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13 years ago
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Failed to Initialize PhysX Hardware Acceleration

This morning, when trying to launch ME3, I would get the following error: "Failed to Initialize PhysX Hardware Acceleration Using hardware accelerated PhysX has been requested, but the driverse wer...
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    Anonymous
    9 years ago

    After playing a couple playthroughs on ME3 I went back and installed ME2 on my newer comp and played through.  After finishing ME2 I started up ME3 again (to import my character) which gave me this error about the PhysX drivers being outdated.

    The logical conclusion is that somehow when you install ME2, an older PhysX Driver is installed which overwrites whatever PhysX Driver you currently have installed - I can't confirm but it makes sense when you think about it.

    You don't actually have to reinstall ME3 completely - which can take forever if your internet sucks - mainly, because of the update portion.

    The fastest fix is to browse on local drive to the following folder and run the PhysX installer there (This is where it was located for me)...

    C :/ Program Files (x86) / Origin Games / Mass Effect 3 / _ (underscore) installer / physx / Redist / PhysX-9.11.1107-SystemSoftware (exe)

    Takes about a minute and after the install, the error will not appear again the next time you run ME3.

    Hoping this might help others in the future.

    -ChriS

Anonymous's avatar
Anonymous
9 years ago

After playing a couple playthroughs on ME3 I went back and installed ME2 on my newer comp and played through.  After finishing ME2 I started up ME3 again (to import my character) which gave me this error about the PhysX drivers being outdated.

The logical conclusion is that somehow when you install ME2, an older PhysX Driver is installed which overwrites whatever PhysX Driver you currently have installed - I can't confirm but it makes sense when you think about it.

You don't actually have to reinstall ME3 completely - which can take forever if your internet sucks - mainly, because of the update portion.

The fastest fix is to browse on local drive to the following folder and run the PhysX installer there (This is where it was located for me)...

C :/ Program Files (x86) / Origin Games / Mass Effect 3 / _ (underscore) installer / physx / Redist / PhysX-9.11.1107-SystemSoftware (exe)

Takes about a minute and after the install, the error will not appear again the next time you run ME3.

Hoping this might help others in the future.

-ChriS

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    EA_David
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    9 years ago

    @ammobake Hey, thanks for the detailed post, it's very useful.

    Just so we have all the info, can I check if you're using a disc to install or the digital download?
     

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      8 years ago

      I installed via the discs, originally, for both ME2 and ME3.  Sorry it's been a while.  Apparently, people are still being helped by this post today and I occasionally get messages (one in the last day or two) that it is helping people.


      Thanks!

      -ChriS

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    Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Hey it might have been almost 2 years since you posted that fix but, I wanna thank you for it! It fixed my problem! I didn't had to uninstall the game just kinda redo the PhysX installation thingy!

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