Posted By: KodiakJac
SweetFX with WOFF 3 and/or Win 10 - 04/16/16 07:55 PM
How to run SweetFX with WOFF 3 and/or Windows 10
1. Run directx_Jun2010_redist found in your WOFF DX9Redist folder here C:/ODBSoftware/WOFF/Toolbox/DX9Redist
It will dump a bunch of zip files and another application called "DXSETUP" in your folder (I just ran it directly in the WOFF/Toolbox/DX9Redist folder). Then run DXSETUP and you're done. DXSETUP knows where all the DX9 files on your computer are and the update is fully automatic. This is a Microsoft program and completely safe.
You must do this first step even if you already have DirectX 9 installed and working fine. Windows 10 does not have a full installation of DX9, it essentially has the "Lite" version instead. Doing Step 1 will give you a full installation of DX9 including some files essential to SweetFX. And doing Step 1 is recommended by OBD entirely unrelated to running SweetFX.
2. Backup your D3D8 Configuration Settings files (D3D8.ini) found here
C:/OBDSoftware/WOFF/OBDWW1 Over Flanders Fields
and here
C:/OBDSoftware/WOFF/WOFFScenery/Shaders
(two files with the same name found in two different locations)
3. Then change NoMultisampling=0 to NoMultisampling=1 in both D3D8 Configuration Settings files using Windows Notepad and save them. (You must use a text editor like Notepad for this, not a word processor like Word that will change the file format).
Note: These two files SHOULD NOT be write protected, and in fact, making them "Read Only" (as we did in the past) will cause WOFF 3 to crash.
That's it!
1. Run directx_Jun2010_redist found in your WOFF DX9Redist folder here C:/ODBSoftware/WOFF/Toolbox/DX9Redist
It will dump a bunch of zip files and another application called "DXSETUP" in your folder (I just ran it directly in the WOFF/Toolbox/DX9Redist folder). Then run DXSETUP and you're done. DXSETUP knows where all the DX9 files on your computer are and the update is fully automatic. This is a Microsoft program and completely safe.
You must do this first step even if you already have DirectX 9 installed and working fine. Windows 10 does not have a full installation of DX9, it essentially has the "Lite" version instead. Doing Step 1 will give you a full installation of DX9 including some files essential to SweetFX. And doing Step 1 is recommended by OBD entirely unrelated to running SweetFX.
2. Backup your D3D8 Configuration Settings files (D3D8.ini) found here
C:/OBDSoftware/WOFF/OBDWW1 Over Flanders Fields
and here
C:/OBDSoftware/WOFF/WOFFScenery/Shaders
(two files with the same name found in two different locations)
3. Then change NoMultisampling=0 to NoMultisampling=1 in both D3D8 Configuration Settings files using Windows Notepad and save them. (You must use a text editor like Notepad for this, not a word processor like Word that will change the file format).
Note: These two files SHOULD NOT be write protected, and in fact, making them "Read Only" (as we did in the past) will cause WOFF 3 to crash.
That's it!