Game won't launch anymore. UPDATE: FIXED

[Sabtec]

Right after the cutscene transition into chapter 2 the game crashed and has since been unable to launch. I've tried reinstalling the game, reinstalling graphics drivers, rolling back graphics drivers, verified game files, running in admin mode, and running compatibility mode to no effect.

I'm running on a Ryzen 9 5950X, GeForce RTX 3090, and 32GB of RAM.

Edit: FIXED!!!

Error application name: b1-Win64-Shipping.exe
Exception code: 0xc0000409

1: Go to Steam Settings > Downloads > Clear Download Cache
2: Uninstall the game and delete the b1 folder from %localappdata%
3: Reinstall the game.

[GameBunny77]

It is probably insta crashing, please see the event viewer to see if that is what is happening.

[Sabtec]

That looks to have caught the error. AppName b1-Win64-Shipping.exe, ModuleName crashhandler64.dll, ExceptionCode c0000409.

[Silverk1ll]

Same here on Intel 13th and RTX 4090... after finishing Chapter 1, game just crash.

[Sabtec]

Downloaded Process Monitor and the game appears to failing to find .dll files from C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\BlackMythWukong\b1\Binaries\Win64\

[The Rizzler]

Originally posted by Sabtec:

Right after the cutscene transition into chapter 2 the game crashed and has since been unable to launch. I've tried reinstalling the game, reinstalling graphics drivers, rolling back graphics drivers, verified game files, running in admin mode, and running compatibility mode to no effect.

I'm running on a Ryzen 9 5950X, GeForce RTX 3090, and 32GB of RAM.

What's your cup bud

[Sabtec]

Attempted a system restore that ultimately failed, but now the game is giving an error prompt. Nothing shows up in the event viewer now.

Error

Couldn't start:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\BlackMythWukong\b1\Binaries\Win64\b1-Win64-Shipping.exe" b1\Binaries\Win64\b1-Win64-Shipping.exe" b1
CreateProcess() returned 2e4.

[The Rizzler]

Originally posted by Sabtec:

Attempted a system restore that ultimately failed, but now the game is giving an error prompt. Nothing shows up in the event viewer now.

Error

Couldn't start:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\BlackMythWukong\b1\Binaries\Win64\b1-Win64-Shipping.exe" b1\Binaries\Win64\b1-Win64-Shipping.exe" b1
CreateProcess() returned 2e4.

What's your cpu bud?

[Sabtec]

Originally posted by The Rizzler:

Originally posted by Sabtec:

Attempted a system restore that ultimately failed, but now the game is giving an error prompt. Nothing shows up in the event viewer now.

Error

Couldn't start:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\BlackMythWukong\b1\Binaries\Win64\b1-Win64-Shipping.exe" b1\Binaries\Win64\b1-Win64-Shipping.exe" b1
CreateProcess() returned 2e4.

What's your cpu bud?

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X It's in the OP.

[The Rizzler]

Originally posted by Sabtec:

Originally posted by The Rizzler:

What's your cpu bud?

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X It's in the OP.

Could you try reinstalling windows?

Alternately try a different drive

[LordNexus]

Originally posted by The Rizzler:

Originally posted by Sabtec:

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X It's in the OP.

Could you try reinstalling windows?

Alternately try a different drive

I have similar issues to OP, im on a ryzen 5 5600x with a4070SUPER, tried reinstalling game on different drive. Still crashes on black screen, not even getting to shader comp

[Sabtec]

Decided to update BIOS. No change. The new error prompt stopped appearing after messing with admin privileges.

I will not be reinstalling windows. If this persists for a few more days I'm gonna try for a refund.

[Sabtec]

FIXED!!!

1: Go to Steam Settings > Downloads > Clear Download Cache
2: Uninstall the game and delete the b1 folder from %localappdata%
3: Reinstall the game.

[Thooper]

I have 13th Gen intel -- Never ever had a problem till Dloading Wukong and shader compiling would only go up another 2% everytime I tried running the game. After all the "Run as administrator, try typing -dx12, start it from the original files" to no avail; I finally decided to update my BIOS from my Motherboards website (took a baby-touch of research to figure how to as it is way past my comfort zone) and after 15 minutes of learning and doing.. to my surprise .. Wukong loaded first time - w/o compatability mode -- Everything runs, loads and plays great now! I was mind blown!

[F_R123]

Error application name: b1-Win64-Shipping.exe，timestamp: 0x66bf86a3
Error module name: crashhandler64.dll，timestamp: 0x6697005e
Exception code: 0xc0000409

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