Instant Crash On Startup

[Hunter]

I haven't played for a while but i have decided to try to pick it up again however my game crashed almost instantly on both steam and Microsoft store. although sometimes it gets to the please stand by screen, no errors but in compatibility mode i did hear some birds from the main menu audio. also this is the only game this happens on. fallout 4 works fine. any suggestions.

Things iv'e tried:
Reinstalling game on the same and different drives (SSD and HDD)
Graphics drivers
full-screening and windowed mode
changing (both) ini resolutions
using a different account both on Bethesda and windows
verifying integrity of files
updating windows
no afterburner or over-wolf
no controller plugged in
bEnableSteam = 1
Tried to launch fallout76.exe without steam
antivirus and defender off
updating directx and visual studio
getting rid of old amd graphics drivers
deleting ini files

No idea what else could try if anyone has had similar issues or good ideas i would love some input.

thanks


System:
Ryzen 52600X
rtx 3070
32gb ram
nvme ssd 500gb
1tb hdd

[ZDuB]

Originally posted by Hunter:

Things iv'e tried:
Reinstalling game on the same and different drives (SSD and HDD)
Graphics drivers
full-screening and windowed mode
changing (both) ini resolutions
using a different account both on Bethesda and windows
verifying integrity of files
updating windows
no afterburner or over-wolf
no controller plugged in
bEnableSteam = 1
Tried to launch fallout76.exe without steam
antivirus and defender off
updating directx and visual studio
getting rid of old amd graphics drivers
deleting ini files

https://youtu.be/t2F1rFmyQmY

[RMPyro]

Could be anything, but most common is that some programs can cause the game to crash. Maybe turn off all extra programs that are not required for windows in task manager and see if the game start.

[MPI333]

If changing from Bordless Window to Fullscreen doesn't work (better to change settings through NVIDIA Experience), try this:

1. Open Windows file explorer
2. In the address bar type %LocalAppData%
3. Remove the Fallout76 folder

It worked for me! Good luck =)

[Hunter]

Originally posted by RMPyro:

Could be anything, but most common is that some programs can cause the game to crash. Maybe turn off all extra programs that are not required for windows in task manager and see if the game start.

tried a clean boot with zero programs running an still nothing. Its just kinda weird that I've been able to play on this exact set up before and now it seems like no matter what i do the game refuses to run.

[RobAwa - Captain Respawn Button]

There are at least 4 people with the same issue that I know, accept my friend's invitation so you could collaborate on the issue, I know only a handful of possible solutions for this difficult hardware/software issue. Also could be caused by the games' simple antivirus system.

- Check the RAM/HDD(SSD for failures and damages.
- Back the recently installed windows(drivers updates
- Uninstall or cancel all possible programs that could affect the game launch.
- Delete folder Fallout76, located in %LocalAppData%
- Reset the bios settings, but be sure you know a thing or two about that.
- Link your steam/Xbox account on Bethesda.com (link accounts)

[TONYSOAD05]

I had this issue this morning, I spent like 3 hours making workarounds like reinstalling, closing MSI afterburner, delete cache, bla bla bla.

The only thing that worked was to move my game from C drive to E drive; I do not know if the issue was the SSD NVMe (C Drive), but once I move it to E (HDD) the problem was solved.

[Armada]

i haven't been able to play the game for at least a year now, game just refuses to boot. The weirdest thing i've got was the game somehow downloaded and loaded a third party mod that i was using when the game ran.

[Draiqil]

Not got anything particularly useful to add except to say that i am in the same boat. Nothing i do stops it from crashing. It worked over a year ago and now will never work. Eh, it's probably doing me a favour.

[Alex_R]

same problem

[✯✯✯]

the same problem here, but on Xbox App for Windows.

[grove.g]

Ever since the last update I keep getting disconnected from server after about 2 or 3 minutes of play. Sometimes I can not even start the game it automatically says the same thing. Disconnected from server. I uninstalled steam and reloaded all my games every other game is fine but not Fallout 76. A really great update maybe they should go back.

[mannamaker]

hey guys, i downloaded twice all files, useless, only thing wrong was the whole folder in my documents/mygames/fallout, deleting it completely solved instantly all issues.

[Thimerasol]

IMPORTANT: just wait until the loading screen cinematic changes from the Atlantic City billboard sign to that rickety wooden walkway in the swamp with the hanging yellow oil lamps where the brahmin event happens. THEN hit any key to continue.

[m2millenium]

in my case I have to close the "My Epson Portal" program in the tray and the game starts ... but I'm having issue now when loading.. only with low graphic details I can play. RAM goes up to 100% if higher details are set.
I need to find another solution
NVIDIA 2070 Super and 16 GB or RAM.. few years ago it was working fine

[Wolfie]

Originally posted by mannamaker:

hey guys, i downloaded twice all files, useless, only thing wrong was the whole folder in my documents/mygames/fallout, deleting it completely solved instantly all issues.

Originally posted by Thimerasol:

IMPORTANT: just wait until the loading screen cinematic changes from the Atlantic City billboard sign to that rickety wooden walkway in the swamp with the hanging yellow oil lamps where the brahmin event happens. THEN hit any key to continue.

I tried both of these options, as none of the other options worked. I don't know which of the two helped, but today the game loaded as soon as I did both!

Thank you to both of you!! I am hoping the next time I play, and I do these steps at start up, the game will just run!

~Wolfie~