sábado, 4 de janeiro de 2020

Witcher 2: Direct3D 9 device initialization error - Solved

This post will fix a specific Witcher 2 game startup error.

Symptoms: Trying to start the game (by clicking the Launch Game link on the game splash screen) brings up a black screen and an error popup saying "Direct3D 9 device initialization error". You have an Nvidia graphics card with the latest drivers. 

Solution: Reinstall the graphics card drivers, but this time choose "custom (advanced)" unselect everything related to "3D Vision" and mark "clean install". When the reinstall is complete, reboot and try to run the game again.