The First Descendant crashing on startup.

[QUIT SILLS]

I have never played this game, first impression it doesn't run. Can't find any solutions. Please help, thank you. specs are good i9 4070

[Skyes]

Yeah, I can't run it either :(

[Platyphus]

Originally posted by Delor:

I am having a similar issue. It crashes immediately when I hit enter after it gets done "connecting". I have a Ryzen 9 5900x cpu, radeon 7900xtx gpu, and 64gb of ram. I don't think it is an issue with my specs.

Same problem need help!

[MisterLister]

Originally posted by Platyphus:

Originally posted by Delor:

I am having a similar issue. It crashes immediately when I hit enter after it gets done "connecting". I have a Ryzen 9 5900x cpu, radeon 7900xtx gpu, and 64gb of ram. I don't think it is an issue with my specs.

Same problem need help!

What's the RAM speed?

[DayuxDc]

I have the same issue, i load up and just get past the connecting screen then my pc shuts off, Today i installed a 3060 ventus BUT yesterday i was on a 1650 and it was playing

[Ixion]

I got mine working after doing windows system scan. Open cmd as administrator and type "sfc /scannow" let it complete then try again. I think I also had a windows update so check to make sure you are up to date as well. Hope this helps!

[◬ ☥ 𝕄𝕚𝕝𝕜 ☥ ◬]

Originally posted by Alluz:

Originally posted by Mango:

I know it sounds like i may be trolling but i was having a problem of it not starting the game at all, so i would just get a black screen on startup. anyways long story short i uninstalled the EasyAntiCheat with its uninstaller then reinstalled it with it's installer and that sorted it, not sure why but it did, hope it helps you.

Wdym "I know it sounds like trolling" when that's literally the most commong fix to these problems and well known 😃

in this forum people will generally ignore obvious and common advice i dont know why

[Omen]

The same thing happens to me, it doesn't let me start, the screen goes black and it doesn't respond.

[nightcoremaniac]

Glad I'm not the only one, just finished downloading annnnnd.......the game just freezes on the tittle screen.

[Alexion]

For me, this is the sequence:

Close every open window.

Run the ASUS GPU Tweak on OC. This defragments the system memory, closes almost every user program (even Steam), stops unnecessary system services, and turns up the visual effects to the best appearance.

After that:

Level 1: Start the game > black screen > after 5 seconds without the TFD loading screen > ALT+TAB > close the game > try again.

Level 2: Start the game > black screen > TFD loading screen appears, but if the rotating loading icon at the bottom right doesn't rotate for 10 seconds > ALT+TAB > close the game > try again.

Level 3: Start the game > black screen > TFD loading screen with rotating loading icon at the bottom right (and doesn't stop rotating for 10 seconds) > arriving at the Menu > Start the login with ENTER > Shader Loading screen - if the percent counter stops for 20 seconds > ALT+TAB > close the game > try again.

Level 4: The same as Level 3, but the Shader Loading screen's percent counter doesn't stop for 20 secs, it reaches 100% > You arrive in Albion! You are HAPPY!

I have had to do this between 1 and 10 times every day for the last 7 days.

I think this is caused by overloaded servers, not my computer, because after a successful start, it runs smoothly (30fps) on 3440x1440 with everything set to ultra + DLSS Quality + Raytracing ultra + Ray Reconstructing on + Motion Blur OFF.

After a successful start, I can ALT+TAB and start other programs without any issue.

My theory is this: the black screen, the stopping loading icon on the TFD loading screen, and the stopping percent counter on the shader loading screen are intentional. When the servers are not ready to receive more players, one of those three stages will stop your game start.

When the game servers are doing fine, and it seems that more players won't overload the servers, the game will let you enter. My only evidence for this is that even though many players are complaining about this, the developers haven't said a word about it. This is because they know but don't want to tell the truth. Hopefully, they are working on this, and after one more week, they will solve this server capacity issue, and we can all forget about these "black screen", "stopping loading icon", and "stopping percentage counter at shader loading".

I hope this very much, because it is very frustrating to play a try-or-die game for 5-30 minutes every day before being able to play the real game.

[Coldframe]

Mine crashes after clicking Start Game and the Easy Anticheat says "PhysXUpdateLoader64.dll" is an untrusted file. It's a file for Nvidia.

[Huffel]

Same Black screen EXE not responding on start up.
Have even switched off MSI afterburner in case the anti-cheat was picking it up & put it on my 'Game profile' list in Bitdefender but still no luck.

9700k @ 5Ghz
EVGA RTX 2080 XC
23Gb DDR4 3000Ghz

Can it really just be the client server is at capacity at launch without the 'your in a queue' notice?

[Coldframe]

One workaround for me was 1. Put the NVidia PhysX folder in the Recycling Bin. 2. Start the game. 3. Wait for game to crash. 4. Put the PhysX folder back. 5. Start game again. No clue why it works as I have an AMD card.

[Ixion]

Originally posted by Alexion:

For me, this is the sequence:

Close every open window.

Run the ASUS GPU Tweak on OC. This defragments the system memory, closes almost every user program (even Steam), stops unnecessary system services, and turns up the visual effects to the best appearance.

After that:

Level 1: Start the game > black screen > after 5 seconds without the TFD loading screen > ALT+TAB > close the game > try again.

Level 2: Start the game > black screen > TFD loading screen appears, but if the rotating loading icon at the bottom right doesn't rotate for 10 seconds > ALT+TAB > close the game > try again.

Level 3: Start the game > black screen > TFD loading screen with rotating loading icon at the bottom right (and doesn't stop rotating for 10 seconds) > arriving at the Menu > Start the login with ENTER > Shader Loading screen - if the percent counter stops for 20 seconds > ALT+TAB > close the game > try again.

Level 4: The same as Level 3, but the Shader Loading screen's percent counter doesn't stop for 20 secs, it reaches 100% > You arrive in Albion! You are HAPPY!

I have had to do this between 1 and 10 times every day for the last 7 days.

I think this is caused by overloaded servers, not my computer, because after a successful start, it runs smoothly (30fps) on 3440x1440 with everything set to ultra + DLSS Quality + Raytracing ultra + Ray Reconstructing on + Motion Blur OFF.

After a successful start, I can ALT+TAB and start other programs without any issue.

My theory is this: the black screen, the stopping loading icon on the TFD loading screen, and the stopping percent counter on the shader loading screen are intentional. When the servers are not ready to receive more players, one of those three stages will stop your game start.

When the game servers are doing fine, and it seems that more players won't overload the servers, the game will let you enter. My only evidence for this is that even though many players are complaining about this, the developers haven't said a word about it. This is because they know but don't want to tell the truth. Hopefully, they are working on this, and after one more week, they will solve this server capacity issue, and we can all forget about these "black screen", "stopping loading icon", and "stopping percentage counter at shader loading".

I hope this very much, because it is very frustrating to play a try-or-die game for 5-30 minutes every day before being able to play the real game.

The first black TFD loading screen is not a result of servers being overloaded. I have 2 PCs one worked just fine other did not. Again. I recommend opening cmd as administrator and typing "sfc /scannow" and make sure windows is up to date. This fixed the issue on my desktop.

[리키]

For me, I enter the game, play a bit, game ALT+F4 on its own every 5-10m.

R9 3950x
RTX 4090
32Gb 3200

[Zalbrexyu]

Same issue, to fix i verified integrity of files and it repaired a file evidently, game launched with no issues afterwards. if you have done so yet, might be worth a try.