Dark Messiah MnM Not Launching / White screen crash

[ryanugetemzz]

I've spent the better part of my day hunting down a fix as i had my game running fine months ago but suddenly it refused to start up and or had a white screen that crashed the game.
I'll keep it brief, in the game folder there'll be a folder called bin, copy the file called binkw32.dll and paste it into the root folder. If problems persist such as white screening or not launching, for launch issues download the 4gb ram patch, for white screen follow this

go to
Dark Messiah Might and Magic Single Player\vpks
copy
depot_2101_000.vpk
go
Dark Messiah Might and Magic Single Player\mm\materials\
create folder "console"
and paste depot_2101_000.vpk into that folder
rename that file to background01.vtf

If you need further help please let me know and ill do my best to help as i know the pain of trying to find a fix.


[EDIT1]

ALSO LAUNCH GAME FROM ROOT FOLDER IF POSSIBLE, STEAM LAUNCH LEADS TO GAME NOT LOADING PROPERLY AND NOT BEING ABLE TO CLOSE EITHER, LAUNCH FROM FOLDER FOR CONSISTENT LAUNCH, I WILL EDIT AND ADD FIX IF I FIND ONE

[Shmooe]

Have you tried Ryan's Official Unlimited Mod? it fixed a lot of file errors and voice content. https://steamcommunity.com/app/2100/discussions/0/412446292758831571/?ctp=18

[Ubi_TheBerry]

Originally posted by ryanugetemzz:

I've spent the better part of my day hunting down a fix as i had my game running fine months ago but suddenly it refused to start up and or had a white screen that crashed the game.
I'll keep it brief, in the game folder there'll be a folder called bin, copy the file called binkw32.dll and paste it into the root folder. If problems persist such as white screening or not launching, for launch issues download the 4gb ram patch, for white screen follow this

go to
Dark Messiah Might and Magic Single Player\vpks
copy
depot_2101_000.vpk
go
Dark Messiah Might and Magic Single Player\mm\materials\
create folder "console"
and paste depot_2101_000.vpk into that folder
rename that file to background01.vtf

If you need further help please let me know and ill do my best to help as i know the pain of trying to find a fix.
:hp_audrey:

[EDIT1]

ALSO LAUNCH GAME FROM ROOT FOLDER IF POSSIBLE, STEAM LAUNCH LEADS TO GAME NOT LOADING PROPERLY AND NOT BEING ABLE TO CLOSE EITHER, LAUNCH FROM FOLDER FOR CONSISTENT LAUNCH, I WILL EDIT AND ADD FIX IF I FIND ONE

Hey ryanugetemzz,

Thanks so much for taking the time to share this here for other players!

I'm sorry you ran into issues, but glad to see you've been able to find a fix!

If there is ever anything we can help with at all, please let us know!

- Ubisoft Support

[ryanugetemzz]

Originally posted by Ubi_TheBerry:

Originally posted by ryanugetemzz:

I've spent the better part of my day hunting down a fix as i had my game running fine months ago but suddenly it refused to start up and or had a white screen that crashed the game.
I'll keep it brief, in the game folder there'll be a folder called bin, copy the file called binkw32.dll and paste it into the root folder. If problems persist such as white screening or not launching, for launch issues download the 4gb ram patch, for white screen follow this

go to
Dark Messiah Might and Magic Single Player\vpks
copy
depot_2101_000.vpk
go
Dark Messiah Might and Magic Single Player\mm\materials\
create folder "console"
and paste depot_2101_000.vpk into that folder
rename that file to background01.vtf

If you need further help please let me know and ill do my best to help as i know the pain of trying to find a fix.


[EDIT1]

ALSO LAUNCH GAME FROM ROOT FOLDER IF POSSIBLE, STEAM LAUNCH LEADS TO GAME NOT LOADING PROPERLY AND NOT BEING ABLE TO CLOSE EITHER, LAUNCH FROM FOLDER FOR CONSISTENT LAUNCH, I WILL EDIT AND ADD FIX IF I FIND ONE

Hey ryanugetemzz,

Thanks so much for taking the time to share this here for other players!

I'm sorry you ran into issues, but glad to see you've been able to find a fix!

If there is ever anything we can help with at all, please let us know!

- Ubisoft Support

Thank you for the response but the best help would be directing players towards forums fixes instead of the ubi forums, in my experience they're mostly useless for this game; more than likely due to its age. Due to this there arent any clear fixes for the issues i ran into which seem to be reoccurring issues for other players. Giving new players somewhere to look for clear definitive answers instead of dead forums from a decade ago is all this game and its players need.

