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Can you have the game always run in Dx11?

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Atruejedi:

--- Quote from: Inkjet on September 24, 2016, 06:54:58 pm ---It doesn't work from the steam options, you have to make a shortcut. Launching from steam still shows the options.

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Ah. Bah. No point, then.

Watchmaker:
Adding that option (without quotes) to the launch options in Steam should cause the first/default entry in the launch menu to launch you in DX11 mode.  At least, it does for me.

If you're unsure what mode you're in, check your client log (output_log.txt).  You should see one of the following in the first couple of lines:


--- Quote ---Forcing GfxDevice: Direct3D 11
--- End quote ---

--- Quote ---Forcing GfxDevice: Direct3D 9
--- End quote ---

...followed later by some more detailed hardware information like so:


--- Quote ---Direct3D:
    Version:  Direct3D 9.0c [aticfx32.dll 8.17.10.1452]
    Renderer: AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
    Vendor:   ATI
    VRAM:     2027 MB (via DXGI)
    Caps:     Shader=30 DepthRT=1 NativeDepth=1 NativeShadow=1 DF16=1 INTZ=1 NULL=1 RESZ=1 SlowINTZ=1

--- End quote ---

If both references to Direct3D say 11 rather than 9, you're in DX11 mode.

Note that if for some reason Unity doesn't detect your system as supporting DX11, it will fall back on DX9 regardless of what you specify.  (If anything, I've seen it give false positives rather than false negatives; there are a few reported cards/drivers that "support" DX11 and then crash immediately because they don't actually.)

Atruejedi:

--- Quote from: Watchmaker on September 26, 2016, 03:41:33 pm ---Adding that option (without quotes) to the launch options in Steam should cause the first/default entry in the launch menu to launch you in DX11 mode.  At least, it does for me.
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Yeah, weird. Checked the output log. I'm definitely in Direct X11 mode and capable of running it (I choose it over 9 consistently), but it won't "stick" for me. Even when I set the launch option, it still prompts me to choose which option I want when I launch the game. Oh well. Just two extra clicks ;)

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