PROBLEM STARTING THE GAME

[DrTHCkoCz]

I have a problem with turning on and loading the game, when turning on or when loading the game crashes and turns off, does anyone have the same problem and what should I do?

[DrTHCkoCz]

I FORGOT TO ADD THAT THE GAME STARTS IN A SMALL WINDOW INSTEAD OF FULL SCREEN

[_justfede_]

try turn off internet connection and start the game

[DrTHCkoCz]

that doesn't work either, the game only loads into the menu in a small window and either it crashes or the game shuts down by itself, I even tried reinstalling the game, it doesn't work and unfortunately I've played the game for more than 2 hours so I can't even get a refund

[Falcon777]

Same thing happened to me, man. Couldn't find a fix on the web either. The only way to play the game is to keep launching it until it stops crashing.

[Crentin Dalbs]

Have any of you tried changing the settings in the 2K launcher prior to launching the game? You can tell it what resolution to start with, and make sure it's set to run fullscreen (or borderless windowed).

[Falcon777]

I've tried it with the settings you suggested, but nothing works for me.

[Ren]

Same here. When I played a few months ago it worked fine. Now there was an update and since then the game crashes after the intro movies. Gonna request refund if I can't access what I paid for.

[Grimlin]

Originally posted by Ren:

Same here. When I played a few months ago it worked fine. Now there was an update and since then the game crashes after the intro movies. Gonna request refund if I can't access what I paid for.

There was a recent update for it? dude i Have the same exact problem, and it used to start up just fine until recently

[Falcon777]

Just found a fix from another discussions thread

SuperBrain 8 Jun @ 5:54pm

Looks like 2K launcher does something to game files that causes the crash.

To fix this, go to your Steam Library page, right-click the game, select Properties, go to Installed files tab then click on "Verify integrity of game files" button. Wait until it finishes and try again.

Note that this may reset some of your settings, but do try the game first to see if it crashes before changing anything.

Stupid game publishers just have to add their own launchers everywhere ...

EDIT Weirdly enough, it still crashes and it only seems to do that when I press Enter on "Press ENTER to start" prompt. If I click my left mouse button instead, it continues running properly.

[GSMaN]

fixed it by following these steps:
1. run the game from the mafiadefinitiveedition.exe directly without launcher (in the launcher you can set the full screen mode and the resolution, but do not run it via it)
2. run mafiadefinitiveedition.exe file and steam.exe as administrator for all users. Right click on the exe icon -> compatibility mode -> ....

[lukyvit]

I have the same problem.

[PindafCZ]

Nothing helped and it crash at the beginning

[TigerMan7588]

Originally posted by PindafCZ:

Nothing helped and it crash at the beginning

Got it to work. Just changed video settings in launcher back to what they should be (recent patch lowered them). Launched game, which crashed. Then re-validated game files. Launched again and then right before menu screen when it says to press Enter, i clicked left mouse button instead and got to menu. All was normal from then on.

[stoney]

works fine for me

[Dan_TheGamerMan]

The game is crashing for me on the main menu, and the one time I got past the main menu I was unable to detect any input from my controller to start driving, while the controller was working fine in the menus.