Crash on launch after Dark Whisper update

[[fat.279] Uwak Uwak]

hello, used to play this game on old laptop. Try to play this after the update and it crash on launch

error unreal engine:
D3D12Core

[maslov.dar]

I also have crash

[si4n4r]

The game does not start after the update

[ReverieWare]

yeah, the update also seems to break compatibility with Steam Deck. It will not launch even when using Proton Experimental or Proton 8.05.

[zamyplayYT]

i see yall too crashd after launch nrw update? who know how fix it?

[helluvagoodtime]

It wont work on my steam deck any more. it just keeps downloading Visual C++ Runtime

[pedro]

Same problem, after the update it keeps asking to reinstall C++ Runtime.
I'm playing on Linux with Proton too.

[Ultra Taco]

I get a silent fail at launch. No window or nothing

[Ultra Taco]

Just a guess here, but this is a UE4 game and they probably updated the engine so its incompatible with windows LTSC builds that dont have proper DX12. We're screwed unless they add a DX11 option

[TT_PaulLarge]

Originally posted by Ultra Taco:

Just a guess here, but this is a UE4 game and they probably updated the engine so its incompatible with windows LTSC builds that dont have proper DX12. We're screwed unless they add a DX11 option

We actually do support DX11. All you have to do is add -dx11 to you launch options. Right click the game in Steam and go to Properties.

See the images here, I have confirmed this works. [imgur.com]

I will speak to the team today to get a launch option added so it askes during launch whether you want to run DX12 or 11.

Hope that helps, cheers!

EDIT:

We updated the launch config of the game to always launch in DX11 so you no longer should have to follow the steps above the game should now just work for you.

[ReverieWare]

Thanks for your quick attention to this!

[JIuceHa]

Originally posted by Ultra Taco:

Thanks for the response but I still cannot play
-Get a silent crash immediately upon launching
-There are no crash reports or errors in ~\AppData\Local\BabyInYellow\
-I added -dx11 to the steam launch options and nothing changes
-I dont see a popup window asking which direct X version I want to launch with
-I tried disabling steam cloud & deleting my AppData folder

I'm running on Windows 10 LTSC v1809 Build 17763.6189. I have all my windows updates & the latest AMD graphics card updates. This game used to work fine back in February but I cannot even launch it now. Any help would be appreciated, short of asking me to update to windows 11 :P

Sorry, I'll use a translator because I don't speak or write English well.

Perhaps you have the same problem as me with the icu.dll file
I downloaded it from the Internet and just threw it into the game folder and it started running for me after that. You can try it, maybe it will help.

[[fat.279] Uwak Uwak]

Originally posted by TT_PaulLarge:

Originally posted by Ultra Taco:

Just a guess here, but this is a UE4 game and they probably updated the engine so its incompatible with windows LTSC builds that dont have proper DX12. We're screwed unless they add a DX11 option

We actually do support DX11. All you have to do is add -dx11 to you launch options. Right click the game in Steam and go to Properties.

See the images here, I have confirmed this works. [imgur.com]

I will speak to the team today to get a launch option added so it askes during launch whether you want to run DX12 or 11.

Hope that helps, cheers!

EDIT:

We updated the launch config of the game to always launch in DX11 so you no longer should have to follow the steps above the game should now just work for you.

thanks Dev, it works now. Very appreciate for the fix

[enough⚑⚑⚑]

Originally posted by pedro:

Same problem, after the update it keeps asking to reinstall C++ Runtime.
I'm playing on Linux with Proton too.

same issue, tried different proton versions no change

[xtremeLinux]

With the -dx11 or without it, it still crashes. Keeps asking to install the VS runtime and afterwards it crashes, even if you install it, it then asks to uninstall it the next time you run the game.

[pedro]

Originally posted by xtremeLinux:

With the -dx11 or without it, it still crashes. Keeps asking to install the VS runtime and afterwards it crashes, even if you install it, it then asks to uninstall it the next time you run the game.

still happening, can't launch since dark whisper update