Reloaded game after being away

[Yaks]

Used the file command to load DX 9 vers. ran great the first day. Locked up the second day and would not load. Sunday  the 8th ran great had a lot of fun. Monday the 9 took 5 min to load and unplayable. If i delete the files and go to reload the game is there a way to just load DX9. and skip the 11 which will not play at all? Thanks for the help
Yaks (old man trying to play)

[hazmatt]

I think you choose dx9 or dx11 by clicking on the dx9 or dx11 executable. I'm not sure there's a way to install only one but there is a way to run only one.

[Animl-AW]

Used the file command to load DX 9 vers. ran great the first day. Locked up the second day and would not load. Sunday  the 8th ran great had a lot of fun. Monday the 9 took 5 min to load and unplayable. If i delete the files and go to reload the game is there a way to just load DX9. and skip the 11 which will not play at all? Thanks for the help
Yaks (old man trying to play)

No. You get both 9 and 11, You need 11 for VR, use 9 if you’re not using VR.

Make sure its accepted in your firewall.

Since its a new install you will be downloading maps each time you first use each map. Sometimes the download is slow. There are ways to download them all in Change Terrain section.

Neither dx9 nor dx11 would affect this

[Yaks]

Still same problem, it will not load as it should stutters and takes forever. Disabled the firewall but that didn't help. Sorry to be a pest but I will take any advice i can. Still opening the file and selection DX9. Then it goes into slow motion or it says not responding.
Frustrated Yaks.

[The Fugitive]

How is your connection? In game there is a "net status" on the note pad. Both lines should be fairly strait across.

Or you could get "pingPlotter" (its a free program)and install that and run pings to the game server

[icepac]

LMhosts or hosts file?

[Bizman]

You haven't mentioned any specs of your computer. The first third of the DxDiag output would help quite a lot.

[Yaks]

System Information Hope this helps as i am not too sharp on this stuff - Yaks
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      Time of this report: 2/13/2026, 14:52:18
             Machine name: DESKTOP-RLR1C25
               Machine Id: {0A87520A-3734-4579-ADB4-17F51A83A208}
         Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64-bit (10.0, Build 19045) (19041.vb_release.191206-1406)
                 Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
      System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
             System Model: Default string
                     BIOS: F5 (type: UEFI)
                Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6850K CPU @ 3.60GHz (12 CPUs), ~3.6GHz
                   Memory: 32768MB RAM
      Available OS Memory: 32600MB RAM
                Page File: 7477MB used, 29986MB available
              Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
          DirectX Version: DirectX 12
      DX Setup Parameters: Not found
         User DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
       System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
          DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
                 Miracast: Available, no HDCP
Microsoft Graphics Hybrid: Not Supported
 DirectX Database Version: 1.0.8
           DxDiag Version: 10.00.19041.5794 64bit Unicode

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[The Fugitive]

Yaks, give us a bit more, up to "sound devices" is more than enough and you can copy/paste it here.

[Yaks]

More of the dxdiag files, thank you all for the help! YAKS
        Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
        Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
        Sound Tab 3: No problems found.
        Sound Tab 4: No problems found.
          Input Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D:    0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw:  0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay:  0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow:  0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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           Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
        Manufacturer: NVIDIA
           Chip type: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
            DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
         Device Type: Full Device (POST)
          Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1B80&SUBSYS_61833842&REV_A1
       Device Status: 0180200A [DN_DRIVER_LOADED|DN_STARTED|DN_DISABLEABLE|DN_NT_ENUMERATOR|DN_NT_DRIVER]
 Device Problem Code: No Problem
 Driver Problem Code: Unknown
      Display Memory: 24358 MB
    Dedicated Memory: 8059 MB
       Shared Memory: 16299 MB
        Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (144Hz)
         HDR Support: Not Supported
    Display Topology: Internal
 Display Color Space: DXGI_COLOR_SPACE_RGB_FULL_G22 _NONE_P709
     Color Primaries: Red(0.644531,0.344727), Green(0.321289,0.632812), Blue(0.151367,0.047852), White Point(0.312500,0.329102)
   Display Luminance: Min Luminance = 0.500000, Max Luminance = 270.000000, MaxFullFrameLuminance = 270.000000
        Monitor Name: ZOWIE XL LCD (Digital)
       Monitor Model: BenQ XL2720Z
          Monitor Id: BNQ7F29
         Native Mode: 1920 x 1080(p) (60.000Hz)
         Output Type: DVI
Monitor Capabilities: HDR Not Supported
Display Pixel Format: DISPLAYCONFIG_PIXELFORMAT_32B PP
      Advanced Color: Not Supported
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 Driver File Version: 32.00.0015.6094 (English)
      Driver Version: 32.0.15.6094
         DDI Version: 12
      Feature Levels: 12_1,12_0,11_1,11_0,10_1,10_0,9_3,9_2,9_1
        Driver Model: WDDM 2.7
 Hardware Scheduling: Supported:True Enabled:False
 Graphics Preemption: Pixel
  Compute Preemption: Dispatch
            Miracast: Not Supported
      Detachable GPU: No
 Hybrid Graphics GPU: Not Supported
      Power P-states: Not Supported
      Virtualization: Paravirtualization
          Block List: No Blocks
  Catalog Attributes: Universal:False Declarative:True
   Driver Attributes: Final Retail
    Driver Date/Size: 8/13/2024 4:00:00 PM, 799776 bytes
         WHQL Logo'd: Yes
     WHQL Date Stamp: Unknown
   Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-58C0-11CF-3C4C-8C410EC2ED35}
           Vendor ID: 0x10DE
           Device ID: 0x1B80
           SubSys ID: 0x61833842
         Revision ID: 0x00A1
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      Rank Of Driver: 00CF2001
         Video Accel:
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             DXVA-HD: Supported
        DDraw Status: Enabled
          D3D Status: Enabled
          AGP Status: Enabled
       MPO MaxPlanes: 1
            MPO Caps: Not Supported
         MPO Stretch: Not Supported
     MPO Media Hints: Not Supported
         MPO Formats: Not Supported
    PanelFitter Caps: Not Supported
 PanelFitter Stretch: Not Supported

