Larian Studios Forums Divinity 2 - Ego Draconis (English) Technical problems Win7x64 Nvi Phyxs error

Hello,
I am a user that just got a copy of this game, the issue I am having is that on every launch the game will not start due to " Driver update required"
now the drive is the most up-to-date one, not only that but this computer hasn't been around long enough to have old drivers in it.
I also got this game on steam, if there is a known fix I seem to be missing do let me know, both the RAA ( run as admin) and the Desktop composition are off...
I fail to see how the physx driver is " requiring an update"
Any idea would be most helpful
the full error name is "Couldn't initialize nVidia PhysX. Make sure you have installed the lasest nVidia PhysX software (which can be downloaded at www.nvidia.com)"
Which I do

You probably should post this on the divinity forum on Steam so that their admin is at least aware in the event that this issue occurs for other people.

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=4c1bc2b0f3293f9724399808a3cf0b27&f=822

I would also try either validating the game from within Steam or deleting the local content, and uninstalling your Physx driver and try installing Div 2 from Steam and letting it install the Physx driver.

I will post it up on there, I didnt both due to the lack of activity on the forums.
I will try that idea sigh I hope it works without destroying all other games.
I will keep this posted with info if I find a fix, till then any other ideas are welcome

don't uninstall Steam, just the Divinity 2 within your client.

ohh I know I will do that, as much as I enjoy redownloading the game ;/ sigh by by Internet usage
might try just uninstalling the driver and then installing it from the install file in the support folder first see if that works

ok. I hope it works for you and that larian will also fix these damn issues....

I am starting to see this as a large issue that isnt being talked about at all ;/ might need to get the old german dictionary out and start reading if they are having the same issue!

I have Win7x64 Ultimate also and did not encounter this error. I have a GTX 295 and a GTX 260 dedicated to Physx. My video driver version is 195.62 and Physx is 9.09.1112.

I do not receive any Physx errors at all. The only problem I get is the game won't exit to windows normally and has to be forced out.

Daeden, I too experienced the same bug "freezing occurs when attempting to exit to windows" in Win 7 32 bit, by running Div 2 in Win XP SP3 compatibility mode.

That would turn off all DX10 features. And sorry for derailing the thread.

Back to Physx not working.

Did you completely rip out Physx? Silly question... Have you tested Physx on your system to make sure it works? I've heard of cards having to be RMA's because the GPU crapped out whenever Physx was involved, but was fine otherwise.

Well it works on any other game that requires it, Batman one for instance, But I will install a test program from nvidia and see if any errors show up. Otherwise I am going to kill something!
after this test I will uninstall the driver, then install the one under support, then if that fails to work I will cry...

Test regesters that the physx driver is working, perfectly fine ( using the StarTalesBenchmark)
shows the drive is installed correctly....
Lets put some states up then see if this has anything to do with it:

Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6700 @ 2.66GHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB
Manufacturer XFX78I
Model XFX nForce 780i 3-Way SLI
Total amount of system memory 8.00 GB RAM
System type 64-bit operating system
Number of processor cores 4
Graphics
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Display adapter type NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
Total available graphics memory 4095 MB
Dedicated graphics memory 1024 MB
Dedicated system memory 0 MB
Shared system memory 3071 MB
Display adapter driver version 8.17.11.9562
Primary monitor resolution 1920x1200
DirectX version DirectX 10
GPU processor: GeForce GTX 280
Driver version: 195.62
PhysX 09.09.1112 NVIDIA PhysX

I did a clean uninstall of the PhysX driver, even the gfx card driver, and then installed the driver for the gfx first then the driver from the support folder and the Larian folder Physx reg.... Still will not work.
if you could hear me screaming it would deafen you!!!!
my theory is that the game isnt finding the driver correctly or the codes just useless on launch, I can't get into the game, nor do anything... reinstalling the game would show no help due to it being a download version not an install

I redownloaded the game, without any drivers installed ( other then the gfx standard driver ) then updated from what it made me, still same issue.....
I am starting to run out of ideas ;/

I'm getting this error too and i'm getting frustrated. I have an ATI Radeon card and Windows 7x64 too. I just want to play. I uninstalled it and uninstalled nvidia phyx thing and just hope this makes it work

I have tried everything, and nothing seems to get it started, and its really making angry....
Can't game companies make a game and support the Q&A

Could you run this:

C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\divinity ii - ego draconis\Support\PhysX\PhysX_9.09.0428_SystemSoftware.exe

And then this:

C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\divinity ii - ego draconis\Support\Larian\PhysXRegInstaller.exe

That's the folder I was talking about, the support folder.....
Those are the too programs I was relying on to fix the issue

Okay. The error message you get is still the same? Is it Divinity 2 that is throwing the error or PhysX? Can you make a screenshot of the error message? Does the error message show up immediately or does the game actually try to start?

I will explain the steps to launch......
I double click the game within the steam game manager...
The game attempts to launch, it is then halted due to the error message poping up saying
Couldn't initialize nVidia PhysX. Make sure you have installed the lasest nVidia PhysX software (which can be downloaded at http://www.nvidia.com)

I will take a screeny of it, but that is all that is done, when it closes ( the error message) the game ends launch ...
this happens every time, without fail..
Give me a sec to get it for you