Element client crash

Maybe if the OP provided actual information someone would bother to help.

Unfortunately, they didn't, so no one can, even if they wanted to.

We must assume that his files are currently capable of letting him play. Aka...he has all Pre-Req programs that can allow him to open the client.

Are you running the game as administrator?

Have you added the client to your anti-virus exceptions?

Have you downloaded DirectX 9.0c.dll yet?

These things are Irrelevant. Without Directx 9.0 game cant properly open, game usually sets up on asking for admin request if you set it originally. Anti-Virus would not let him open his client at all and would close it down at the patcher screen.
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This is Indeed a common issue that is resolved by looking at the following.
1) Your Graphic card is out of date, regardless of programs and or updates given (IF) your PC/laptop is old
2nd) It could be the Nvidia driver issue and its by no means solved.

Resolve issue:

So what is the common link? It appears to be Direct X. Xbox 360, Windows XP and older graphics cards are all using DirectX 9 NOT DX10 (Vista) or DX11 (Win 7).

Anyway turns out that the problem lies in the DirectX implementation! If you run the game in DX10 modein Vista or Win 7 that's when the problems occur. Instead what you need to do is run the game in DX9 mode. This isn't something obvious in the game it needs to be done via a switch in the desktop icon.

To do this follow the following steps:

1. Right Click on the Perfect World shortcut on your desktop (or quick launch, menu item etc)
2. Choose Properties from the pop up menu.
3. Click on the shortcut tab in the properties dialogue.
4. Where the box Target: is move to the end of the line after the quote marks and put -dx9
5. The target should then read (if you installed to the default directory, other wise it will be the path to your installed directory:
32Bit Windows 7/Vista - "C:\Program Files\Perfectworld\elementalLauncher.exe" -dx9
64Bit Windows7/Vista - "C:\Program Files (x86)\Perfectworld\elemntalLauncher.exe" -dx9
6. Click OK. Job done.

PLEASE NOTE
Make sure the -dx9 switch is OUTSIDE the quotation marks and that there is a space after the " at the end before you type the -dx9 switch

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It could work...good luck
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Winddagger - Harshlands wrote: »

Anyway turns out that the problem lies in the DirectX implementation!

This seems to be the real problem. i say this bc directx is not pwe based, but microsoft software. i recently came across another game that was designed to run in dx9 native and dx10. when running in dx9 i would get random crashes constantly. but when i discovered the dx10 portion of the software, there were no more problems.

as to why they went to dx9 instead of skipping software thats a decade and going with dx10 which is still out of date.

it seems to happen mostly focused on win7 systems running dx11. my gf's win vista with dx11 does not do it.

suwanneerob wrote: »

Im using win 8 64 bit. I ran it in win xp3 compatible mode and all worked. its fine. maybe i should i tweak settings for graphics but its great..!!

NECROOO!!!!!!!

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