Help, Just bought game but it's not working

[Devilsportal]

As the title says, initially when I open the game it brought me to the page to select language which I selected english which shut down my whole system. Afterwards, when I try to open the game, it does not even go to the language selection page and is only a black screen. Please any help or advice?

[Nitram]

are you running a decent computer? maybe you should do a file-check or reinstall.because the game is pretty much a patatoe. it should run on most computer without issue.

[Devilsportal]

yes, running on an I9, 4080. I've tried re-installing multiple times and restarted my system to no end.. tried doing the verify integrity of files and it did mention ' 1 file failed to validate and will be reacquired' but im unsure if steam actually initiated the download or not. and a check with task manager when game is on is that it is running, ram goes up to 800mb but still black screen

[Sairek Ceareste]

Originally posted by Devilsportal:

yes, running on an I9, 4080. I've tried re-installing multiple times and restarted my system to no end.. tried doing the verify integrity of files and it did mention ' 1 file failed to validate and will be reacquired' but im unsure if steam actually initiated the download or not. and a check with task manager when game is on is that it is running, ram goes up to 800mb but still black screen

It can be worth clearing your Steam download cache if you keep getting faulty installs.

Click Steam in the top left > settings > downloads > clear cache


After that, try validating the files again.

[Mistake]

Originally posted by Devilsportal:

yes, running on an I9, 4080. I've tried re-installing multiple times and restarted my system to no end.. tried doing the verify integrity of files and it did mention ' 1 file failed to validate and will be reacquired' but im unsure if steam actually initiated the download or not. and a check with task manager when game is on is that it is running, ram goes up to 800mb but still black screen

Worth making the question - does your PC run other games normally? Could very well be a driver or even power supply related issue. I'll play it safe here and ask you to try rebooting your system; milquetoast feedback but you never know, some people think it's too simple a solution to ever work - can be damn effective.

[Devilsportal]

Thanks that helped with the verification of the files which successfully verified all files.. but sadly I'm still faced with the black screen of death..

[Nitram]

go into Elin folder, and right click the .exe and go in compatibility check run as admin and maybe change the windows compatibility with and older version of windows,Could work since i dont know what OS you are using.

[Devilsportal]

Originally posted by Nitram:

go into Elin folder, and right click the .exe and go in compatibility check run as admin and maybe change the windows compatibility with and older version of windows,Could work since i dont know what OS you are using.

Tried changing the compatibility and Im on windows 11. but same problems..

Originally posted by Mistake:

Originally posted by Devilsportal:

yes, running on an I9, 4080. I've tried re-installing multiple times and restarted my system to no end.. tried doing the verify integrity of files and it did mention ' 1 file failed to validate and will be reacquired' but im unsure if steam actually initiated the download or not. and a check with task manager when game is on is that it is running, ram goes up to 800mb but still black screen

Worth making the question - does your PC run other games normally? Could very well be a driver or even power supply related issue. I'll play it safe here and ask you to try rebooting your system; milquetoast feedback but you never know, some people think it's too simple a solution to ever work - can be damn effective.

Restarted it once again, still the same.. Can run other games with no issues and just updated my driver still the same.

[Nitram]

im out of ideas, sorry wish i could have helped you out.

[Devilsportal]

Originally posted by Nitram:

im out of ideas, sorry wish i could have helped you out.

All good, guess I'll have to wait for the game or possibly entirely give up.. Thanks for the help so far !!

[Nitram]

Originally posted by Devilsportal:

Originally posted by Nitram:

im out of ideas, sorry wish i could have helped you out.

All good, guess I'll have to wait for the game or possibly entirely give up.. Thanks for the help so far !!

under 2 hours you can ask for a refund and try again later at a discount maybe?

[twitch.tv/GFYE]

What OS are you running????? I'm on 10 and it works flawless, others have said it works on linux under proton

[dynamitejoe]

My system is older. but it does meet their recommended minimum at least. I tried all the usual fixes, and then some.
Seems to be Unity crashing on launch for various reasons
Heres a list of launch arguments you can give it to try and debug it yourself
https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/PlayerCommandLineArguments.html
Im using this: -force-gfx-direct -systemallocator -logFile G:\elin.txt
still launches to a black screen. Log file shows three points of note:
1. Some shaders fail to load, no fallback available.
2. Not connecting to Steam/Steamworks correctly, doesnt load appid or language
3. Attemps to load the default language of Chinese and fails miserably, then crashes with nullobject error.

Some things to note:
1. The Unity crash handler is launching immediately as soon as the app is visible in task manager
2. It corrupts something everytime it crashes, so you need to verify local files with every attempt

[dynamitejoe]

Ive got a workaround for now. Goldberg will allow the game to launch correctly, just follow diirections closely. Once it does, make sure you get into gameplay and save a character. Then exit. Use the file check option to restore the original api file from steam, and it boots correctly without needing the goldberg file override. This IS a first-time launch / file setup / locale bug after all. I'll be sure to report this with the in game feedback button

[星輝子]

try to install the game on disk C and it helped me