Deep Space Battle Simulator

Deep Space Battle Simulator

RAVENWING Oct 27, 2021 @ 4:38am
game wont start up
I'm trying to launch the game then 3-4 seconds it loads but nothing happens. I reinstalled it 2 times, checked the files for errors still dosen't work...

i have a

irisx9 graphic card and a
core 17
Originally posted by yeswecamp_DEV:
Hello, sorry for your issue! This is an issue appearing in newer Intel hardware, that unfortunately has an incompatibility with Unreal Engine 4.24, which the game uses.

Here is an article from Intel themselves about the issue: https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/articles/openssl-sha-crash-bug-requires-application-update.html

They also provide an easy fix, here is a short summary of the fix:

Open “File Explorer” (Win+E), right-click on “This PC”, and select “Properties”

Select “Advanced System Settings”

Select “Environment Variables” in the “Advanced” tab

Select “New…” under “System variables”

Input the text below and select “OK”
Variable name: OPENSSL_ia32cap
Variable value: ~0x200000200000000

Confirm that the variable has been added successfully, then select “OK”


Please let me know if this helped!
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yeswecamp_DEV  [developer] Oct 27, 2021 @ 7:47am 
Hello, sorry for your issue! This is an issue appearing in newer Intel hardware, that unfortunately has an incompatibility with Unreal Engine 4.24, which the game uses.

Here is an article from Intel themselves about the issue: https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/articles/openssl-sha-crash-bug-requires-application-update.html

They also provide an easy fix, here is a short summary of the fix:

Open “File Explorer” (Win+E), right-click on “This PC”, and select “Properties”

Select “Advanced System Settings”

Select “Environment Variables” in the “Advanced” tab

Select “New…” under “System variables”

Input the text below and select “OK”
Variable name: OPENSSL_ia32cap
Variable value: ~0x200000200000000

Confirm that the variable has been added successfully, then select “OK”


Please let me know if this helped!
RAVENWING Oct 27, 2021 @ 3:45pm 
thank you it works sorry i respawned so late i just got home
Earth_Demon101 Nov 7, 2021 @ 8:28am 
it still does not work
Earth_Demon101 Nov 7, 2021 @ 8:28am 
it does not even show the steam launcher
yeswecamp_DEV  [developer] Nov 7, 2021 @ 9:06am 
Originally posted by rjhock7:
it does not even show the steam launcher

What do you mean by "not showing the Steam launcher"? If you press "Play" while in your Steam library, what happens? And what CPU are you using? I am sure we can fix this!
Earth_Demon101 Feb 10, 2022 @ 5:56am 
I is still not working after the early access was done it still does not work
clone9519 Feb 15, 2022 @ 9:51am 
i did the intel fix as well i click play i get the loading curser then goes back to click play to start on steam library page. i have an 11th gen i7
allskeeper May 9, 2022 @ 6:24pm 
when is the next update to fix this problem?
vpelss Aug 8, 2022 @ 7:00pm 
Lame. Mine will not start either. No that fix did not help. HP Zbook 17. You would think it would work. It is not like this is some odd hardware.

Update: For me it ended up being a corrupted file on download. The issue for me is that when run through steam, the error does not show. But if I run the .exe direct I get the error showing.
Last edited by vpelss; Aug 9, 2022 @ 7:23am
vpelss Aug 8, 2022 @ 7:09pm 
Nothing in the windows event viewer either. Strange.
Earth_Demon101 Jan 22, 2023 @ 2:45pm 
This did not work
Joeygotjokes Mar 4, 2023 @ 6:13am 
Originally posted by yeswecamp_DEV:
Hello, sorry for your issue! This is an issue appearing in newer Intel hardware, that unfortunately has an incompatibility with Unreal Engine 4.24, which the game uses.

Here is an article from Intel themselves about the issue: https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/articles/openssl-sha-crash-bug-requires-application-update.html

They also provide an easy fix, here is a short summary of the fix:

Open “File Explorer” (Win+E), right-click on “This PC”, and select “Properties”

Select “Advanced System Settings”

Select “Environment Variables” in the “Advanced” tab

Select “New…” under “System variables”

Input the text below and select “OK”
Variable name: OPENSSL_ia32cap
Variable value: ~0x200000200000000

Confirm that the variable has been added successfully, then select “OK”


Please let me know if this helped!


Thanks for this tip. It worked like a charm. It got really frustrating when I couldn't play this game, immediately after installing the game, and I uninstalled and reinstalled it 3 times before trying this tip. So thank you so much.
DitchDoctor Mar 7, 2023 @ 2:50pm 
Fixed it for me :)
Benton Mar 13, 2023 @ 11:39am 
does not fix the issue with my intel 13900k pls help meeeeeeeeee
Vladskullcrusher Jun 21, 2023 @ 2:45pm 
Dose not work, shame, I love this game and want to play it some time
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