Game doesn't start when booted "X: XD3D_InitPerDx: Can't create D3DX context ! Error: DDERR_INVALIDPARAMS"

[Gravestoner]

Game won't start every time I try to play it, & I get this error message

X: XD3D_InitPerDx: Can't create D3DX context ! Error: DDERR_INVALIDPARAMS

I did subscribe to Union, Community Patch, & DirectX Mods on Steam Workshop, still gives me the same results.

[T-Moor]

Hey!
I've seen that installation of this file helped someone. Try it - https://github.com/dosinabox/g1_steam_fix/releases/download/20.08/Gothic_Steam_Fix_08.2020.exe

Also check more here about your problem - https://forum.worldofplayers.de/forum/archive/index.php/t-92261.html

[Gravestoner]

Originally posted by T-Moor:

Hey!
I've seen that installation of this file helped someone. Try it - https://github.com/dosinabox/g1_steam_fix/releases/download/20.08/Gothic_Steam_Fix_08.2020.exe

Also check more here about your problem - https://forum.worldofplayers.de/forum/archive/index.php/t-92261.html

Installed the SteamFix, still won't work :(

[RealLocutus]

Try this DX11 Renderer - maybe it helps:
https://www.worldofgothic.de/download_591.htm

[artur60691]

Hello everyone!
I have the same problem here.
Tried a modification of Gothic.ini, tried SteamFix, no change(actually there is a change, after SteamFix Gothic 1 has stopped even appearing before the actual crash :D).

Not sure if it is somehow related, I have a laptop Asus ROG Strix (i9, RTX4070, tried both, Win10, Win11), no go for both: Gothic 1 and Gothic 2. But what is much more interesting, it works perfectly on a laptop which belongs to my wife (MSI with i-7, RTX 3060, Win 10), on both laptops Direct X 12 is installed.
Different locations were tried. The only Gothic I can launch is a Gothic 3 but with some issues with controls. I haven't tried DX11 Renderer yet, and I haven't tried a virtual machine on Hyper-V but not sure if Video memory will be appropriately allocated.
Any help will be appreciated!

[RealLocutus]

Have you installed the Union Plugin?
You can get it from here: https://www.worldofgothic.de/dl/download_651.htm

[artur60691]

Hi RealLocutus!
Thank you for the advice, just tried it but still no luck unfortunately.
I'm wondering is there a chance that RTX 40.. videocard is too new for it? It is more rhetorical question.

[RealLocutus]

could be - but you should try a DX 11 renderer. Then it should work with new gpus.

[artur60691]

As far as I can see the renderer is for Gothic 1 while I'm experiencing issues with both, 1 and 2, but yes, tried to install the renderer, still no luck :(
But thank you for your advices!

[azzztec]

Use this guide to solve that issue
https://github.com/kirides/GD3D11#installation--usage

[DanCam]

As stupid as it may be, go into the Gothic.ini file in the system folder where the game is installed, scroll down to [GAME] and put scaleVideos=1 to scaleVideos=0. Let me know if it fixed your problem.

[Dayald]

I tried this solution and changed scaleVideos to 0 but it didn't help me either.

[Sillyan7]

I have the same problem. Is there a solution?

[LordBILBOrd]

Same problem on my ROG Zephyrus (i5 12700H + RTX 4600). No already known solution had helped.

[szpikow]

Installing this helped me: https://github.com/SaiyansKing/GD3D11

[mota]

This site always has the latest release of the D3D11 renderer: (dev15 atm.)

https://github.com/SaiyansKing/GD3D11/releases

btw: dev3 is the last one supporting the beautifull but buggy hardware tesselation.