Outlast black screen crash

[b3nzee]

Everytime i try to play Outlast the starter credits come up but as soon as the red barrel logo comes up, everything goes black and theres no audio! The only thing i can do when that happens is alt+tab (though it never works) and use the windows key. I always have to restart my computer when this happens.

I have tried everything! I have changed the launch options to -32 same black screen, i have tried running the game in windowed, i have tried running in administrator mode, i have tried running the game in windows 7 and windows 8. i have uninstalled and reinstalled the game 5 times now trying different things but the same thing happens.

I dont know the problem. Ive been able to run the games with all the settings maxed no problems such as battlefield V with 60 fps. I wonder if its because i have windows 10 and 64 bit? I hope someone can help me.

[cheshirm]

runs fine on my 64bit win 10. did you look at the launch.log in folder
Documents\my Games\Outlast\OLGame\Logs

laptop? make sure game is using dedicated graphics and not motherboard graphics

[b3nzee]

Originally posted by cheshirm:

runs fine on my 64bit win 10. did you look at the launch.log in folder
Documents\my Games\Outlast\OLGame\Logs

laptop? make sure game is using dedicated graphics and not motherboard graphics

its not a laptop and theres nothing in the lauch just an empty notepad.

[cheshirm]

check antivirus log -blocking steam/game?
windows security/controlled folder access - blocking steam/game?

[b3nzee]

Originally posted by cheshirm:

check antivirus log -blocking steam/game?
windows security/controlled folder access - blocking steam/game?

nothing is blocking the game

[cheshirm]

post steam system specs. maybe something will show up. steam/help/system information - copy paste everything here.

[b3nzee]

Originally posted by cheshirm:

post steam system specs. maybe something will show up. steam/help/system information - copy paste everything here.

Computer Information:
Manufacturer: MSI
Model: MS-7A72
Form Factor: Desktop
No Touch Input Detected

Processor Information:
CPU Vendor: GenuineIntel
CPU Brand: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7400 CPU @ 3.00GHz
CPU Family: 0x6
CPU Model: 0x9e
CPU Stepping: 0x9
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 3000 Mhz
4 logical processors
4 physical processors
HyperThreading: Unsupported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported
AES: Supported
AVX: Supported
CMPXCHG16B: Supported
LAHF/SAHF: Supported
PrefetchW: Unsupported

Operating System Version:
Windows 10 (64 bit)
NTFS: Supported
Crypto Provider Codes: Supported 311 0x0 0x0 0x0

Video Card:
Driver: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
DirectX Driver Name: nvldumd.dll
Driver Version: 25.21.14.1735
DirectX Driver Version: 25.21.14.1735
Driver Date: 12 11 2018
OpenGL Version: 4.6
Desktop Color Depth: 32 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
DirectX Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
VendorID: 0x10de
DeviceID: 0x1c03
Revision: 0xa1
Number of Monitors: 1
Number of Logical Video Cards: 1
No SLI or Crossfire Detected
Primary Display Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Desktop Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Primary Display Size: 20.00" x 11.26" (22.91" diag)
50.8cm x 28.6cm (58.2cm diag)
Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x
Primary VRAM: 6143 MB
Supported MSAA Modes: 2x 4x 8x

Sound card:
Audio device: Speakers (Realtek High Definiti

Memory:
RAM: 16342 Mb

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
Media Type: Undetermined
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 1181143 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 364747 Mb
OS Install Date: Jan 01 1970
Game Controller: XInput Controller #1 detected
VR Headset: None detected

[cheshirm]

so we both have the same game, same win 10, same nvidia driver, same monitor resolution, same sound device. game works for me but not for you. game doesnt write into your launch log.

try running the game from the game folder - sometimes an error msg displays not hidden by steam.

check windows event viewer - maybe game crash event with an eventid would help. might check windows update - something might have failed.

might try a "clean boot" - maybe some overlay is causing problems

[b3nzee]