[Ubi-Thrupney]

Hey Ryan, thanks for sending across your thoughts on this!

If we're sharing troubleshooting or links to contact Ubisoft Support directly, that tends to be links to our websites. Apart from that, we're more than happy to send links to resources here on Steam - we do that pretty regularly. I agree that the official Ubisoft forums for Might & Magic are less useful than the forums here on Steam - but that's why we post and offer support on here as well!

All that said, I appreciate your feedback on this. Let me know if you've any further thoughts or questions.

- Ubisoft Support

[SeeGeeArtist]

Originally posted by ryanugetemzz:

I've spent the better part of my day hunting down a fix as i had my game running fine months ago but suddenly it refused to start up and or had a white screen that crashed the game.
I'll keep it brief, in the game folder there'll be a folder called bin, copy the file called binkw32.dll and paste it into the root folder. If problems persist such as white screening or not launching, for launch issues download the 4gb ram patch, for white screen follow this

go to
Dark Messiah Might and Magic Single Player\vpks
copy
depot_2101_000.vpk
go
Dark Messiah Might and Magic Single Player\mm\materials\
create folder "console"
and paste depot_2101_000.vpk into that folder
rename that file to background01.vtf

If you need further help please let me know and ill do my best to help as i know the pain of trying to find a fix.
:hp_audrey:

[EDIT1]

ALSO LAUNCH GAME FROM ROOT FOLDER IF POSSIBLE, STEAM LAUNCH LEADS TO GAME NOT LOADING PROPERLY AND NOT BEING ABLE TO CLOSE EITHER, LAUNCH FROM FOLDER FOR CONSISTENT LAUNCH, I WILL EDIT AND ADD FIX IF I FIND ONE

I copied the depot file to the console folder and the white screen persists.

[ryanugetemzz]

Originally posted by SeeGeeArtist:

Originally posted by ryanugetemzz:

I've spent the better part of my day hunting down a fix as i had my game running fine months ago but suddenly it refused to start up and or had a white screen that crashed the game.
I'll keep it brief, in the game folder there'll be a folder called bin, copy the file called binkw32.dll and paste it into the root folder. If problems persist such as white screening or not launching, for launch issues download the 4gb ram patch, for white screen follow this

go to
Dark Messiah Might and Magic Single Player\vpks
copy
depot_2101_000.vpk
go
Dark Messiah Might and Magic Single Player\mm\materials\
create folder "console"
and paste depot_2101_000.vpk into that folder
rename that file to background01.vtf

If you need further help please let me know and ill do my best to help as i know the pain of trying to find a fix.


[EDIT1]

ALSO LAUNCH GAME FROM ROOT FOLDER IF POSSIBLE, STEAM LAUNCH LEADS TO GAME NOT LOADING PROPERLY AND NOT BEING ABLE TO CLOSE EITHER, LAUNCH FROM FOLDER FOR CONSISTENT LAUNCH, I WILL EDIT AND ADD FIX IF I FIND ONE

I copied the depot file to the console folder and the white screen persists.

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For me the fix didnt work right away, try opening your game through the exe in the root folder, if not try a fresh install with the depot file fix, at first the fix wasnt an instant wow the game works, i think i restarted my pc and it just worked eventually after i tried launching the game like 10 times, if none of this works let me know and ill get back to you with something

[ryanugetemzz]

also for reference open the game through the mm.exe, i've launched my game to troubleshoot and im getting issues so ill see if i can work out some fix for you by fixing my game

[Ubi-Thrupney]

Hey everyone :)

For those still facing crashing issues, I wanted to share a couple of resources that might help.

First, please make sure to start with the troubleshooting guide[ubi.li]. In particular from the guide, please make sure you are running the game with administrator rights, you've verified the game files, you've got your graphics drivers and Windows install fully updated, and you don't have any background programs which could interfere with the game. These steps make sure the game has access to read and write all the files and systems that it needs.

Next, try the compatibility mode guide[ubi.li]. From this one, we recommend setting it to the last Windows version listed in the system requirements. For Dark Messiah, that's Windows XP.

Lastly, if it still doesn't work, check out the system files support article[ubi.li]. The two files it describes can be used to gather your system specs, and also any crash information Windows has logged. We can't do this publicly on the forums, though, for security reasons, so once you've got those two files prepared I'd recommend reaching out to our support specialists directly for a private conversation.

Open a support ticket with Ubisoft Support[ubi.li]
Send Ubisoft Support a private message on Facebook[ubi.li]
Send Ubisoft Support a direct message on Twitter[ubi.li]

Let me know if I can clarify any of those steps!

- Ubisoft Support