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Posted August 17, 2015
Hi folks,

I purchased Anno 1701 last week and successfully played it 3-4 times. Now when I start the game, it stops at a black window and another window appears behind it saying "Unable to initialize Direct3D." Has anybody solved this without reinstalling the game?

Thanks.
Posted August 19, 2015
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not28: Hi folks,

I purchased Anno 1701 last week and successfully played it 3-4 times. Now when I start the game, it stops at a black window and another window appears behind it saying "Unable to initialize Direct3D." Has anybody solved this without reinstalling the game?

Thanks.

Hm, try to open and edit the file "engine.ini" with an editor (back it up first). Right at the beginning, there are the lines
<ScreenXSize>1680</ScreenXSize>
<ScreenYSize>1050</ScreenYSize>
showing I play in 1680x1050. What happens when you change that to 1024x768?
from: http://forums-de.ubi.com/showthread.php/40352-Unable-to-successfully-initiate-direct3d
Posted August 29, 2015
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not28: Hi folks,

I purchased Anno 1701 last week and successfully played it 3-4 times. Now when I start the game, it stops at a black window and another window appears behind it saying "Unable to initialize Direct3D." Has anybody solved this without reinstalling the game?

Thanks.
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OldEnt:

Hm, try to open and edit the file "engine.ini" with an editor (back it up first). Right at the beginning, there are the lines
<ScreenXSize>1680</ScreenXSize>
<ScreenYSize>1050</ScreenYSize>
showing I play in 1680x1050. What happens when you change that to 1024x768?
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OldEnt: from: http://forums-de.ubi.com/showthread.php/40352-Unable-to-successfully-initiate-direct3d
Hey thanks for the reply. I ended up reinstalling the game and that fixed it for me. If it happens again I'll try your suggestion.
Cheers.
Posted September 23, 2018
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not28: Hi folks,

I purchased Anno 1701 last week and successfully played it 3-4 times. Now when I start the game, it stops at a black window and another window appears behind it saying "Unable to initialize Direct3D." Has anybody solved this without reinstalling the game?

Thanks.
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OldEnt:

Hm, try to open and edit the file "engine.ini" with an editor (back it up first). Right at the beginning, there are the lines
<ScreenXSize>1680</ScreenXSize>
<ScreenYSize>1050</ScreenYSize>
showing I play in 1680x1050. What happens when you change that to 1024x768?
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OldEnt: from: http://forums-de.ubi.com/showthread.php/40352-Unable-to-successfully-initiate-direct3d
It worked! Thank you.
Posted October 03, 2022
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not28: Hi folks,

I purchased Anno 1701 last week and successfully played it 3-4 times. Now when I start the game, it stops at a black window and another window appears behind it saying "Unable to initialize Direct3D." Has anybody solved this without reinstalling the game?

Thanks.
https://support.gog.com/hc/de/articles/213039385?product=gog
Posted October 31, 2022
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not28: Hi folks,

I purchased Anno 1701 last week and successfully played it 3-4 times. Now when I start the game, it stops at a black window and another window appears behind it saying "Unable to initialize Direct3D." Has anybody solved this without reinstalling the game?

Thanks.
I managed to get it working on a surface go 2. So much for it not running on onboard graphics cards. All I did was install directx june 2010 or directx 9.0c. I then had to restart the tablet and it worked.
Posted May 25, 2024
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not28: Hi folks,

I purchased Anno 1701 last week and successfully played it 3-4 times. Now when I start the game, it stops at a black window and another window appears behind it saying "Unable to initialize Direct3D." Has anybody solved this without reinstalling the game?

Thanks.
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OldEnt:

Hm, try to open and edit the file "engine.ini" with an editor (back it up first). Right at the beginning, there are the lines
<ScreenXSize>1680</ScreenXSize>
<ScreenYSize>1050</ScreenYSize>
showing I play in 1680x1050. What happens when you change that to 1024x768?
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OldEnt: from: http://forums-de.ubi.com/showthread.php/40352-Unable-to-successfully-initiate-direct3d
Thank you! I had a 4k Monitor and the respective resolution was still in the engine.ini, while the monitor got succeeded by a 1440p gaming screen a wile back, who can't handle the 4k resolution. Unfortunately Anno does not default back to a "1024x768" in case of FUBAR.
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