DgVoodoo2 Guide

Starting with Intel's 12th Gen line of CPU's, native DirectX 9 support has been dropped and the emulated DX9on12 implementation does not work with Phantasy Star Universe. In order to get PSU to run on newer Intel hardware, you will need to download and copy over specific dgVoodoo2 files to PSU's installation folder in order to directly translate PSU's DirectX 9 instructions to DirectX 11 or 12.

Step 1

Download dgVoodoo
Source: http://dege.freeweb.hu/dgVoodoo2/dgVoodoo2/

Step 2

Open the dgVoodoo2 .zip folder and copy dgVoodoo.conf and dgVoodooCpl.exe over to PSU's installation directory (the same folder with PSUC.exe, online.exe, option.exe, etc.)

Step 3

In the dgVoodoo2 .zip, navigate to the "MS" folder, then go into the "x86" folder. You should see four .dll files in there labelled D3D8.dll, D3D9.dll, D3Dlmm.dll, and DDraw.dll.
Copy all four of those .dll files into PSU's installation directory just like in Step 2.

Step 4

Open dgVoodoo2Cpl.exe and navigate to the DirextX tab. In the Videocard drop down list select GeForce 9800 GT, the default dgVoodoo Virtual 3D Accelerated Card option will cause improper "black splotch" rendering on transparent textures.
Uncheck dgVoodoo Watermark and click "Apply" then click "OK".

Step 5

Run the PSU launcher as normal and you should be good to go!