Does the game still run after shutting down for anyone else?

[randir14]

Whenever I quit the game it's still running in the background and I have to manually click the "Stop" button in Steam to close it.

[revanmj]

For me Steam says it is still running after I exit the game, but I don't see any process of the game in the task manager, so it's weird.

[plantholder]

Same

[Phantom Limb]

It is a known issue related to W11 24H2 build. Have to wait for the patch.

[Billybigun]

Same issue with Win 11 24H2.

I created a bat file (GOWR Runner.bat) with the code below that runs the game then closes the program that is locking GOWR from stopping when the game is exited.
Change the exe location (L:\Steam\steamapps\common\God of War Ragnarok) to where your game is installed.

Also play with the timeout values as different computer load longer or faster:
(Game saves are saved to the cloud OK)


@Echo Off

:Steam Running

set "processName=Steam.exe"

tasklist | find /i "%processName%" >nul

if %errorlevel% equ 0 (
echo Steam running!


cd /d "L:\Steam\steamapps\common\God of War Ragnarok"
GoWR.exe

Timeout /T 10

) else (
echo Steam is Starting.
)

cd /d "L:\Steam\steamapps\common\God of War Ragnarok"
GoWR.exe


TIMEOUT /T 20

:Start

TIMEOUT /T 10

set "processName=GoWR.exe"

tasklist | find /i "%processName%" >nul

if %errorlevel% equ 0 (
rem echo GOWR running!

Goto Start
) else (
echo GOWR is Stopped.
)


Taskkill /IM "PsPcSdkCore.exe" /F

[Billybigun]

Hi,
This is fixed for me after the latest patch and verifying the game files.
I also had to uninstall the old "Playstation(R) PC SDK Runtime" via control panel and installed the new version by running "install_pspc_sdk_runtime.bat" (As Admin) from the game install directory.
The directory here "C:\ProgramData\Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc\PSPC_SDK\S22" should have changed from 2.50.00.10 to 3.00.00.13

The game now exits and stops correctly. (Windows 24H2 26100.2161)
Other PS games, having the same issue, are also fixed.
Regards

[revanmj]

Originally posted by Billybigun:

I also had to uninstall the old "Playstation(R) PC SDK Runtime" via control panel and installed the new version by running "install_pspc_sdk_runtime.bat" (As Admin) from the game install directory.
The directory here "C:\ProgramData\Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc\PSPC_SDK\S22" should have changed from 2.50.00.10 to 3.00.00.13

I still get 2.50 version after that.

[Billybigun]

I get this version "C:\ProgramData\Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc\PSPC_SDK\S22\3.00.00.13" - What version of Windows are you running?

[Billybigun]

I just tried this on my other OS - Win 11 23H2 22631.4391 and it gets the same version as you "C:\ProgramData\Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc\PSPC_SDK\S22\2.50.00.10"

[revanmj]

Originally posted by Billybigun:

I get this version "C:\ProgramData\Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc\PSPC_SDK\S22\3.00.00.13" - What version of Windows are you running?

26100.2161, but it shouldn't matter as Steam does not provide different set of files depending on specific Windows version as far as I know.
It updated to 3.0, but only after I launched GoWR. Unfortunately, it still does not close properly for me.

[acowsik]

Originally posted by revanmj:

Originally posted by Billybigun:

I get this version "C:\ProgramData\Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc\PSPC_SDK\S22\3.00.00.13" - What version of Windows are you running?

26100.2161, but it shouldn't matter as Steam does not provide different set of files depending on specific Windows version as far as I know.
It updated to 3.0, but only after I launched GoWR. Unfortunately, it still does not close properly for me.

Am on 24H2 with SDK version 3.0 and game doesnt close on quitting... have to manually stop. Files are all verified.

I was on SDK 3.0 already when I was on 23H2 and I never had issues with the game not closing automatically... it would take a few seconds on quitting but it used to work fine. After installing 24H2 update, the issue persists.

[Billybigun]

I loaded 23H2 and the SDK version is "C:\ProgramData\Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc\PSPC_SDK\S22\2.50.00.10" then went back to 24H2 and two versions were there "C:\ProgramData\Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc\PSPC_SDK\S22\3.00.00.13" and also "C:\ProgramData\Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc\PSPC_SDK\S22\2.50.00.10" and now it does not exit correctly again - Must have been a fluke that it worked many times before.
It does seem there are different versions for 24H2 and "23H2 - Back to using my batch job till Sony fix it.

[BlastThyName]

Happens to me as well ever since updating to Win11 24h2.

[Skymoon]

the game is extreme lagging when turns on DLSS (quality) when entering high rendering map in Valhala

[Billybigun]

The mod from here has the side effect of fixing the game from stopping after exiting.

https://www.nexusmods.com/godofwarragnarok/mods/51?tab=files

Copy to the two files (PsPcSdk.dll & version.dll) to the game install root directory.

[D4rk\/01D]

Go to your steam library, left column. Right click game, choose topmost entry ("stop"). Works fine for me. No need for Batch files or any tricks.