One-click installer that fixes the "Fatal Error" crash in Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age on recent NVIDIA drivers (591.xx and newer).
Recent NVIDIA drivers may cause FFXII to crash during startup while shaders are being initialized.
One-click installer that fixes the "Fatal Error" crash in Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age on recent NVIDIA drivers (591.xx and newer).
Recent NVIDIA drivers may cause FFXII to crash during startup while shaders are being initialized.
- "Fatal Error" on launch
- Crash during shader initialization
- Game closes before reaching the main menu
This installer automatically:
- Checks for an NVIDIA GPU
- Downloads NVIDIA Profile Inspector from the official source if missing
- Checks whether FFXII is installed
- Imports a game-specific NVIDIA profile
- Disables Shader Cache only for FFXII
- Creates a desktop launcher
- Offers to launch the game
- Download the latest release.
- Extract the ZIP archive.
- Run:
Install_FFXII_NVIDIA_Fix.bat
- Follow the on-screen instructions.
Important: Do not run the BAT file directly from inside the ZIP archive. Extract the archive first.
Simple launcher that starts the PowerShell installer.
Main installer responsible for downloading dependencies, importing the profile, and creating shortcuts.
NVIDIA Profile Inspector profile for FFXII.
Verifies that an NVIDIA graphics card is installed.
If NVIDIA Profile Inspector is not found, the installer offers to download the latest version from the official GitHub repository.
Detects Steam and verifies whether Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age is installed.
Copies:
FFXII_ShaderCacheOff.nip
to:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\FFXII_NVIDIA_Fix
Automatically imports the profile using:
nvidiaProfileInspector.exe -silentImport
Creates:
Start FFXII with NVIDIA Fix
on the user's desktop.
Optionally launches FFXII through Steam after installation.
The fix is applied only to Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age.
- Does not affect other games
- No driver rollback required
- Easy to remove or reapply
- Safe after NVIDIA driver updates
- No need to modify global NVIDIA settings
The .nip file is an exported NVIDIA Profile Inspector profile.
It stores the FFXII-specific driver setting where Shader Cache is disabled.
This approach is safer than changing global NVIDIA settings because it only affects Final Fantasy XII and leaves all other games untouched.
- Windows 10
- Windows 11
- NVIDIA Drivers 591.xx and newer
This project is not affiliated with Square Enix or NVIDIA.
NVIDIA Profile Inspector is downloaded from its official GitHub repository:
https://github.com/Orbmu2k/nvidiaProfileInspector
Use this tool at your own risk. The installer only imports a game-specific NVIDIA profile and does not modify global NVIDIA settings.
Typical symptoms:
- "Fatal Error" on launch
- Crash during shader initialization
- Game closes before reaching the main menu
This installer automatically:
- Checks for an NVIDIA GPU
- Downloads NVIDIA Profile Inspector (official source) if missing
- Checks whether FFXII is installed
- Imports a game-specific NVIDIA profile
- Disables Shader Cache only for FFXII
- Creates a desktop launcher
- Launches the game
- Download the latest release.
- Extract the archive.
- Run:
Install_FFXII_NVIDIA_Fix.bat
- Follow the on-screen instructions.
The fix is applied only to Final Fantasy XII.
Benefits:
- Does not affect other games
- No driver rollback required
- Easy to remove or reapply
- Safe after driver updates
- Windows 10
- Windows 11
- NVIDIA Drivers 591.xx+
This project is not affiliated with Square Enix or NVIDIA. NVIDIA Profile Inspector is downloaded from its official GitHub repository.