The game won't launch

[TheWILLMORIN]

Hi, i've bought the whole Hitman package and i've installed Blood Money and Absolution so far. Blood money work great but absolution won't even start... I press Play and nothing happen. I've unistalled it and reinstalled it and same thing again. Does someone have a solution for me please ? Thanks !

[Radbound]

How about https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHCekPg_hVs ?

[TheWILLMORIN]

Already tried that... but thanks ! :(

[Radbound]

I saw this

"Hitman: Absolution won’t start after pressing play

In Windows 7 go the Hitman: Absolution installation folder, right-click the Hitman: Absolution exe file, go to the ‘Compatibility Mode’ tab and check ‘Disable Desktop Composition.’ Then try running Hitman: Absolution once more."

on http://www.crashwiki.com/hitman-absolution-crash-and-freeze-when-loading-stuck-at-preload-out-of-memory-errors-poor-fps-no-sound-wont-start/

[TheWILLMORIN]

It look like it want to start but still doesn't :(

[TheWILLMORIN]

now i've upgraded from windows 7 to windows 10 and I still have the same issue ... :(

[ุ]

Originally posted by 2693478315:

same thing happens to me also! need solution

Originally posted by Willmorin25:

Hi, i've bought the whole Hitman package and i've installed Blood Money and Absolution so far. Blood money work great but absolution won't even start... I press Play and nothing happen. I've unistalled it and reinstalled it and same thing again. Does someone have a solution for me please ? Thanks !

Make sure you have the righ specs, if that dosent work ask for a refund from steam.

[Authentyc]

This happens sometimes, happened to me as well. It works perfectly fine now, let me know if it works! best of luck! =)

[TheWILLMORIN]

Nope... still can't run the game ! ... I really don't understand what the heck ir wrong...

[Revelation44]

On the EXE in the Compatibility window, I selecetd both "Run as administrator" and Windows 8 compatibility (I'm runnig W10) - finally worked for me!

[TheWILLMORIN]

didn't work either... :(

[TheWILLMORIN]

Still nothing.... anybody ? :(

[TheWILLMORIN]

My cousin just bought the game, he installed it and everything is fine... I don't get that there is no solution for me ? My alienware laptop run everything on ULTRA and this 2012 game doesn't even launch .... :(

[SaiPrian]

Hello, i have the same problem, just saying this to make you feel better really, you're not alone ! :) but yeah in the meantime it sucks :(

[SaiPrian]

ok i tried the following things and it didn't work :
- removing the files and redownloading everything
- checking the integrity
- disabling windows UAC (i'm on windows 10)
- disabling antivirus/firewall
- playing with Steam offline
- changing the pagefile.sys from automatic to manually set
- trying compatibility mode windows 7 or windows 8
- renaming the .exe file into "Hitman Absolution.exe" or "Hitman Absolution .exe"
- running the .exe as Administrator

I receive error code (3) when launching the game online, error code (41) when launching it offline.

I have all my drivers up to date, windows update up to date, direct X up to date.

I noticed that in the game folder (Steam\steamapps\common\Hitman Absolution) files are created with these names at every failed launch:

- HMA.exe.2500.STEAMSTART (5 Kb)
- hma_104470_crash_2016_2_10T19_31_42C0.mdmp (55 Kb)

all of them with the same content... i cannot copypaste the content (too big) but they contain DLL names...

I am sure that as some people pointed out, there are some compatibilities problems for certain computers/processors/graphics card with windows 10 and/or direct X, and basically Steam/Square Enix doesn't give a damn about us.

I will try playing on a friend's computer tomorrow to see if there is any difference.

One question though, I have my Steam folder installed on D: drive instead of C:, some people said it may be the cause, can you confirm if you have Steam installed on your C hard drive ? If yes it will mean the problem isn't that and I don't need to test myself :)

[SaiPrian]

my specs below:
MSI AG220 2PE-026EU
- GeForce GTX 860M (2,048 MB GDDR5)
- RAM : 8 GB (DDR 3)
- Intel Core i5 4210H
- Windows 10 (originally the PC comes with 8.1 but i didn't try anything with it, i upgraded straight to winten)