3.0 shader model? My Farming simulator 17 wont load Please help

[LegendaryFarmer]

i was playing the game just fine then i went and closed the game for abit but when i got back and tried playing it said could not init 3d system shader model is required and this is confusing me since a just played it and i check if anything needed a driver update and nothing does i have directx 11 pls respond i preordered this game and i really want to play it all i got was an hour to play before i closed it

[tacoty55]

Having the same problem. Worked fine yesterday and today I get the Shader Model 3.0 is required. Drivers are all up to date?

[LegendaryFarmer]

Originally posted by tacoty55:

Having the same problem. Worked fine yesterday and today I get the Shader Model 3.0 is required. Drivers are all up to date?

weird hopefully this isnt permantent im going to unistall and install again and hope that fixes it Hope you can find a way to fix it good luck oh tell me if you do so i can

[patriot96b]

I'm having the exact same issue. Game worked fine the first time I played after install. Come back the next day and I get this error. My graphics drivers are completely up to date. I even redownloaded a new copy of them and it still doesn't work after install. What gives?

[cody.lancaster2]

Same here, i have an older system (use my mac book pro mostly and not my desktop anymore but to play some random games). It worked fine yesterday on the desktop with no problems!

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System Information
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Time of this report: 10/31/2016, 21:35:01
Machine name: DESKTOP-79R1U8G
Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (10.0, Build 10586) (10586.th2_release.161004-1602)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: BIOS Date: 03/16/09 16:29:19 Ver: 15.08
Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 940 Processor (4 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 8192MB RAM
Page File: 2209MB used, 7261MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: 11.1
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
Miracast: Not Available
Microsoft Graphics Hybrid: Not Supported
DxDiag Version: 10.00.10586.0000 64bit Unicode


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DxDiag Notes
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Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
Sound Tab 3: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.


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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce 9800 GT
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Type: Full Device
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0614&SUBSYS_17211462&REV_A2
Display Memory: 4064 MB
Dedicated Memory: 480 MB
Shared Memory: 3583 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Acer X233H
Monitor Model: X233H
Monitor Id: ACR009A
Native Mode: 1920 x 1080(p) (60.000Hz)
Output Type: DVI
Driver Name: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
Driver File Version: 21.21.0013.4200 (English)
Driver Version: 21.21.13.4200
DDI Version: 11.1
Feature Levels: 10.0,9.3,9.2,9.1
Driver Model: WDDM 1.2
Graphics Preemption: DMA
Compute Preemption: DMA
Miracast: Not Supported by Graphics driver
Hybrid Graphics GPU: Not Applicable
Power P-states: Not Applicable
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 10/18/2016 12:00:00 AM, 17559200 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp:
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-4554-11CF-BA67-2C3718C2D835}
Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x0614
SubSys ID: 0x17211462
Revision ID: 0x00A2
Driver Strong Name: oem12.inf:0f066de3ebd8d704:Section016:21.21.13.4200:pci\ven_10de&dev_0614
Rank Of Driver: 00DA2001
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C ModeVC1_C ModeWMV9_C
DXVA2 Modes: DXVA2_ModeMPEG2_IDCT DXVA2_ModeVC1_IDCT DXVA2_ModeWMV9_IDCT DXVA2_ModeH264_VLD_NoFGT

D3D9 Overlay: Supported
DXVA-HD: Supported
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled
MPO Caps: Not Supported
MPO Stretch: Not Supported
MPO Media Hints: Not Supported
MPO Formats: Not Supported

[Chesty La'Rou]

Well for #1...how do you have windows 10 64-bit, but it says you only have directx 11.1 installed? It definately should say directx 12

[Sapper]

Originally posted by Chesty La'Rou:

Well for #1...how do you have windows 10 64-bit, but it says you only have directx 11.1 installed? It definately should say directx 12

I agree, How do you have windows 10 on a macbook

[Chesty La'Rou]

And if you guys are both running a Mac, I would say it's a problem with Bootcamp...

AFAIK, with Apple Bootcamp you need "special" Bootcamp compatible drivers, if you just downloaded regular windows 10 drivers it probably won't work. Most people say gaming with DX11 and Bootcamp on Mac's is hit or miss...

[cody.lancaster2]

Just fixed it.. (Not using a mac fyi to play, just havent put any money into my 8 year old desktop)

I went into the windows /my documents/My Games/FarmingSimulator2017 and opened the Game.xml file in notepad. I edited the <renderer>D3D_11</renderer> entry to contain D3D_10 and it worked.

[Chesty La'Rou]

Originally posted by cody.lancaster2:

Just fixed it.. (Not using a mac fyi to play, just havent put any money into my 8 year old desktop)

I went into the windows /my documents/My Games/FarmingSimulator2017 and opened the Game.xml file in notepad. I edited the <renderer>D3D_11</renderer> entry to contain D3D_10 and it worked.

Nice :P

[margalus]

Originally posted by Chesty La'Rou:

And if you guys are both running a Mac, I would say it's a problem with Bootcamp...

AFAIK, with Apple Bootcamp you need "special" Bootcamp compatible drivers, if you just downloaded regular windows 10 drivers it probably won't work. Most people say gaming with DX11 and Bootcamp on Mac's is hit or miss...

This is a very common problem regardless of os with people using very old gpu's.

[Marmaduke]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xTcqrWwYRI see this video

[Joshua baker the lumberjack]

do you need a 64 bit PC to run it

[margalus]

Originally posted by Joshua baker the lumberjack:

do you need a 64 bit PC to run it

No and yes. You need a 64 bit PC since any 32 bit cpu's would be far too old and slow to play this game.

But you do not need 64 bit Windows, it does support 32 bit Windows.

[Alchanick]

+ not sure if your old video card can handle it

[aaaaaaaaa13]

omg chaning to D3D_10 works. So sad such manual things needs to be done.