Detroit Become Human Launching issue

[GarlicGod]

I'd been wanting to get the game for quite some time and when I could finally afford it (It's been on sale for half price), it won't launch. I've relaunched Steam as well as the game several times but it still won't launch properly and I've restarted my computer and also made sure it is updated fully (Windows 10). Still doesn't work. If this continues I will be asking for a refund, because this is disappointing.

If anyone knows why this may be occurring, please let me know.

[Необычное]

maybe the characteristics of your computer don't meet the minimum system requirements of the game

[rosewaltzing]

I have a similar issue. I bought the game since it was on sale and know that my computer is capable of running games like this just fine, but my copy of the game launches and doesn't load properly. It's impossible to even adjust the settings on startup and I'm disappointed...

Hopefully there'll be a fix available, but right now I've been trying everything I can - task manager, pre-cache shader disabling, etc. - to no success. I was really excited to play this after three years of waiting :(

[Peanutman]

Originally posted by cwazybella:

I'd been wanting to get the game for quite some time and when I could finally afford it (It's been on sale for half price), it won't launch. I've relaunched Steam as well as the game several times but it still won't launch properly and I've restarted my computer and also made sure it is updated fully (Windows 10). Still doesn't work. If this continues I will be asking for a refund, because this is disappointing.

If anyone knows why this may be occurring, please let me know.

i had to revert to an old graphics driver to get it to work. i just looked up "detroit become human nvidia driver" or something and got the one people were recommending

[kertitorpe]

I also had problems starting the game. Nothing worked at all, and the game wouldn't even give me any error messages, it would just close and leave a dump file in the game folder every time I tried to start it. My setup (5xxx Ryzen + 6xxx Radeon) should have been more than adequate to run it, and I had no problems with Windows 11 before.

None of these worked:

- disabling Steam overlay
- deleting the overlay JSON files from the Steam folder
- running as administrator
- running in any compatibility mode
- enabling any compatibility settings
- limiting CPU cores
- disabling antivirus
- running in standard resolution (mine is 3840*1600, many games have problems with it)
- deleting shader files (there was nothing to delete, the game would quit before generating any)
- updating the Adrenalin drivers (it's the newest one, and I'm not willing to switch back to an older version just for a game)
- installing the Vulkan SDK

Finally I started analyzing the dump files and it looked like some kind of access violation, but I couldn't find the culprit. Then I fired up WinDbg (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/debugger/) and launched the executable inside it. Looking at all the libraries involved in the startup, it was immediately clear that some of them had nothing to do with the game. In my case, the apps involved were the following:

- Riva Tuner Statistics Server
- HudSight
- Bandicam

I removed all of these and dang, the game started without any the above fixes (even the Steam overlay works properly). I hope this helps someone.

[wingback18]

Originally posted by kertitorpe:

I also had problems starting the game. Nothing worked at all, and the game wouldn't even give me any error messages, it would just close and leave a dump file in the game folder every time I tried to start it. My setup (5xxx Ryzen + 6xxx Radeon) should have been more than adequate to run it, and I had no problems with Windows 11 before.

None of these worked:

- disabling Steam overlay
- deleting the overlay JSON files from the Steam folder
- running as administrator
- running in any compatibility mode
- enabling any compatibility settings
- limiting CPU cores
- disabling antivirus
- running in standard resolution (mine is 3840*1600, many games have problems with it)
- deleting shader files (there was nothing to delete, the game would quit before generating any)
- updating the Adrenalin drivers (it's the newest one, and I'm not willing to switch back to an older version just for a game)
- installing the Vulkan SDK

Finally I started analyzing the dump files and it looked like some kind of access violation, but I couldn't find the culprit. Then I fired up WinDbg (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/debugger/) and launched the executable inside it. Looking at all the libraries involved in the startup, it was immediately clear that some of them had nothing to do with the game. In my case, the apps involved were the following:

- Riva Tuner Statistics Server
- HudSight
- Bandicam

I removed all of these and dang, the game started without any the above fixes (even the Steam overlay works properly). I hope this helps someone.

the game use to start by just deleting the JSON files , but not anymore ... i dont know what to do now

[ketho484]

Is there any way to get this game to launch on my Windows 11 computer? I keep trying to play it, but it never launches. It just says that my graphics card isn't supported by DBH. What do I do!?

[Clean_Juggernaut]

I found that pressing altF4 and opening the box for quitting the game let the screen actually load. So I would leave it open and just drag the box to my second monitor while I played.

[ketho484]

Originally posted by Clean_Juggernaut:

I found that pressing altF4 and opening the box for quitting the game let the screen actually load. So I would leave it open and just drag the box to my second monitor while I played.

What if you don't have a second monitor? For me, it's just my laptop

[seifanosh19]

Are you solve it ?
I have same proplam

[Gui + Nazym]

i have the same problem

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by ketho484:

Is there any way to get this game to launch on my Windows 11 computer? I keep trying to play it, but it never launches. It just says that my graphics card isn't supported by DBH. What do I do!?

List your specs. In Win10/11 some games may do this, especially on Laptops because the Onboard GPU is your default and it can't be disabled. So you might need to click StartMenu > start typing Graphics > click on Graphics Settings > click Browse > navigate to the game folder and add any/all game related EXE files to the listing > once they are added click Options on each and change to High Performance GPU.

Now said game should launch using the dedicated GPU and not the onboard one.

If all you have in Onboard Intel / Radeon GPU, then you're PC is not powerful enough. It must have a fairly decent dedicated GPU such as GTX 1080 or better.

For some games you may even need to navigate to the game folder, find the game related EXE files, right click them one at a time, go to Properties and tick the option for "Disable Full Screen Optimization" and click OK to apply.

[MurMax]

Bandicam it is, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Delete Bandicam, and it runs

[Bad 💀 Motha]

It's 2024, why would you even have junk like Fraps or BandiCam anymore. Those were the days of WinXP when those were good apps for DX9. Rid them from your life.

Use MSI Afterburner + RTSS and configure it properly.

You can also use OBS Studio and record to local files.

[Fida'ee]

Peace. Uninstalling and reinstalling Detroit: Become Human fixed this issue for me. That is the only solution I know of right now. Let me know if it works for you.

[Hamid]

Originally posted by kertitorpe:

I also had problems starting the game. Nothing worked at all, and the game wouldn't even give me any error messages, it would just close and leave a dump file in the game folder every time I tried to start it. My setup (5xxx Ryzen + 6xxx Radeon) should have been more than adequate to run it, and I had no problems with Windows 11 before.

None of these worked:

- disabling Steam overlay
- deleting the overlay JSON files from the Steam folder
- running as administrator
- running in any compatibility mode
- enabling any compatibility settings
- limiting CPU cores
- disabling antivirus
- running in standard resolution (mine is 3840*1600, many games have problems with it)
- deleting shader files (there was nothing to delete, the game would quit before generating any)
- updating the Adrenalin drivers (it's the newest one, and I'm not willing to switch back to an older version just for a game)
- installing the Vulkan SDK

Finally I started analyzing the dump files and it looked like some kind of access violation, but I couldn't find the culprit. Then I fired up WinDbg (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/debugger/) and launched the executable inside it. Looking at all the libraries involved in the startup, it was immediately clear that some of them had nothing to do with the game. In my case, the apps involved were the following:

- Riva Tuner Statistics Server
- HudSight
- Bandicam

I removed all of these and dang, the game started without any the above fixes (even the Steam overlay works properly). I hope this helps someone.

Can you give me a clear instruction on how to use the debugger app and find the apps involved in the game startup?