WONT START - Tried everything - Valhalla + Ragnarok DLC

[Piglet]

Hi there
Just bought AC Valhalla with the Ragnarok DLC included. Press 'Play', it changes to 'Stop' as it always does when launching, then about 4-5 seconds later back to 'Play' and doesnt launch

I have tried all the workarounds I can see. Have deleted/reinstalled. Have tried opening Ubisoft thing first (it won't link inside Ubisoft.. stupid). Have run Steam and Valhallla as administrator. Yes, have restarted etc.

One thing I notice is that it opens multiple occurrences of Steam Client Webhelper in the task manager, many of which are actively doing something as they are using memory.

Help anyone please?

[Moridion]

I'm having the same issue. I bought Vahalla yesterday and installed it today. The game looks like it is about to start but after 5 seconds, STEAM shows the play button again and nothing loads. The game is not showing in my Ubisoft library. Tried restarting, reinstalling, updating and verifying everything. STEAM and Ubisoft are already linked.

I tried searching for a fix but nothing worked. One video said it has to be installed on C Drive. I haven't tried this as given the massive GB size of the game, it would be a major hassle.

Anyone had similar issues and found a fix?

[Fruit Punch Samurai]

I just now for a test decided to download valhalla without dlc, just the vanilla version, it worked just as well

You can try this...

[Scarandor]

I got the same problem, also tested all workarounds. The game is installed on C drive in vanilla version, did not help for me..

[Piglet]

Originally posted by Fruit Punch Samurai:

I just now for a test decided to download valhalla without dlc, just the vanilla version, it worked just as well

You can try this...

How do you specify just to download or run Vanilla only?

[Moridion]

Originally posted by Moridion:

I'm having the same issue. I bought Vahalla yesterday and installed it today. The game looks like it is about to start but after 5 seconds, STEAM shows the play button again and nothing loads. The game is not showing in my Ubisoft library. Tried restarting, reinstalling, updating and verifying everything. STEAM and Ubisoft are already linked.

I tried searching for a fix but nothing worked. One video said it has to be installed on C Drive. I haven't tried this as given the massive GB size of the game, it would be a major hassle.

Anyone had similar issues and found a fix?

It is working for me now. After spending hours troubleshooting without success, I simply clicked play the next day and it started. Good luck everyone!