The RE Engine still has some kinks to work out on PC

TheResident Evil 4remakehas mostly been passing the smell test when it comes to performance:barring a few errant issues on PS5and some PC-centric problems. We’re here to talk about the D3D fatal error today on the latter problem, and how to solve it.

What is the D3D fatal error?

D3D stands for “Direct3D,”which is an API (application programming interface) that facilitates games on a Windows-based PC.

This is actually a fairly common error for many PC releases, including a few from Capcom.

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There is precedent for D3D fatal errors withMonster Hunter Rise, so there are fixes available

Folks have been getting D3D fatal errors for RE Engine-based games includingMonster Hunter Rise,so there are several solutions that the community has come up with:

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