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Topic: Vertex Shaders/DirectX

This is probably not a bug, but I don't know what other forum to post it in.  I have a new laptop and am getting an error when starting the game:

"Perpetuum requires 2.0 vertex shaders for optimal performance.  Do you want to continue?"

When I click yes I get:

"Error while initializing DirectX!  Try running Perpetuum in Safe mode."

I get the same thing in safe mode.  DirectX is installed and is the newest version.  Is this a hardware issue (doesn't support certain video chipsets?)

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Re: Vertex Shaders/DirectX

I had this exact problem, except I was trying to run the game on Linux.

Download the latest version of your video card driver and reinstall it.

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Re: Vertex Shaders/DirectX

If it has something like Intel GMA, then that might be the problem.

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Re: Vertex Shaders/DirectX

It is.  But I think my other laptop is too...

Oh well, looks like no Perpetuum for me until I get back to the States.

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Re: Vertex Shaders/DirectX

I downloaded latest graphics driver and reinstalled client and the game will still not run, any suggestions?

Running NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 on 1920x1080

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Re: Vertex Shaders/DirectX

Lonwolf: with the same error message like the OP?

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Re: Vertex Shaders/DirectX

Got this error message when I ran game in safe mode;

"Perpetuum requires 2.0 vertex shaders for optimal performance.  Do you want to continue?"

When I click yes I get:

"Error while initializing DirectX!  Try running Perpetuum in Safe mode."

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Re: Vertex Shaders/DirectX

The CAPs check is before I even initialize anything related to 3D, so if that fails, that's gotta be a system level problem. Does any other game work? Are you running OSX/Linux?

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Re: Vertex Shaders/DirectX

Yes, other games work and I am running Windows 7.

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Re: Vertex Shaders/DirectX

I fixed it!

The directory; C:\Games\Perpetuum was corrupted somehow and had to reinstall the game in another directory.

Took eleven days and much help from others, including the devs to track down the problem but well worth it to continue playing a game that I love!

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