Game keeps crashing upon starting

[lesbihorror]

The game will not start at all. I click on play and it goes black for a second before saying that the game has crashed. Which sucks cause I was super pumped to play this game. So, if anyone knows how to fix this that'd be great.

[sonicsky]

So, same problem here. The only difference that after clicking steam play button nothing happens at all. Same if trying to run exe file from game folder. No error messages, no black screens, nothing.
Reinstall not helps. Using latest drivers.
I7 11700K + Z590
6800 XT
32Gb
Anyone got some ideas?

[CloneTrooper(NL)]

Run as administrator?

[sonicsky]

Well, yes. I even got communication with game devs. But only what they can advise, simple ideas such as check admin rights, FW, drivers, DX, visual c++, reinstall windows, bla bla bla, etc.
I already tried everything. Even tried to run using integrated intel CPU graphics.
Version from torrents. Same. All other Unreal engine games running just fine.
I think this is some sort of specific hardware compatibility issue. No errors, no logs, so it's not possible to understand what a problem are.
For now, I dropped that game for later future...

[Nordhbane]

Having the exakt problem as sonicsky. Pressing play, the button changes to "Stop", but nothing happens, and then a few seconds later the button changes back to "Play" again.

[Nordhbane]

Interestingly enough, I was able to start it on my 8 year old computer. With a GTX970, but not with my brand new computer.

[CloneTrooper(NL)]

Originally posted by Nordh:

Having the exakt problem as sonicsky. Pressing play, the button changes to "Stop", but nothing happens, and then a few seconds later the button changes back to "Play" again.

Do you open it in the library? Try the exe. on your desktop

[Nordhbane]

Originally posted by CloneTrooper(NL):

Originally posted by Nordh:

Having the exakt problem as sonicsky. Pressing play, the button changes to "Stop", but nothing happens, and then a few seconds later the button changes back to "Play" again.

Do you open it in the library? Try the pictographs on your desktop

You mean icons?

I can't start it straight from the exe in the main game folder, nor LOF2's binaries-folder. Same thing happens. I can see the process starting up for a few seconds in the task manager, but it closes itself down again.

[CloneTrooper(NL)]

than make contact with bloober. the company who create this game

[sonicsky]

Originally posted by Nordh:

Originally posted by CloneTrooper(NL):

Do you open it in the library? Try the pictographs on your desktop

You mean icons?

I can't start it straight from the exe in the main game folder, nor LOF2's binaries-folder. Same thing happens. I can see the process starting up for a few seconds in the task manager, but it closes itself down again.

What specs you are using?

[Nordhbane]

Originally posted by sonicsky:

What specs you are using?

16gb ram
11th gen i7-11700K @ 3,6ghz
NVIDIA Geforce RTX3070 Ti


Old computer, where it's working, has got Geforce GTX970, and some other 8 year old specs. :P

[sonicsky]

So, same CPU...

[Nordhbane]

Indeed.
Just checked old computer, which has an i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30Ghz (12 CPU)

[Earl of Lemongrab]

Have you guys figured it out, game doesn't start for me as well, all other games work fine.

[Earl of Lemongrab]

Originally posted by poopsicle:

The game will not start at all. I click on play and it goes black for a second before saying that the game has crashed. Which sucks cause I was super pumped to play this game. So, if anyone knows how to fix this that'd be great.

Originally posted by sonicsky:

So, same problem here. The only difference that after clicking steam play button nothing happens at all. Same if trying to run exe file from game folder. No error messages, no black screens, nothing.
Reinstall not helps. Using latest drivers.
I7 11700K + Z590
6800 XT
32Gb
Anyone got some ideas?

Originally posted by Nordh:

Having the exakt problem as sonicsky. Pressing play, the button changes to "Stop", but nothing happens, and then a few seconds later the button changes back to "Play" again.

I have figured what the issue is. The problem is with newer Intel processors (10th, 11th gen) and older version of Unreal Engine. The developer should be aware of this, and that their game will not work with newer Intel CPUs (not sure about AMD).

Here is more details about the issue, and the workaround:
https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/articles/openssl-sha-crash-bug-requires-application-update.html


The workaround, until the developer fixes it (not likely) is to go into the folder where the exe is, for example:

...\steamapps\common\Layers of Fear 2\Binaries\Win64

Open the command line (cmd) in the same folder and execute the following:

set OPENSSL_ia32cap=:~0x20000000

This disables the OpenSSL code check for SHA extensions and runs a different code path that does not contain the crashing bug.

Then run the LOF2-Win64-Shipping.exe from this same command line. Just type

LOF2-Win64-Shipping.exe

to run the game, which should now start.


Hope this helps someone else with a newer Intel CPU.

[Nordhbane]

Originally posted by Earl of Lemongrab:

Originally posted by poopsicle:

The game will not start at all. I click on play and it goes black for a second before saying that the game has crashed. Which sucks cause I was super pumped to play this game. So, if anyone knows how to fix this that'd be great.

Originally posted by sonicsky:

So, same problem here. The only difference that after clicking steam play button nothing happens at all. Same if trying to run exe file from game folder. No error messages, no black screens, nothing.
Reinstall not helps. Using latest drivers.
I7 11700K + Z590
6800 XT
32Gb
Anyone got some ideas?

Originally posted by Nordh:

Having the exakt problem as sonicsky. Pressing play, the button changes to "Stop", but nothing happens, and then a few seconds later the button changes back to "Play" again.

I have figured what the issue is. The problem is with newer Intel processors (10th, 11th gen) and older version of Unreal Engine. The developer should be aware of this, and that their game will not work with newer Intel CPUs (not sure about AMD).

Here is more details about the issue, and the workaround:
https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/articles/openssl-sha-crash-bug-requires-application-update.html


The workaround, until the developer fixes it (not likely) is to go into the folder where the exe is, for example:

...\steamapps\common\Layers of Fear 2\Binaries\Win64

Open the command line (cmd) in the same folder and execute the following:

set OPENSSL_ia32cap=:~0x20000000

This disables the OpenSSL code check for SHA extensions and runs a different code path that does not contain the crashing bug.

Then run the LOF2-Win64-Shipping.exe from this same command line. Just type

LOF2-Win64-Shipping.exe

to run the game, which should now start.


Hope this helps someone else with a newer Intel CPU.

Incredible! That actually worked. Have an award!