Game Crashes on Splash Screen

[Spoof]

Whenever I try to launch the game, it loads the first splash screen then I get
Aftermath Error
Aftermath Error 0xbad00000

[Gwisdom]

Same here. I tried to find something on other forums, but it's like no one has this problem.

[Heresh]

You have Rivatuner or another FPS marker?

[Gwisdom]

Originally posted by Heresh:

You have Rivatuner or another FPS marker?

There is nothing like that at all - I tried to run it without any third-party programs at all - the same result

[Frank_Le_Tank (Be)]

Originally posted by Heresh:

You have Rivatuner or another FPS marker?

Thank for this, I closed MSI afterburner and riva turner , game work now !

[Spoof]

Originally posted by Heresh:

You have Rivatuner or another FPS marker?

I don't, but when I try to open Nvidia Control Panel on my computer, nothing happens. Maybe they're related and it's an issue on my end.

[Gwisdom]

Originally posted by Spoof:

Originally posted by Heresh:

You have Rivatuner or another FPS marker?

I don't, but when I try to open Nvidia Control Panel on my computer, nothing happens. Maybe they're related and it's an issue on my end.

I'm not sure if that's the problem - I literally closed everything that was open (MSI Afterburner, AMD Adrenalin and others) - It didn't help and the problem appears again

[Spoof]

Someone recommended (for a different problem) to install it on C drive, maybe I'll try that.

[Gwisdom]

I'll try it too

[Gwisdom]

Originally posted by Spoof:

Someone recommended (for a different problem) to install it on C drive, maybe I'll try that.

It didn't help

[Spoof]

I got a response. I think the thing that helped was reinstalling my GPU drivers from scratch.

Hello,

Thank you for reaching out to Age of Empires Support. I apologize for the trouble you have encountered with Age of Mythology: Retold crashing! To try and resolve this issue can you please try the steps below?

Check for Windows updates [support.microsoft.com] manually and install all of them

Update Gaming Services [support.microsoft.com]

Perform a clean installation your GPU drivers if you have recently updated them, try installing the previous version of drivers
AMD Cleanup Utility [www.amd.com]
How do I manually clean install the NVIDIA driver for my graphics card? [nvidia.custhelp.com]

Whitelist the whole game folder instead of just game .exe file and disable any deep/live scanning feature

Uninstall the game, restart your PC then re-install the game to your main drive

Disable One Drive and iCloud synchronization if they are enabled.

Make sure that the game uses your external GPU instead of your on-board graphic card

Disable any overclocking that your computer has

Disable Nvidia GeForce Experience In-Game Overlay if you have a Nvidia GPU. Additionally, if you have any in-game overlay in the background, please disable them (Discord, Rivatuner)

If the steps above don't work out, please try the additional steps we have listed in the articles below.
Crash on Launch before Intro Video; Game Does Not Launch [support.ageofempires.com]
Steam: Game does not launch when clicking 'Play' button; no error message [support.ageofempires.com]

[Gwisdom]

Originally posted by Spoof:

I got a response. I think the thing that helped was reinstalling my GPU drivers from scratch.

Hello,

Thank you for reaching out to Age of Empires Support. I apologize for the trouble you have encountered with Age of Mythology: Retold crashing! To try and resolve this issue can you please try the steps below?

Check for Windows updates [support.microsoft.com] manually and install all of them

Update Gaming Services [support.microsoft.com]

Perform a clean installation your GPU drivers if you have recently updated them, try installing the previous version of drivers
AMD Cleanup Utility [www.amd.com]
How do I manually clean install the NVIDIA driver for my graphics card? [nvidia.custhelp.com]

Whitelist the whole game folder instead of just game .exe file and disable any deep/live scanning feature

Uninstall the game, restart your PC then re-install the game to your main drive

Disable One Drive and iCloud synchronization if they are enabled.

Make sure that the game uses your external GPU instead of your on-board graphic card

Disable any overclocking that your computer has

Disable Nvidia GeForce Experience In-Game Overlay if you have a Nvidia GPU. Additionally, if you have any in-game overlay in the background, please disable them (Discord, Rivatuner)

If the steps above don't work out, please try the additional steps we have listed in the articles below.
Crash on Launch before Intro Video; Game Does Not Launch [support.ageofempires.com]
Steam: Game does not launch when clicking 'Play' button; no error message [support.ageofempires.com]

I rolled back the driver through the device manager and the game started working. However, the driver was rolled back very much and I'm not sure that other games will go fine now.