help

[didusha]

I launch the game, press “any button to start”, 5-10 seconds pass - the game does not respond, what should I do???

[OutsidR]

Maybe wait until the dice start rising and turning and try again. Been a prob. for a while now.

[didusha]

i`ve been trying like 50 times

[Boboscus]

My game always freezes on the cinematic intro, but if I wait 3-5 seconds it goes to normal.

[starhawk134]

if you have not done it verify your files on fallout 76
make sure you have direct x
I could not play this on my new gaming computer because direct x had to be installed
installing it solved my problem

[Tesityr]

If I may, when this happens, I click on the screen a few times until a "End Process" button appears (Windows crashed application popup).

Press End Process and go into the TAsk Manager (right-click the Taskbar or the Start Button and click on Task Manager text), and in the Details Tab, make sure there are no "Fallout76.exe" processes running (usually one if game is running).

If there is, just right-click the line of the Fallout76.exe and click on the words "End Process Tree" and Fallout 76 will finally completely exit (versus hang, leave the Library Page listing button as 'running/stop', etc...).

Once it's exited fully, you can try restart the game - I've had to do this twice in a row sometimes, just to get it to run properly lol [other games run just fine...]

Edit:
This is also super-helpful, because older games sometimes need drivers (system files) that need to talk to older hardware (even if you don't have the older hardware) just to run...
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Originally posted by starhawk134:

if you have not done it verify your files on fallout 76
make sure you have direct x
I could not play this on my new gaming computer because direct x had to be installed
installing it solved my problem

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gl with it

[CYBORG-X]

same problem

[donwag43]

Always wait for the 2nd or 3rd screen before (Press any button to start) Its like the game needs more time to load up. Works every time

[*Logan*]

Originally posted by Tesityr:

If I may, when this happens, I click on the screen a few times until a "End Process" button appears (Windows crashed application popup).

Press End Process and go into the TAsk Manager (right-click the Taskbar or the Start Button and click on Task Manager text), and in the Details Tab, make sure there are no "Fallout76.exe" processes running (usually one if game is running).

If there is, just right-click the line of the Fallout76.exe and click on the words "End Process Tree" and Fallout 76 will finally completely exit (versus hang, leave the Library Page listing button as 'running/stop', etc...).

Once it's exited fully, you can try restart the game - I've had to do this twice in a row sometimes, just to get it to run properly lol [other games run just fine...]

Edit:
This is also super-helpful, because older games sometimes need drivers (system files) that need to talk to older hardware (even if you don't have the older hardware) just to run...
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Originally posted by starhawk134:

if you have not done it verify your files on fallout 76
make sure you have direct x
I could not play this on my new gaming computer because direct x had to be installed
installing it solved my problem

//

gl with it

Actually, generally when Fallout 76 crashes or freezes at startup, the game locks your PC and you can't close the .exe with task manager. This game locks up and won't let go.

[*Logan*]

Originally posted by donwag43:

Always wait for the 2nd or 3rd screen before (Press any button to start) Its like the game needs more time to load up. Works every time

Good advice.
I just had a particularly bad "freeze at startup" problem and my PC wouldn't even recover from a restart I had to power down.