The d3d9.dll file causes the launcher to crash?

[Remember The Super Alamo!]

I am having trouble running Fallout 3 on my Win 8 Laptop. It is in compatability mode for Vista, I have also set it to run on one core, however it always reverts back to running on all four cores. When I put the d3d9.dll file in with the Fallout files, the launcher will crash and if I load the game directly it tells me that the file cannot be found, or something of the like.
Computer specs are HP Envy m6 8 gigs of ram Intel I5 quad core 2.5 gHz.
Any insight will be appreciated.

[hzhubble]

Well dont know much about Win 8 but I guess the problem is onboard graphics card maybe. Or cores. Any way you may have to try to tweak the fallout.ini file both in saves directory and fallout 3 dir. I had the same problem but i have wndows 7 32 bit.

[Remember The Super Alamo!]

I went through and made sure that it was only running one core and it was, also still on compatability mode. I put the .dll file back in and the error code I get reads:
The procedure entry point SfmDxGetSwapChainStats could not be located in the dynamic link library C:/Program Files(x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Fallout 3\d3d9.dll.
In all of the tutorials nobody else has had this problem. I'm going to keep working away at this, hopefully I can find whats wrong.

[Sovereign108]

I have the same problem! Fallout 3 does not work in Windows 8, such a shame. Did you manage to find a solution?

[Remember The Super Alamo!]

No, I just gave up. Its strange, though, all of the previous Fallout titles run just fine.

[Sovereign108]

Its sloppy programming, I must say! Even Morrowind works on Windows 8 and that is such an old game compared to Fallout 3

[hzhubble]

well after i've changed my graphics card to GTX 550 Ti fall out 3 stopped working!

[Makiki]

My brother found the solution for me and now I'm able to play it again with Win8.

Try this:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-winapps/ordinal-42-xlivedll/1324c095-c56c-48ce-9bdf-699237c3d471

[TheLostOne(JamilNielsen)]

sooo...people...back to topic...? d3d9 (enb stuff) causes crash? why? and how do we fix it

[DungeonsDeep]

so. I went through all of the different online solutions, with none of them working. I had the same problem with "the procedure...". I figured, if the d3d9.dll file was having an issue: hell, just delete it. I did, and it instantly worked. Just delete the d3d9.dll file, and it should work.

[BenWah]

The only people who should use d3d9.dll are those with intel graphics like HD 4000.

If you have any ATI/Nvidia card don't use it.

If you have a hybrid setup with both Nvidia and Intel graphics you can force the game to use nvidia via your nvidia control panel. Add fallout 3 and force it use the "performance adapter".

[WillPlaysTV]

Originally posted by BenWah:

The only people who should use d3d9.dll are those with intel graphics like HD 4000.

If you have any ATI/Nvidia card don't use it.

If you have a hybrid setup with both Nvidia and Intel graphics you can force the game to use nvidia via your nvidia control panel. Add fallout 3 and force it use the "performance adapter".

YOU'RE A ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ GENIUS M8!

Working like a charm, ppl seems doesnt know about this dll, thanks, playin just right now!

[Carinth]

you likely need the final release of DX9 you can download it and install it from here http://filehippo.com/download_directx/

[Sundered Angel]

SOLVED:

https://rd.nexusmods.com/fallout3/mods/22838

I made a quick little Nexus page, showing people how to fix the problem. I found the problem lies with the RazerInGAmeEngine. Disable it via the Task Manager.