game crashes on startup

[4evrcult]

howdy! i just downloaded the game and after the logos, the gamma settings show up, and then the game crashes. i've verified the game files and the game still does not work. yes, i know about Admin mode, and it usually doesn't work for me. and Admin mode doesn't activate anyway. can somebody redirect me to a mod that fixes this or nah?

[cheshirm]

perhaps look at the launch.log file in folder
Documents\My Games\Outlast\OLGame\Logs

might tell you what the problem is

[4evrcult]

@cheshirm
haven't had the time to look at the logs until now, it doesn't really help me soley because i don't know what i'm looking for.

[cheshirm]

perhaps look at the end of the log. any error msgs? or copy/paste the last 20-30 lines.
I can compare them to my working game log and possibly guess where yours stopped loading

[4evrcult]

No, there aren't any. But soon after i replied my game started working, like, no immediate crashes. But my mouse wasn't moving.

[cheshirm]

is the folder or any folder/files exist
Documents\My Games\Outlast

[4evrcult]

well i mean yeah there's log files. but i'm a massive dumbass :')) however i have 2 of them. which one do you need?

[cheshirm]

launch.log

[4evrcult]

cool cool. here's the last lines:

[0023.07] Log: DLC installed successfully
[0023.27] Log: LoadMap: DLC_Intro_Persistent?Name=Player?Team=255
[0023.32] Log: Game class is 'OLGame'
[0023.34] Log: Primary PhysX scene will be in software.
[0023.34] Log: Creating Primary PhysX Scene.
[0023.91] Log: *** WARNING - PATHS MAY NOT BE VALID ***
[0023.91] Log: Bringing World DLC_Intro_Persistent.TheWorld up for play (0) at 2021.02.11-18.27.42
[0023.91] Log: Bringing up level for play took: 0.581824
[0024.17] Log: Playing DLC - invalid checkpoint but DLC persistent
[0024.42] Error: Can't start an online game that hasn't been created
[0024.84] Error: StartLocalVoiceProcessing(): Device is currently owned by another user
[0024.84] Log: ########### Finished loading level: 1.571049 seconds
[0024.84] Log: Flushing async loaders.
[0024.98] Log: Flushed async loaders.
[0024.98] Log: Initializing Engine Completed
[0034.37] Log: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Initial startup: 34.37s <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
[0034.39] Log: ActivateLevel dlc_mainmenugame 1 1 1
[0034.39] Log: ### Applying resolution 1280 x 720 (Fullscreen: yes)
[0034.77] Log: Flushing async loaders.
[0034.88] Log: Flushed async loaders.
[0034.94] Log: ### --- Resetting level dlc_checkpoints
[0034.94] Log: ### --- Resetting level x_checkpoints
[0034.94] Log: No Cached BSP Physics Data Found Or Out Of Date - Cooking Now.
[0034.94] Log: COOKEDPHYSICS: BSP 0.00 KB
[0034.95] Log: ### --- Resetting level dlc_mainmenugame
[0036.37] Log: Resizing to 1280x720 (fullscreen)

[cheshirm]

are there any files in folder
Documents\My Games\Outlast\OLGame\Config
should have seven .ini files

[4evrcult]

yep, got all of them.

[cheshirm]

then it would seem there is not a permission problem. game can read your hardware/drivers and write the settings to disk. you are not running the latest win 10 and 3 yr old graphics card driver, correct?

and you tried the steam verify game files, also?

[4evrcult]

i did, yeah. had to do it twice, and after all that, it worked just fine. but then again, my mouse wasn't working.

[cheshirm]

controller plugged in?

[4evrcult]

as for my graphics card, i have no idea how old it is. i'm not super tech savvy but i know some stuff.

[4evrcult]

no.