Won't start

[YourLordMatt]

The game would launch and play months ago before they started updating.
I wanted to wait to see if they would add/improve anything..so I stopped playing.
After the "interim" patch, the game would successfully launch every 5th or so try and the textures were terrible. So, I waited again for this patch. Now the game won't launch at all and even worse..it won't give me a reason. The artwork pops up then about 3 seconds later just closes. Doesn't say failed or crashed..literally just goes away.

Yes, the game is up to date.
Yes, my drivers are up to date.
I have gtx980ti, i7 4790 4.0Ghz, 16Gb RAM and 1Tb HDD
forgot to add Windows 10 ^^

I've played it before and know it shouldn't be giving grief.
Just wondering if anyone has the same issue or even better has solved their issue.

[YourLordMatt]

anyone?

[CCJ39]

same problem for me too, tried today on 2 different systems, both systems tried to launch 3-4 times without any success

on initial release it was working well on a AMD FX8350 + nVidia 780Ti, but I upgraded my system to get 2 new systems as listed below and with the new release both new computer won't start the game even after letting Steam verify the installations and also complete remove and new installation

System 1:
- Intel i7 4790
- nVidia 780 Ti
- 16 GB DDR3 1600
- System HDD Samsung 850 Evo 250GB
- Steam HDD WD 4TB 2x as RAID0 on Dawicontrol
- Win10

System 2:
- AMD FX8350
- AMD R9 390
- 16GB DDR3 1600
- System HDD Samsung 850 Evo 250GB
- Steam HDD WD 4TB (no Raid here)
- Win8.1

[Erukani]

I had a similar problem at not being able to play Arkham Knight after the last 2 patches, and had given up on trying to fix it til now. Someone had suggested that you go to the Arkham Knight files in your Steam folder (mine is C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam Client\SteamApps\common\Batman Arkham Knight) and remove the Read-Only tag in properties from everything in the folder. I did this after a complete uninstall and fresh install and now the game is running fine for me. (edit: I just noticed that both of you are running Windows 10 as wel on both your systems.. that might be a culprit as well; I'm still running Windows 7 64-bit)

[YourLordMatt]

thanks!
the game actually started up.

You're my hero.

[CCJ39]

either it was a lucky start now or this really solved the problem, I'll try it later again and also on the second system to be sure...

I navigated on my system to the Steam harddrive and then "...\Steam\SteamApps\common\Batman Arkham Knight"... I first set "read only" flag for the bm_installscript.vdf file and then marked everything and removed the "read only" flag for all

after this I started again Batman AK and after 20 seconds I saw the little loading screen and 5-10 seconds later the game launched correctly

thanks Yeshua

[CaptainScience]

Worked for me! Thanks, Yeshua!

[Bones]

This also worked for me on a Windows 10 build, very helpful seeing as nothing else was working so many thanks!

[lord scones]

To any new players that may have the same issue as me, who recently bought the game, CCJ39's method worked flawlessly. No uninstall/reinstall. The only thing I did was set bm_installscript.vdf file to read only. After about 30 seconds, the game launched, no problems at all.

[ネコSoftboi]

i have the same issue i tried removing the read only tag but that failed to work for me.

[ProSpeed007]

hey, i have a noob question on this topic: what you mean with "read only" flag or tag? I installed my game last night, and it doesnt start, and my pc crashes completely, so please explain your solution to a noob batman fella :D Thank you in advanced

[CaptainScience]

Originally posted by ProSpeed007:

hey, i have a noob question on this topic: what you mean with "read only" flag or tag? I installed my game last night, and it doesnt start, and my pc crashes completely, so please explain your solution to a noob batman fella :D Thank you in advanced :anarky:

In Windows, when you right click on a file or folder in explorer, a menu should appear.

There should be an item that reads "Properties" at the bottom (at least for me, on Windows 10). Left click that, and it should bring up another window with some tabs under its top menu bar.

One should read "General." For me, this was the leftmost tab. Select that tab by left clicking it.

At the bottom of the tab's menu (but a good distance above the "OK," "Cancel," and "Apply" buttons), there should be a row with the word "Attributes" on the left. To the right of it, you should see two check check boxes with text labels and a button labeled "Advanced..."

The two check boxes should each have text next to them. The left one reads "Read-only" and the right one reads "Hidden." If there is a check mark in the box to the left of the words "Read-only," left click the box to remove it.

At the bottom of the window, click the button labeled "Apply," which may have been grayed out previously but should now be active. At this point, the file is no longer "Read-only." Click OK and you're done.

For supplementary education for those who might not know, "Read-only" means that you can view the file and its contents, but not alter them in any way. Sometimes, a game's files become automaticaly labeled/flagged "Read-only" for whatever reason even though the game can't run without both reading and making changes to those files.

Hope this helped.

[Pan con Huevo]

I have windows 10, i have the same problem and i tried removing the read only (with apply and everything) but the game still isn't working, when I look back to the folder the read only tag still activated :(

[CaptainScience]

Originally posted by The King in The North Cone:

I have windows 10, i have the same problem and i tried removing the read only (with apply and everything) but the game still isn't working, when I look back to the folder the read only tag still activated :(

You might have to do it as admin, but I did this awhile ago.

[Dr Disco]

Originally posted by PlayTheBanjo:

Originally posted by The King in The North Cone:

I have windows 10, i have the same problem and i tried removing the read only (with apply and everything) but the game still isn't working, when I look back to the folder the read only tag still activated :(

You might have to do it as admin, but I did this awhile ago.

I have the smae problem and editing the properties as admin doesn't show up when I right click the folder. Halp! Did anyone find a fix for this?

[Locked In]

Yeah I tried to remove the read only tags but it just shows up again when i reopen it. Pls Help