[Dolphin 4.0] D3D9 vs D3D11 no longer able to switch?

[xRyudo]

I've been messing around with Hi-res textures and ran into some issues with making them show up correctly. (in particular Xenoblade Chronicles), but now it turns out that most of the hi-res textures (for any game) only work properly with D3D9, but after looking into my Dolphin 4.0, I noticed that entire option of using either D3D9 / 11 is just gone. It's only "Direct3D" now, and I have no idea what it's actually using.

Is there a way to check what it's really set to? Or does it not matter at all and should the textures be working just fine regardless?

[DJBarry004]

If D3D9 is out, then it´s using D3D11. (Logical, at some point).

[MayImilae]

Technically D3D9 is in 4.0. You're using a dev build after 4.0-155.

[xemnas]

You can use an older build. Some hi-res texture packs don't work with D3D11. For x86 builds, I found that 4.0-127 is the latest working build before D3D9 removal.

[xRyudo]

Ah I see.. Thanks!

I'll use the ones before 4.0-155 then (I use x64, so no x86 build needed).

Is the D3D9 being removed a permanent feature? Or will it be added back sometime allowing us to choose again?
This would break a lot of hi-res packs most likely if it's never coming back.

[DJBarry004]

Bad news: D3D9 won´t come back. Or at least that´s supposed to happen.

[xRyudo]

Man.. That's disappointing.

I'm going to test the hi-res texture pack in Dolphin 4.0-146 with D3D9, and see if it works there.

[edit]

Works fine there. So it's definitely the D3D11 being problematic in future versions. That's sad.

[pauldacheez]

Why the fuck doesn't anyone bother suggesting OpenGL? It works perfectly fine with all texture packs, and it's not the slowest backend – it's usually the fastest, especially on Nvidia GPUs.

[DJBarry004]

Because no one asked for it.
AND not everyone has an NVidia GPU on the go

And why use a language like that?

[pauldacheez]

Because I'm the führer, and I'm always führious.