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I had to install directx 9 to run gta 4 on windows 11 (lemm.ee)
submitted 5 days ago by Milan77@lemm.ee to c/games@lemmy.world
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Anyone else had this issue? I mean why the game doesn't support directx 12

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[–] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

But it IS backwards compatible in the way you are describing. You can play a dx9 game on windows 11. So it is backwards compatible. What you cannot do (usually) is force a game built with dx9 features to use dx11/12 features. If the game wasn't built with new API features (because it released before those features even existed) then you cannot expect it to be able to just "be dx12" all of a sudden.