

The Display tab shows information specific to your graphics adapter and monitor, and you can see which DirectX features are enabled. The System tab lists the general information about your system and most importantly what version of DirectX you currently have installed. This will open DirectX Diagnostic Tool immediately. Press the Windows key + R to open the Run command box. Method 1: Run DirectX Diagnostic Tool in Windows 10 from Run In this article we’ll show you 3 simple ways to run DirectX Diagnostic Tool in Windows 10. Maybe someone deeper into the weeds on tech than me has an explanation.How to check what version of DirectX your PC is using? If you are concerned with video game performance, or you are trying to fix some problems with any 3D application, you can run DirectX Diagnostic Tool to perform basic diagnostic tests.

The only thing that is different from the "out of the box" GOG installation is the "bFullScreen=1" setting.ĭXDIAG appears to be just a diagnostic tool so I don't understand why it would make any difference but it appears to have done **something**. Note: it is running fine completely "as is": the folder doesn't contain the WineD3D files, "run as admin" etc is unticked, I am not running the game in any compatibility mode. I tried changing my laptop's resolution to 1024x768 and running the game with "bFullScreen" set to 0 and then also as 1 - no joyįinally, I ran DXDIAG and as before.Dracula 3 runs beautifully. I tried "run as admin", "disable full screen optimisations" etc - no joyĤ. I tried changing compatibility mode to Windows XP SP2 - no joy (seemed to make it worse)ģ. I tried adding the WineD3D v2.6 dll files - no joy (no more flickering but a white rectangle showed across the screen intermittently and I could not see the main menu, just a blank screen with the version number in the left corner, while the sound continues playing in the background)Ģ. I uninstalled the game and installed it again - out of the box it was just as unplayable as before.ġ.

As part of opening a support ticket they make you run dxdiag and attach its log file to the ticket.Īfter submitting the support ticket I gave playing Dracula 3 a final, desperate, try and.it worked perfectly - no issues whatsoever!Īfter completing the game I decided to see if I could reproduce the fix. I opened a support ticket with GOG and asked for a fix or a refund. I have come across just about all the issues with Dracula 3 described in this forum: flickering screen, blank screen, no menu showing just version number etc.
