Game starts but game window won't stay open

[Johnny_Necktie]

hi, so I am able to launch the game but as soon as it opens to the main menu. the application window closes and won't stay open when I click on the taskbar icon. I've tried restarting my computer and uninstalling and reinstalling the game, but the issue persists. is there a way to force the game to start in windowed mode maybe? any suggestions appreciated.

[HiFive]

From my files for this type of issue:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/200710/discussions/0/2692512878707852262/

Also, what fixed it for someone on 2/22/2020:

Originally posted by Kain:

I was able to overcome the problems by updating my c++, graphics card and doing a few clean restarts and re-instalations of the game and it's mod. things seem to work for now

[HiFive]

Also, this thread:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/200710/discussions/0/2803982773097852038/

In this case, the player had deleted the Save folder in the game's file location on his computer, but the Steam Cloud was still trying to download his characters. He had to right-click on the game in his games list and disable the Steam Cloud for this game.

[HiFive]

This is a compilation of some of the stuff from above, plus more:

This exchange on another thread:

gyinnyin has Torchlight II 8 hours ago
GAME KEEPS CRASHING upon launch
I was able to play the game with no problem on Monday but today when I tried to play again. It just goes straight to crash after clicking the play button.

I tried to re install the game, delete the runic game folder in my documents, change compatibility mode, disabled steam cloud, but nothing works.

HELPPPPPP


HiFive has Torchlight II 6 hours ago
Try deleting the local_settings file in the game folder. The game will make a new one, and you'll just have to reset your preferences. The location of the game folder in Windows 10:

This PC\Documents\my games\runic games\torchlight 2


ndoue has Torchlight II 4 hours ago
I got the same problem. I tried HiFive tip and it made the game luch again. i tried to put my game in windowed fullscreen and it crashed again. After putting the game in full screen, the game doesn't crash anymore. so i guess it's the fullscreen window that make the game crash


gyinnyin has Torchlight II 4 hours ago
that one didn't work. what I did was close the afterburner and RTSS, then launch the game.

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Problem with ,,unable to get local appdata folder,, - HELP
Hello Torchlight players. I need help with this error message when I wanted play torchlight 2 I got this error message ,, unable to get local appdata folder,,. Here in steam discussion I found the advice with hidden appdata folder but this advice do not work. Thank you so much for some help.

Originally posted by Katsu:

sorry for the necrobump but just in case for others out there who still might encounter this issue..
on my end, it was windows defender's Controlled Folder Access. i had to allow torchlight2.exe and modlauncher.exe through controlled folder access and had the issue resolved. ;)

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fix for Steam having trouble launching the game.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/200710/discussions/0/2279330983551133519/

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Also, often people find out that their drivers and other software are out of date.

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https://steamcommunity.com/app/200710/discussions/0/1699416432424988397/#c1699416432427589818


I've outlined this before, but here is what I do:

1) I disabled Steam Cloud a long time ago.

2) I made a desktop shortcut for the Torchlight 2 folder. In Windows 10 it's "This PC\Documents\My Games\Runic Games\Torchlight 2".

3) I made another new folder for my desktop titled: "Saves for Torchlight 2".

4) Whenever I exit the game I open the shortcut for Torchlight 2 and copy the "modsave" and "save" folders. Then I open the "Saves for Torchlight 2" folder and create a folder titled "Saves 001" or whatever number is next. I then open that folder and paste my copies of the "modsave" and "save" folders.

Some people copy the saves to a thumb drive instead of to their desktop, which would be preferable in case something happens to your hard drive. I do occasional backups instead, but when I get more thumb drives I'll be copying to those as well.

Now, if Torchlight 2 ever crashes on you and you can't get it to load again, you have an easy way to get everything back and running again. Usually you will have to delete the "local_settings" file so the game will load. Torchlight 2 will make a new "local_settings" folder for you (you'll probably have to reset your preferences, such as "show blood", "show helmet", Vsync, whatever you had before). When the game loads, all the game files may be wiped clean and will only give you a prompt to start a new game. If that is the case then you exit the game, go into the Torchlight 2 folder. Delete the "modsave" and "save" folder (or temporarily rename them or put them somewhere else if you want to be extra cautious) and copy/paste your saved versions of those folders into the Torchlight 2 folder. Whoop! Everything's back to normal.

[HiFive]

In case you are on Linux:

Originally posted by HiFive:

Try reading this Steam TL2 thread:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/200710/discussions/0/1735468693688576839/

Originally posted by LINUXoldrocker99:

Thank you very much! The solution was to delete libfontconfi6.so.6 which was in gamefolder/lib64. Fired right up.

[Johnny_Necktie]

Awesome, looks like
Disabling steam cloud worked thanks man!

[HiFive]

Originally posted by Johnny_Necktie:

Awesome, looks like
Disabling steam cloud worked thanks man!

Hey, glad you found something that worked.