Guild Wars 2

So I’ve gotten tired of how washed-out the game looks and decided to reinstall SweetFX.

I’ve tried using both the configurator and manually installing. The result is…nothing. The game looks no different when I toggle SweetFX on.

Yes, I’ve turned off SMAA. Still nothing. I used different presets. Nothing. This is all without split installing.

When I try to split install, the game just doesn’t work at all. I log in, press Play, and nothing happens. No window pops up, no error message.

I tried to go for an alternative and install FXAA Tool. The results were exactly the same.

I feel like there may be something with permissions that’s preventing things from running now. Any kind of tampering with the bin folder will not allow my game to run. Has anyone else had a similar problem?

copy files to /bin directory

GreenRipper.6432:

copy files to /bin directory

All of them? Or just d3d9.dll , dxgi.dll and injector.ini — Because that’s what I’ve been doing and it won’t allow my game to even start.

I noticed with the FXAA Tool that, after having been using it for a long time prior to the new addition of the /bin folder, copying the files from the installation folder into the /bin folder would not allow the game to start. It didn’t seem to like the copying of the old files to the new folder as the game profile in the program itself needed to be directed to that /bin folder so copying the files there was not helping as the program wasn’t directed to the /bin folder. I needed to actually re-select the bin folder from within the tool and have it create the files there and reconfigure the settings again.

Regarding the SweetFX, I’ve read of people saying you need to move all 3 of the files into the /bin folder (d3d9.dll, dxgi.dll, injector.ini).

However, I’ve also read of others still crashing after doing this and they instead had to move their entire /SweetFX/ folder to /bin/SweetFX/ to stop the instant crashing. Perhaps try this to see if it helps.

Also, be sure to run your game as an administrator in your game shortcut/exe’s properties > compatibility tab to see if that helps resolve any startup issues for both tools.

Another thing that could be causing a write permission issue is if your game is installed to your “C:\Program Files\Guild Wars 2” directory. As Windows handles this folder differently (the cause of issues for many games), it is highly recommended to move that folder to another directory on your computer (like “C:\Guild Wars 2”) to resolve permission issues.

the current sweetfx fix is to move the 3 files into the bin folder.

However, currently this does not work with the latest nvidia geforce experience, so you either give up shadowplay/shield streaming, or give up sweetfx

Uninstalling geforce experience allows the game to run with sweetfx

edit: latest geforce experience update (ver 2.1.3) supposedly fixed the problem, but i have yet to test it.

Ugh. I’ve pretty much given up. Nothing works.

Try this.

D3d9.fx in the Gw2 Main folder
Dxgi.fx in the Gw2 Main folder
Log.txt in the Gw2 Main folder
SweetFx_Presets + SweetFX_Settings in the Gw2 Main folder
SweetFX Folder in the Gw2 Main folder

D3d9.dll + Dxgi.dll in the Bin folder

Then rightclick your gw2 shortcut and add /nopatchui ,try it again.

Caedmon.6798:

Try this.

D3d9.fx in the Gw2 Main folder
Dxgi.fx in the Gw2 Main folder
Log.txt in the Gw2 Main folder
SweetFx_Presets + SweetFX_Settings in the Gw2 Main folder
SweetFX Folder in the Gw2 Main folder

D3d9.dll + Dxgi.dll in the Bin folder

Then rightclick your gw2 shortcut and add /nopatchui ,try it again.

The good news: I actually have a window opening.
The bad news: I have the perma black screen that comes with using /nopatchui sometimes. I also added /email and /password. It changed nothing.

Remove the /nopatchui after the first blackscreen you get,and boot up the game again.

I’ve had the exact same issue, but it is with a brand new PC built off of the x99 motherboard. Any luck with yours? Guild wars 2 still works with sweetfx on my old pc and I’ve reinstalled gw2 and windows on both to make sure I was doing it right.

On the X99 motherboard based pc with sweetfx nothing pops up after I hit play.