Potential fix for freezing on startup/launch

[Dr. Rockso]

Not applicable to everyone but I have discovered that my Corsair K70 keyboard and iCUE software seem to be the culprit. Sometimes when launching the game it will start to open and then get frozen with a black screen before the Bandai logo comes up. In these cases I've found literally unplugging my keyboard unfreezes it. Afterwards I can plug the keyboard back in with no issues. I also had some luck with restarting iCUE and trying again. Just thought I'd put this out there in case it helps anyone else. I know I've encountered this in at least one other game so not sure if this is an Elden Ring issue or a Corsair issue.

[Bass Ghost]

Lol that's so funny, I had the same issue and it worked for me too. I'll try again later to make sure it wasn't a coincidence but thanks either way

[Dr. Rockso]

Glad it helped someone. One of the strangest things I've encountered.

[Eidelan]

Your "fix" worked perfectly lol. I've been playing this game almost since launch with no issues. but exactly what you described just started happening tonight out of the blue. I haven't had the iCUE software installed for years though. :/

[nfinite.recursion]

Just a quick question here: What exactly does iCUE do?

I checked out Corsair's page on it and got a bit of an overview of what it's supposed to do. The big bullet points seem to be that it controls lighting on Corsair products and can control Windows power and color profiles on the fly. But what I'm most interested in finding out is whether or not it uses a screen overlay, installs a Windows control driver, and/or installs a Windows service.

I've always avoided installing third party control apps because they have always caused various degrees of system instability, while pointlessly eating up CPU cycles and RAM for no good reason. If I need to adjust lighting on any of my systems I just use OpenRGB.

[Funky Burger]

Still not fixed unfortunately :( not the worst thing in the world but having to unplug my keyboard every time is quite annoying

[ProjectLiquid]

Dude I stopped playing this game months ago due to this issue. I may try this again with this fix.

[dark-breed]

Originally posted by the absolute freak:

Still not fixed unfortunately :( not the worst thing in the world but having to unplug my keyboard every time is quite annoying

how could fix fromsoft a problem caused by a third party software (ICUE) that break the security rules of windows ?

[h0bbiton]

What fixed it for me was:
1. Start game with controller switched off.
2. Wait for "FROM SOFTWARE" screen to show up.
3. Turn on controller.