DirectX 12 is not supported on your system. Try running without -dx12 or -d3d12 command line argument.

[Vantia]

my directx version on my laptop system is 12 and on propertie there is no command line like -dx12 or -d3d12. can anyone help me with this? i really want to play this game

[Hock100]

Unfortunately the game only works on computers running DirectX 12 Ultimate or above.

You can check if your computer has that by typing "dxdiag" in the Windows search bar and clicking the first result. Once the window opens (it takes a while) click the tab in the top row that says "Display". Once on that screen look in the Drivers section and check where it says "Featured Levels:". If the first number to the left of that is 12_1 or anything lower the game just won't work. The game requires DX12_2 (DirectX 12 Ultimate) to run which isn't mentioned in the error message for some reason.

[Arc]

Originally posted by Hock100:

just won't work. The game requires DX12_2 (DirectX 12 Ultimate) to run which isn't mentioned in the error message for some reason.

That's because the game does not need Feature Level 12_2, neither GTX1060 nor RX580 supports this.

[Hock100]

Originally posted by Arc:

Originally posted by Hock100:

just won't work. The game requires DX12_2 (DirectX 12 Ultimate) to run which isn't mentioned in the error message for some reason.

That's because the game does not need Feature Level 12_2, neither GTX1060 nor RX580 supports this.

Really? Because that’s what the mods in the Discord server kept saying was the reason.
Do you know what the actual problem is then?

[Arc]

Originally posted by Hock100:

Really? Because that’s what the mods in the Discord server kept saying was the reason.
Do you know what the actual problem is then?

There's nothing special about this particular game so the requirements come from these:

Supported Platforms
Nanite is currently supported on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S|X, and PCs with graphics cards meeting these specifications, using the latest drivers with DirectX 12 with Shader Model 6 (SM6):

NVIDIA: Maxwell-generation cards or newer
AMD: GCN-generation cards or newer
All newer versions of Windows 10 (newer than version 1909.1350) and Windows 11 with support for DirectX 12 Agility SDK are supported.
Windows 10 version 1909 — The revision number should exceed or be equal to .1350.
Windows 10 version 2004 and 20H2 — The revision number should exceed or be equal to .789.
DirectX 12 with Shader Model 6.6 atomics, or Vulkan (VK_KHR_shader_atomic_int64)
Apple Silicon M2 or newer.
Linux with a NVIDIA GeForce 2080 or newer.
Latest Graphics Drivers

https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/nanite-virtualized-geometry-in-unreal-engine#supportedplatforms

A bit of a correction because it's GCN 3.0 (Rx 300 series, and only with custom driver) and Maxwell 2.0 (GTX900 on desktop) for the GPU requirements, Maxwell 1.0 is not supported at all, and older GCN isn't supported even with custom driver.


In this particular game, vast majority of users fail on the GPU since they think "comp game" = "runs on potato".
Few had old Windows 10 build and fewer still had old GPU driver, so literal years behind on driver and Windows updates.

In broader spectrum of UE5 games it is the following (ordered by frequency of appearance):
- Windows being too old
- GPU not being supported
- GPU driver being too old

[Spirit_WinD]

I don't know if it works on windows with an old GPUs or not, but on linux i'm playing this game on r9 290X gpu which dx12 feature level is only 12_0 (with launch option VKD3D_FEATURE_LEVEL=12_0 %command% and mb it's possible to run this game on windows with something similar like -dxlevel 120 or some mods to run dx12 games on old GPUs in windows with dx11/12 through vulkan like dxvk or vkd3d)?

[whoizz]

on Windows with R9 290x you can actually use WHQL-AMD-Software-Hybrid-Edition-23.7.2-GCNFlex-Omega-RemiX-DCH with ccc2 23.10 and that is GCN 2.0 and it actually runs sort of decent.

with i7-4770k and that graphics card I can manage to get around 90-120 high frames and lows of 40 frames with the average on most maps around 60 to 75 frames.. in addition, the GPU does not look stressed so IMO the limiting factor in my case is CPU - and I wouldn't be surprised if someone can hit a stable 120 fps with a more recent processor, using a 13-15 years old GPU.