Serious Sam 3, the popular first-person shooter game, has been experiencing a frustrating issue for some players. Specifically, some users are reporting that they are unable to set the display mode to "Top" in the game's settings. This issue is causing inconvenience and disrupting the gaming experience for those affected.

The "Fatal Error: Cannot set display mode" in Serious Sam 3: BFE

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2024-05-24 Application: Serious Sam 3: BFE (PC, Steam/GOG) Issue Class: Graphics / Display Initialization Failure Error Message: "Cannot set display mode" (sometimes accompanied by a resolution like 640x480 or "top" missing from list)

Switch the preferred graphics processor dropdown from "Auto-select" over to . For AMD Users: Open your AMD Software application. Navigate to the Gaming profiles tab. Add Sam3.exe .

: The engine explicitly requires older dynamic link modules like D3DX9_43.dll to handle graphics rendering.

: Navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\[YourSteamID]\41070\ . Delete the entire contents of the local folder.

Select Serious Sam 3 from the list (or browse directly to its Sam3.exe inside your installation folder).

For NVIDIA / AMD users:

Run the installer and extract the temporary setup files to a new folder on your desktop.