DDDK gives error after trying to compile the shaders for 'characters_MAT' and crashes

[Durza76]

I've been having a bunch of trouble with my copy of the DDDK (Dungeon Defenders Development Kit). Mainly, it persistently crashes after compiling the shaders for either 'UI_equipmenticon' or 'character_MAT.'
I've re-downloaded the files, but nothing changed. If anything, it got slower... and then crashed. I tried to verify the files, but Steam didn't find anything wrong. I've been working on this for a while now, but nothing seems to work.

http://i.imgur.com/1hpjj.jpg
(There. That's much nicer)

I'm pretty sure there's an obvious solution that I'm missing.

[Cr4zy]

That is way too small to read, maybe use http://imgur.com/ to host the picture.

[JeremyStieglitz]

Try to delete these files ( C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\dungeon defenders\Engine\Shaders\* ) and then verify steam cache integrity -- did that help? Anyone else get this problem?

-Jer

[Durza76]

Try to delete these files ( C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\dungeon defenders\Engine\Shaders\* ) and then verify steam cache integrity -- did that help? Anyone else get this problem?

-Jer

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I did what Jeremy said, but this time it still gives me the above error or none at all...
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UPDATE: I have lost all hope. I found that it is actually a DirectX issue, not the program. It pretends that it requires DirectX 9... I run DirectX 11. Can I make it so that it runs 11 and not 9? I'm not going to mess with it otherwise.