Failed to create useful Direct3D device

[Mercenary]

Name says it all. I can't get the game to run and I know it meets the systeem requirements. Every time I click to launch the game that message "Failed to create useful Direct3D device" comes up. Any way around this?

[Kaldarasha]

Make sure you have the latest driver for your graphic card installed. It is ever a good idea to post some specs of the system on which you want to try to play the game.

[Mercenary]

Well that could be a problem. I am using XP and whenever I download new drivers for my graphics card it says they are unsigned by Microsoft and don't work. I keep getting This device cannot start. (Code 10) on my drivers screen. It doesn't seem top recognize my graphics card which is strange. Its an NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT and amusing it on XP. Any ideas where I can get drivers that actually work?

[Kaldarasha]

What is your driver version?
No idea if this works: http://download.cnet.com/nVidia-Graphics-Driver-Windows-XP-Media-Center-Edition/3000-2108_4-10044975.html

If nothing else work try this out: http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=14047.0
It will install a better openGl driver for game.

[Alter]

Go to Nvidia settings>3d settings and change in global settings preferable grafic CPU to Integrated graphics equipment and if the game won't work change to high-perfomance nvidia CPU. One of this changes may help. Changing to integrated graphics equipment helped me. I hope it will help you.(Sorry for bad english)

[PsychLantern]

I'm having the same problem! But I use Windows 10

[SunderMun]

Getting this now, I've got the latest DirectX driver and also have the latest driver for my GPU. Literally no reason it should happen.

[Breathing_Karma]

I am having this on all of my Final Fantasy games...I have all updated drivers and DirectX...I even did a fresh install of everything still happening...any on have news on this?

[SunderMun]

I managed to get it working by installing the optional driver for my GPU and it's worked ever since.

[creepea]

realy want to play the game but i wont. reinstalled all my drivers but nothing. and steam are as usefull as a chocolate teapot with their help.......realy need help with this but no one to help from steam so be careful if u download it

[Bitches O'Hoolihan]

so i just went into the setting and turned off full screen and the game loaded up fine. I am not sure why that is but that seemed to work for me

[Hexxin]

I went into options in the launcher and took it off fullscreen and worked for me.

[Jacko]

Same as Hexxin just un-ticked fullscreen and it worked fine

[fanfantasy7]

Solved by setting compatibility to Proton 7.0-6