Game wont Launch

[Axies the Collector]

I start Death Stranding and go green for about 5 seconds. Then nothing.

i7920
12 gb ram
gtx970 (most recent driver)
windows 10 (most recent build)

Update I

Got my support ticket answered. Looks like i need to make a new PC to play the game.

Update II

Patch v1.01 no change. Still nothing after green for 5 seconds.

Update III

Built a new computer. Same graphics card. Problem is gone, and it was definitely related to older cpu's. I will check periodically to see if they fix the issue, and tag the post.

[76561198920653447]

Try to disable Windows Defender and Firewall, game launched perfectly right after!

[Gmatrix]

Yes, I already tried that and all the other "fixes" and it doesn't do anything. I'm sure is the lack of AVX instructions from my processor.

[Sküül]

引用自 Gmatrix：

Yes, I already tried that and all the other "fixes" and it doesn't do anything. I'm sure is the lack of AVX instructions from my processor.

The strange thing is that even with AVX compatible hardware, it doesn't work for some people. Maybe the problem is not only with AVX

[[TNT]_El_Giaguaro]

引用自 Boosted：

引用自 TNT_El_Giaguaro：

Also for me...it doesn't start! GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB ram. What can i do?

what CPU?

Intel Core i7 CPU 930 @ 2.80GHz...pretty old but it works quite well with any other game

[Gmatrix]

I might have the oldest CPUs in the entire steam community but it works with everything else.
I am using dual X5690s but like I said I can play anything with an average of 100fps to 200fps on most games. Heck, I can even do VR with no problem (with the exception WMR because of AVX) .

[facundoen]

引用自 Gmatrix：

I might have the oldest CPUs in the entire steam community but it works with everything else.
I am using dual X5690s but like I said I can play anything with an average of 100fps to 200fps on most games. Heck, I can even do VR with no problem (with the exception WMR because of AVX) .

What a beast man... Old but gold. How big is your psu though (watts)? Just curious.

[Gmatrix]

My psu 980W. It is actually an old Mac Pro workstation. Apple stopped supporting it so I turn it into my gaming rig. I got rid of the MacOs and installed Windows 10, upgraded CPUs and installed an RTX 2080Ti.

[facundoen]

引用自 Gmatrix：

My psu 980W. It is actually an old Mac Pro workstation. Apple stopped supporting it so I turn it into my gaming rig. I got rid of the MacOs and installed Windows 10, upgraded CPUs and installed an RTX 2080Ti.

That was a beautiful mac. Unlike the "trash bin" and the "cheesegrater", lol

[Boosted]

引用自 TNT_El_Giaguaro：

引用自 Boosted：

what CPU?

Intel Core i7 CPU 930 @ 2.80GHz...pretty old but it works quite well with any other game

They ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up and CPUs that don't have AVX instruction won't run the game. Hope for a patch, play on Geforce Now or refund.

[Uncle Ho]

Bruh it's easy. Just drop 1000k for a new computer

[facundoen]

well, major breakthrough here. Did pretty much the same as this guide says, but with the ds.exe info (avx emulation)

https://steamcommunity.com/app/899440/discussions/0/1841314700705663416/

Offline, it launches, tells me to do first activation online.

Online, it launches, screen goes black, and off. Takes some good 10 minutes to launch though.

[Unplanned_Organism]

引用自 facundoen：

well, major breakthrough here. Did pretty much the same as this guide says, but with the ds.exe info (avx emulation)

https://steamcommunity.com/app/899440/discussions/0/1841314700705663416/

Offline, it launches, tells me to do first activation online.

Online, it launches, screen goes black, and off. Takes some good 10 minutes to launch though.

Good stuff, I'll test it with a batch file and the appid for DS: 1190460.

引用自 Gmatrix：

FAILED_INSTRUCTION_ADDRESS:
ds!AK::WriteBytesCount::SetCount+2e897
00000001`41635297 c5f81008 vmovups xmm1,xmmword ptr [rax]

It's not necessarily an AVX instruction, it could be SSE4.2 as well, I'll look it up.

It also seems 505games is aware of the issue and might have an internal discussion about it, hopefully they'll be making an announcement soon!
https://twitter.com/505Support/status/1283608093390106625
https://twitter.com/505Support/status/1283160654912749568

Hopefully..

[Simple.man]

引用自 facundoen：

well, major breakthrough here. Did pretty much the same as this guide says, but with the ds.exe info (avx emulation)

https://steamcommunity.com/app/899440/discussions/0/1841314700705663416/

Offline, it launches, tells me to do first activation online.

Online, it launches, screen goes black, and off. Takes some good 10 minutes to launch though.

does not help, still an error
Build : dso 100/1892587 21:23 - Fri Jul 10 2020

CallStack : 2401660711

Error initializing rendering configuration, check video card and drivers

[Unplanned_Organism]

引用自 facundoen：

well, major breakthrough here. Did pretty much the same as this guide says, but with the ds.exe info (avx emulation)
https://steamcommunity.com/app/899440/discussions/0/1841314700705663416/

I can paraphrase some of it:

1. go to the Intel SDE kit download page, download the win version of the SDE:
   https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/articles/pre-release-license-agreement-for-intel-software-development-emulator-accept-end-user-license-agreement-and-download.html
   you can use 7zip to extract it twice: https://www.7-zip.org/ (from tar.bz2 to .tar and then to files).
   
2. When all the files are extracted in the game folder (sde.exe must be in the same directory as ds.exe), make a steam_appid.txt file containing this: 1190460 (game id).
   
3. make a .bat file containing .\sde.exe -ivb -- ds.exe or run a powershell from the directory: you can click the path and type powershell to run it directly from there, don't run it yet.
   
4. Run steam as admin, go into offline mode, then run the command. The game will take about 10mins to launch
   
5. I still need to test the online mode, because the offline mode says :
   Steam is currently in offline mode, for the first launch go in Online Mode. [...]

引用自 facundoen：

Offline, it launches, tells me to do first activation online.
Online, it launches, screen goes black, and off. Takes some good 10 minutes to launch though.

Same as of now.

[Simple.man]

引用自 Unplanned_Organism：

引用自 facundoen：

well, major breakthrough here. Did pretty much the same as this guide says, but with the ds.exe info (avx emulation)
https://steamcommunity.com/app/899440/discussions/0/1841314700705663416/

I can paraphrase some of it:

1. go to the Intel SDE kit download page, download the win version of the SDE:
   https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/articles/pre-release-license-agreement-for-intel-software-development-emulator-accept-end-user-license-agreement-and-download.html
   you can use 7zip to extract it twice: https://www.7-zip.org/ (from tar.bz2 to .tar and then to files).
   
2. When all the files are extracted in the game folder (sde.exe must be in the same directory as ds.exe), make a steam_appid.txt file containing this: 1190460 (game id).
   
3. make a .bat file containing .\sde.exe -ivb -- ds.exe or run a powershell from the directory: you can click the path and type powershell to run it directly from there, don't run it yet.
   
4. Run steam as admin, go into offline mode, then run the command. The game will take about 10mins to launch
   
5. I still need to test the online mode, because the offline mode says :
   Steam is currently in offline mode, for the first launch go in Online Mode. [...]

引用自 facundoen：

Offline, it launches, tells me to do first activation online.
Online, it launches, screen goes black, and off. Takes some good 10 minutes to launch though.

Same as of now.

Everything is unchanged for me, still "Error initializing rendering configuration, check video card and drivers"