video card does not support alpha blending with direct render targets

[swaffelen]

I have an HD 7850 graphics card with an i7-3770 (non-K) on an H77 motherboard, and 32 gb ram. I am getting this error after updating my drivers. I uninstalled the drivers and it worked again for a week, but today I had the same error when trying to launch the game.

 

I first had the problem after the game updated to 5.29. Unfortunately I also updated the drivers just before then, so I don't know which caused the problem.

 

Error shown here: 

 

Edited May 5, 2017 by swaffelen

[Schmitzenbergh]

Perhaps try the AMD beta drivers. I'm installing the 17.4.4 just now (Pure coincidence ) I'll let you know if mine is screwed up as well. (I have a AMD 7950)

Your card should support alpha blending.

Edit: Works fine here. Try reinstalling the driver or using the betadriver

[Mr.Dynamite]

Is it the HD 7950 or the rebranded r9 280? I have the 280 and haven't seen this error

[Schmitzenbergh]

1 minute ago, Mr.Dynamite said:

Is it the HD 7950 or the rebranded r9 280? I have the 280 and haven't seen this error

I have a HD7950 (And yes, the r9 280 is a rebranded 7950). @swaffelen says he uses a 7850, which is of the same series, only lower on the range.

[z89x23]

i have the same problem... Same gfx card R9 280.. 17.5.1 drivers..

edit: before i jumped from 17.4.2 to 17.5.1.. i went back to 17.4.4 and it works now..

 

 

Edited May 6, 2017 by z89x23

[swaffelen]

I'm glad other people had similar problems and solved them, but updating drivers definitely did not help. I wish I knew how to roll back to 17.2.___