Game won't launch

[Naktaemon]

windows 11 pro
rtx 3080
7800x3D
ddr5 32gb

Graphic driver is up to date (3/19)
Tried reinstall/reboot neither worked...
I see quite a few have the same issue. anyone know the solution?

[AngelHeart19]

I have a RTX 3060 and it also wont work I'm curious why its not working either

[jfiwnam88]

For me, too. It won't load and nothing happens. It says launching and running 100%, but then went back to click play. I do not know what it is going on. I got rtx 3080, too.

[ben.parker]

Same issue for me. RTX 4090, drivers up to date. I hit "Play", its switches to "Running" briefly, then it goes back to "Play". It never starts. I tried rebooting as well. Ugh.

[AngelHeart19]

maybe they should have pushed the release date back another year my god are they having
a lot of issues on release

[jfiwnam88]

I found this reply on other discussion topics. This might help you a lot.

hypnosis28 has Dragon's Dogma 2 32 minutes ago

Originally posted by Yojimbo:
i cant even launch the game. i click start and then it says "running" and I can see the process start up but it never launches... anyone else having this issue? I have way above the min requirements:

CPU: Intel Core i5 12600K
GPU: Nvidia RTX 3070
RAM: 32 GB
Drivers are all up to date
No space issues

I also had the same problem with it not running.
When I deleted the Crashreprot.exe file in the local folder, the game ran.

So basically, go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Dragons Dogma 2
and just delete CrashReport.exe.

Then just try to launching a game. It might or not give you borderless or full screen resolution. It will say compling shaders. Just wait few mins and be patient. Give a 5 to 10 mins minimum or more.

Finally the screen you can adjust settings. Good Luck!!!

[Legalize Tren]

Originally posted by jfiwnam88:

I found this reply on other discussion topics. This might help you a lot.

hypnosis28 has Dragon's Dogma 2 32 minutes ago

Originally posted by Yojimbo:
i cant even launch the game. i click start and then it says "running" and I can see the process start up but it never launches... anyone else having this issue? I have way above the min requirements:

CPU: Intel Core i5 12600K
GPU: Nvidia RTX 3070
RAM: 32 GB
Drivers are all up to date
No space issues

I also had the same problem with it not running.
When I deleted the Crashreprot.exe file in the local folder, the game ran.

So basically, go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Dragons Dogma 2
and just delete CrashReport.exe.

Then just try to launching a game. It might or not give you borderless or full screen resolution. It will say compling shaders. Just wait few mins and be patient. Give a 5 to 10 mins minimum or more.

Finally the screen you can adjust settings. Good Luck!!!

Unfortunately this did not work for me

[sandro1123]

Originally posted by jfiwnam88:

I found this reply on other discussion topics. This might help you a lot.

hypnosis28 has Dragon's Dogma 2 32 minutes ago

Originally posted by Yojimbo:
i cant even launch the game. i click start and then it says "running" and I can see the process start up but it never launches... anyone else having this issue? I have way above the min requirements:

CPU: Intel Core i5 12600K
GPU: Nvidia RTX 3070
RAM: 32 GB
Drivers are all up to date
No space issues

I also had the same problem with it not running.
When I deleted the Crashreprot.exe file in the local folder, the game ran.

So basically, go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Dragons Dogma 2
and just delete CrashReport.exe.

Then just try to launching a game. It might or not give you borderless or full screen resolution. It will say compling shaders. Just wait few mins and be patient. Give a 5 to 10 mins minimum or more.

Finally the screen you can adjust settings. Good Luck!!!

did not work for me

[Naktaemon]

Originally posted by jfiwnam88:

I found this reply on other discussion topics. This might help you a lot.

hypnosis28 has Dragon's Dogma 2 32 minutes ago

Originally posted by Yojimbo:
i cant even launch the game. i click start and then it says "running" and I can see the process start up but it never launches... anyone else having this issue? I have way above the min requirements:

CPU: Intel Core i5 12600K
GPU: Nvidia RTX 3070
RAM: 32 GB
Drivers are all up to date
No space issues

I also had the same problem with it not running.
When I deleted the Crashreprot.exe file in the local folder, the game ran.

So basically, go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Dragons Dogma 2
and just delete CrashReport.exe.

Then just try to launching a game. It might or not give you borderless or full screen resolution. It will say compling shaders. Just wait few mins and be patient. Give a 5 to 10 mins minimum or more.

Finally the screen you can adjust settings. Good Luck!!!

Worked for me!!! Thank you so much!

[Wintercloak]

Worked here.

[Cal]

I’ve been messing around with settings trying to see if turning something off or on fixed it crashing on launch and I might have found a temporary solution as I’ve not experienced a crash since doing it.

I’m not sure about how you do it for Nvidia but turn off rebar. For AMD go to performance then tuning then turn off “Resizable Bar”

[delboyspencer YNWA JFT97]

Sadly didn't work, get a black screen then it just closes and I can press play again and that just repeats

[Cherry Donut]

Okay so I have tried just about everything in every damn thread and I finally got something that works.

I have been crashing immediately at startup before the shaders or menu or everything so if that's happening to you, try this

Fully uninstall any DLC unlocker program you might have, For me it was koalageddon and I needed to fresh reinstall steam afterwords as well. After a restart and reinstall of steam my game is working.

(Honestly I forgot I even had a DLC unlocker.

[Poggalogg]

Originally posted by Naktaemon:

Originally posted by jfiwnam88:

I found this reply on other discussion topics. This might help you a lot.

hypnosis28 has Dragon's Dogma 2 32 minutes ago

Originally posted by Yojimbo:
i cant even launch the game. i click start and then it says "running" and I can see the process start up but it never launches... anyone else having this issue? I have way above the min requirements:

CPU: Intel Core i5 12600K
GPU: Nvidia RTX 3070
RAM: 32 GB
Drivers are all up to date
No space issues

I also had the same problem with it not running.
When I deleted the Crashreprot.exe file in the local folder, the game ran.

So basically, go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Dragons Dogma 2
and just delete CrashReport.exe.

Then just try to launching a game. It might or not give you borderless or full screen resolution. It will say compling shaders. Just wait few mins and be patient. Give a 5 to 10 mins minimum or more.

Finally the screen you can adjust settings. Good Luck!!!

Worked for me!!! Thank you so much!

No luck with this one, neither did running the game or Steam in administrator mode.
This has been my most anticipated game for years and years, sad to see the lack of care Capcom gave it. Will be a hard refund.

[Ryan]

I don't think people with the persistent crash on startup is to do with the CrashReport.exe, I think that crashes for a different reason (I think a potential .NET bug). I think the main DD2.exe crashes for another reason something like ngx, but hard to pin down.

[Grimzy]

You could try one of the below basics:

1. Update video drivers / do a clean reinstall
2. Download and install this as admin and it will install / repair whatever might be missing / wrong
https://www.techpowerup.com/download/visual-c-redistributable-runtime-package-all-in-one/

3. Try going into the game folder and directly starting the game through the .exe file and not via a shortcut on desktop or through steam.

4. Make sure you arent using any additional overlay apps like msi afterburner / rtss (they can cause issues ) and if you use the new nvidia app beta, make sure you dont have any global filters like RTX hdr or RTX vibrance enabled.