One more stupid error that doesn't allow me start this game

[Krokoko]

game just throws "failed to create d3d12 device", and nothing helps.
what else I should try before I finally refund money and forget about this sh*t?

[Minneyar]

What are your system specs? Are you sure your GPU supports DirectX 12?

[Krokoko]

Originally posted by Minneyar:

What are your system specs? Are you sure your GPU supports DirectX 12?

Intel core i3-2350M
NVidia GeForce GT 520MX
Win10 and drivers were updated today
On my laptop installed DX12, so it's logically should be supported, shouldn't it?

[Minneyar]

It is possible to have DirectX 12 installed but for your GPU to not support it, and unfortunately, the 520MX only supports DirectX 11, so you may be stuck.

You may be able to work around this by trying to use VKD3D (the same library used by Proton to run DirectX game on the Steam Deck) to make the game run using Vulkan instead of DirectX, but it's a long shot. You can try downloading the latest release from https://github.com/HansKristian-Work/vkd3d-proton/releases, extracting the .dll files from the x64 folder, and putting them in the same folder where you have Animal Well installed on your computer, then see if it runs; if that doesn't do it, you're probably out of luck.

[Krokoko]

Originally posted by Minneyar:

It is possible to have DirectX 12 installed but for your GPU to not support it, and unfortunately, the 520MX only supports DirectX 11, so you may be stuck.

You may be able to work around this by trying to use VKD3D (the same library used by Proton to run DirectX game on the Steam Deck) to make the game run using Vulkan instead of DirectX, but it's a long shot. You can try downloading the latest release from https://github.com/HansKristian-Work/vkd3d-proton/releases, extracting the .dll files from the x64 folder, and putting them in the same folder where you have Animal Well installed on your computer, then see if it runs; if that doesn't do it, you're probably out of luck.

Thank you very much for your advice, I'll try it

[sT00nne]

Originally posted by Крококо:

Originally posted by Minneyar:

It is possible to have DirectX 12 installed but for your GPU to not support it, and unfortunately, the 520MX only supports DirectX 11, so you may be stuck.

You may be able to work around this by trying to use VKD3D (the same library used by Proton to run DirectX game on the Steam Deck) to make the game run using Vulkan instead of DirectX, but it's a long shot. You can try downloading the latest release from https://github.com/HansKristian-Work/vkd3d-proton/releases, extracting the .dll files from the x64 folder, and putting them in the same folder where you have Animal Well installed on your computer, then see if it runs; if that doesn't do it, you're probably out of luck.

Thank you very much for your advice, I'll try it

I have the same problem, but it looks not working. Thank you.

[ffive]

that's going to sound crazy but hear me out...
get a switch emulator and try playing the game from it
it would be insane if that would end up actually working lmao

[Minneyar]

Originally posted by ffive:

that's going to sound crazy but hear me out...
get a switch emulator and try playing the game from it
it would be insane if that would end up actually working lmao

That's a funny suggestion, but there's absolutely zero chance that a GT 520MX would be able to run a Switch emulator at acceptable speeds.

[Goblin]

Just placing a .dll file in a folder isn't going to make the game use it, I'm afraid. Maybe there's some way to force it to run through VK3D, but I wouldn't know how.

A similarly "stupid" idea would be installing linux on a second partition (or just running it from a USB even) and running the game using proton, which does force the game to run through vulkan. Pretty sure it'd work, and doesn't have performance issues like a switch emulator would, but "just install linux" is not exactly something everyone can or is willing to do.

[Namdaets]

Sadly, you need a new GPU. The GT 520MX is almost 15 years old (2011!!!) and like others have said, it does not support DirectX 12, which Animal Well requires.

[Zayac]

I have a laptop G580 - I3110M gt635M 2gb and I played Battlefied1 calmly without lags on the latest drivers 391.35. for GPU 520MX last drivers also 391.35-notebook-win10-64bit-international-whql
On older drivers, the game throws the same error - failed to create d3d12 device
On the latest drivers, the game tries to start and the error - Program has stopped working.

[Zayac]

News
July 3, 2017
Nvidia has added DirectX12 support to Fermi generation graphics cards
Fermi video cards received DirectX12 support
It's no secret that old damaged graphics adapters over time not only do not cope with modern games, but also lose their modern driver support.

It is all the more interesting to learn that Nvidia decided to share the Fermi generation accelerators, the first of which appeared back in 2010, with DirectX12 support.
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DirectX 12 is supported by all Ampere, Turing, Pascal, Maxwell, Kepler and *Fermi GPUs.

Note: Feature Level support can vary between GPU series, see below:

GPU Dx Feature Level
Ampere 12_2
Turing 12_2
Pascal 12_1
Maxwell 12_1
Kepler 11_0
Fermi 11_0

You can check which DirectX Feature Level your graphics card supports using the DirectX Diagnostic Tool

[Veica]

"Even though it supports DirectX 12, the feature level is only 11_0, which can be problematic with newer DirectX 12 titles"

[Kapitan]

Animals Wall work level 11_1 test gpu Intel_HD4600 and Radeon HD8790M. Drivers version amd-catalyst-15.7.1-win10-64bit Windows [Version 10.0.18362.207]
https://ibb.co/gTpLRXJ -- Intel HD4600
https://ibb.co/H2xxsFF -- Radeon HD8790M