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Sound Devices
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            Description: Headset Earphone (Sennheiser Communication Audio)
 Default Sound Playback: Yes
 Default Voice Playback: Yes
            Hardware ID: USB\VID_1395&PID_005D&REV_0007&MI_00
        Manufacturer ID: N/A
             Product ID: N/A
                   Type: N/A
            Driver Name: USBAUDIO.sys
         Driver Version: 10.0.19041.5794 (English)
      Driver Attributes: Final Retail
            WHQL Logo'd: Yes
          Date and Size: 4/6/2025 4:00:00 PM, 207872 bytes
            Other Files:
        Driver Provider: Microsoft
         HW Accel Level: Emulation Only
              Cap Flags: 0xF1F
    Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0
 Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
              HW Memory: 0
       Voice Management: No
 EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
   I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No

            Description: Realtek Digital Output (Realtek High Definition Audio)
 Default Sound Playback: No
 Default Voice Playback: No
            Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0900&SUBSYS_1458A182&REV_1000
        Manufacturer ID: N/A
             Product ID: N/A
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         Driver Version: 6.0.1.7553 (English)
      Driver Attributes: Final Retail
            WHQL Logo'd: Yes
          Date and Size: 7/6/2015 4:00:00 PM, 4514008 bytes
            Other Files:
        Driver Provider: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
         HW Accel Level: Emulation Only
              Cap Flags: 0xF1F
    Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0
 Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
              HW Memory: 0
       Voice Management: No
 EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
   I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No

            Description: Realtek Digital Output(Optical) (Realtek High Definition Audio)
 Default Sound Playback: No
 Default Voice Playback: No
            Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0900&SUBSYS_1458A182&REV_1000
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             Product ID: N/A
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            Other Files:
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              Cap Flags: 0xF1F
    Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000
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 Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
              HW Memory: 0
       Voice Management: No
 EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
   I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No

            Description: Speakers (Sennheiser Main Audio)
 Default Sound Playback: No
 Default Voice Playback: No
            Hardware ID: USB\VID_1395&PID_005D&REV_0007&MI_03
        Manufacturer ID: N/A
             Product ID: N/A
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            Other Files:
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              Cap Flags: 0xF1F
    Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000
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 Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
              HW Memory: 0
       Voice Management: No
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   I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No

[Bizman]

Updating the Nvidia drivers might help some, although for the GTX 1080 the newer versions may not provide any improvements.

Another thing to check is for a newer Bios from the Gigabyte website https://www.gigabyte.com/Support/Consumer/Download. You may also have a Gigabyte updater app installed. If so, that'd be an easy tool to update both the motherboard drivers and Bios.

Good thing is, your page file is relatively small which means there's not much background activity. That said, if your system is downloading and preinstalling cumulative updates in the background while you're starting the game, that may affect. Not to mention that the latest Windows updates have caused issues for some.

[Yaks]

Thanks for the help, loaded game yesterday , 2-16, ran great was impressed. Today will not load, stutters on the load and takes forever. Thinking seriously about dropping the thing and giving up on years of fun.
Frustrated Yaks 

[Lazerr]

Thanks for the help, loaded game yesterday , 2-16, ran great was impressed. Today will not load, stutters on the load and takes forever. Thinking seriously about dropping the thing and giving up on years of fun.
Frustrated Yaks

Sounds like something with your machine.

Might be worth watching your system resources on the task manager to see if something is taxing your unit.

[Animl-AW]

Thanks for the help, loaded game yesterday , 2-16, ran great was impressed. Today will not load, stutters on the load and takes forever. Thinking seriously about dropping the thing and giving up on years of fun.
Frustrated Yaks

You may might want to check your memory chips. Possible you have a bad one.

[icepac]

I think that anybody able to post their direct X information should also be able to post what their systray and task manager say.   

Even the best system can be brought down by having a billion processes running that aren't necessary.   

Does your task manager look like this?   Or does it have 4 times as many processes.