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Etiennelam
8 years ago
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Failed to compile global shaders

Hi, I bought the mass effect trilogy but I can't get the first one to work. Each time I get this error : "Failed to compile global shader FOFAndBloomGatherFallbackSader" I have a Nvidia GTX1080 on...
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Etiennelam
8 years ago

Hi @holger1405, and thanks again for your help on this.

This is definitely the right track about DirectX because I have another old game that don't work (PatricianIV) with same behavior crash on launch and the error is clearly about DirectX9.

For the first link as supected, it didn't work because I already have DirectX12 latest version (as you said).

I tried with the second link unfortunately I have an error at the end of the process (just after it's tried to install "Visual C++" dependencies). You can see my screenshot for more informatrions.

I really start to think I'll have to format my computer and start from fresh...

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    Etiennelam
    8 years ago

    Hi @holger1405!

    Finally as you suggested I just did the fresh installation, it was easier for me. And it works! finally! So I think that's for the best, I go back with a clean configuration and I will be able to play the trilogy!

    Thanks again for the time you took to help me ! 🙂

    Etienne

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