Troubleshooting

This page provides solutions for common technical issues you might encounter when running the game.

I can't see the custom water

Issue: Water appears invisible or broken.

Solution: This issue commonly affects AMD GPU users.

To fix the realistic water rendering, you need to use **DXVK**, a Vulkan-based translation layer for Direct3D 9.

How to fix it

Download the latest release of DXVK from the official GitHub repository:

DXVK Releases

Extract the file named d3d9.dll from the archive.
Place d3d9.dll into the following folder:

Galaxy Gears\bin\x64

DXVK translates DirectX9 calls to Vulkan and may also improve performance in some systems.

My screen is black / everything is invisible

Issue: Game loads, but all visuals are black or missing.

Solution: This is likely due to NVIDIA's driver overriding Anti-Aliasing settings. Make sure to disable forced Anti-Aliasing in your NVIDIA Control Panel for Galaxy Gears.

Game won't start: AVX2 Required

Issue: The game crashes on launch or fails to start.

Solution: The game requires a CPU with AVX2 instruction set support.

How to check AVX2 support

Download and run CPU-Z or a similar system info tool.
Go to the Instructions section in the CPU tab.
Look for AVX2 in the list. If it's not present, your CPU is not supported.

Minimum System Requirements

Component	Minimum Requirement
CPU	Intel i3 or AMD equivalent (with AVX2 support)
GPU	DirectX 9.0 compatible graphics card
RAM	6 GB
Storage	6 GB available space
OS	Windows 7 (64-bit)

Can I run this on Linux?

No. Native Linux support is currently unavailable. While some users have experimented with Wine or Proton, there is no official support for Linux systems.

If your issue is not listed here, please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions page or contact support via the official Discord.