Originally posted by cheshirm:

so we both have the same game, same win 10, same nvidia driver, same monitor resolution, same sound device. game works for me but not for you. game doesnt write into your launch log.

try running the game from the game folder - sometimes an error msg displays not hidden by steam.

check windows event viewer - maybe game crash event with an eventid would help. might check windows update - something might have failed.

might try a "clean boot" - maybe some overlay is causing problems

Log Name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-DistributedCOM
Date: 03/01/2019 14:56:51
Event ID: 10016
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: DESKTOP-H889C01\User
Computer: DESKTOP-H889C01
Description:
The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID
{D63B10C5-BB46-4990-A94F-E40B9D520160}
and APPID
{9CA88EE3-ACB7-47C8-AFC4-AB702511C276}
to the user DESKTOP-H889C01\User SID (S-1-5-21-1037947296-2922666123-2065121333-1003) from address LocalHost (Using LRPC) running in the application container Unavailable SID (Unavailable). This security permission can be modified using the Component Services administrative tool.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-DistributedCOM" Guid="{1B562E86-B7AA-4131-BADC-B6F3A001407E}" EventSourceName="DCOM" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">10016</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8080000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2019-01-03T14:56:51.056430400Z" />
<EventRecordID>21209</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="1084" ThreadID="1112" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>DESKTOP-H889C01</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-21-1037947296-2922666123-2065121333-1003" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="param1">application-specific</Data>
<Data Name="param2">Local</Data>
<Data Name="param3">Activation</Data>
<Data Name="param4">{D63B10C5-BB46-4990-A94F-E40B9D520160}</Data>
<Data Name="param5">{9CA88EE3-ACB7-47C8-AFC4-AB702511C276}</Data>
<Data Name="param6">DESKTOP-H889C01</Data>
<Data Name="param7">User</Data>
<Data Name="param8">S-1-5-21-1037947296-2922666123-2065121333-1003</Data>
<Data Name="param9">LocalHost (Using LRPC)</Data>
<Data Name="param10">Unavailable</Data>
<Data Name="param11">Unavailable</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
This is the only thing i could find for the event viewer. Ive tried running the game in the folder, tried a clean boot and checked windows update it keeps crashing.

[cheshirm]

eventid 10016 is an errror everyone gets I believe. win 10 problem. not game related.

might try manually running the redistributables (with admin permission) in game folder
_CommonRedist\vcredist\2010
run BOTH 32 and 64 bit exe

still cannot tell if game is crashing because of permission problem (cant write into launch log) or cant read hardware/set graphics

[b3nzee]

Originally posted by cheshirm:

eventid 10016 is an errror everyone gets I believe. win 10 problem. not game related.

might try manually running the redistributables (with admin permission) in game folder
_CommonRedist\vcredist\2010
run BOTH 32 and 64 bit exe

still cannot tell if game is crashing because of permission problem (cant write into launch log) or cant read hardware/set graphics

I cant seem to find the 32 bit. Theres only 64 and 86 exe.

[cheshirm]

vcredist_x86 is the 32 bit.

[b3nzee]

Originally posted by cheshirm:

vcredist_x86 is the 32 bit.

ah sorry im not very good at this. Nope game still crashes

[cheshirm]

I installed the game on win 7 and win 10. ran fine on both. with no error msgs or launch log, kind of hard guessing what problem might be.

type in display settings in windows search area. scaling set to 100%?

[b3nzee]

Originally posted by cheshirm:

I installed the game on win 7 and win 10. ran fine on both. with no error msgs or launch log, kind of hard guessing what problem might be.

type in display settings in windows search area. scaling set to 100%?

nope nothing it still dosent work

[cheshirm]

maybe someone else has an idea. without an error msg, I have run out of guesses.

last remote possibility would be rolling back graphics driver. I have an old 750ti - nothing really changes in the drivers anymore for that card. been problems with the newer cards and 4xx drivers. might try a 39x driver.