XSI DirectX9 Display - XSI could not create a DirectX9 surface


Problem

When you start XSI, you get this error message: 

XSI DirectX9 Display
XSI could not create a DirectX9 surface, please install DirectX 9.0b or better


Solution


What you can do is rename this file:

%XSI_HOME%\Application\directx\DX9Display.dll

to something like

%XSI_HOME%\Application\directx\DX9Display.xxx

You won't have support for DirectX realtime shaders, but you will be able to run XSI.


Notes

At startup, XSI tests for DirectX, and right now the test is a little too strict.

We don't have a fix for this available yet, but the problem will be addressed in the next release of XSI.

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