]

Originally posted by kneehighduck:

I am also getting this error, I get it only when I alt tab Fullscreen or Windowed. It makes sense for my issue cause I am switching constantly haha between the windows and expecting it to handle it without error. Which is does most of the time, but sometimes BOOP.

So question is, are YOU thinking enough about what you are doing during these moments and seeing if there is a common denominator. Food for thought, like meatballs in the ear.

So, an update came out for Windows 11, and DayZ suddenly worked again.
then, I had to replace an SSD that died, in the above post, and doing the reinstall of Windows on the new drive and of DayZ and all it's mods, DayZ no longer works. Again.
This is tiring. I have no idea what to do. Between the DayZ update(s) and Windows 11 updates, and Nvidia updates, it's amazing that DayZ works at all for anyone. lol.
SO, I'm sitting here, waiting for Windows to update again and fix whatever they F'd up. or Bohemia puts out a small patch that forces the DX to fire and we're all happy again?

[VSync hater]

getting the same issue, first time that it happen to me, but its arma 3, i think is because old graphic cards maybe i have a microchip burned or something like that

[Diamond69]

im only getting this error on Dayz offline mode with mods installed. help im annoyed

[MESSA]

I get this issue every time i try to play dayz. It is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ obnoxious.

[sleepless]

I have this issue also, the fix for me was this here: https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Nvidia_Profile_Inspector

I followed the steps for "Layer Vulkan/OpenGL on DXGI swapchain"

You'll need "Nvidia Profile Inspector"

NOT

"Nvidia Inspector"

[CoercionX]

Anyone still having this issue booting up this old POS game, if you can open it in Experimental, here's the resolution:
https://feedback.bistudio.com/T181896

I had this same issue back in 2020, last time I logged in. It was on an older pc, but I remembered doing the exact same thing to fix it back then. Doubt they will ever even attempt to fix it.

In case the thread is taken down, here's the listed instructions:

delete DayZ folder in your Documents folder
download DayZ Experimental and install it.
Run DayZ Experimental
create one character
join any Official Server
after joining a server, exit the game.
go to your document folder again.
open DayZ Exp folder
you should see DayZ Exp.cfg
Rename The DayZ Exp.cfg to DayZ.cfg
go back to Your Documents folder and rename DayZ Exp folder in to DayZ
Start DayZ, after that delete DayZ Experimental installation.