Switchable Graphics Issue

[Booza]

The game won't launch past the intro on either graphics cards. I can hear the intro stuttering and i can see the cursor, but after that the game just crashes. Any suggestions ?

[Blorf]

It may potentially be a bad install and verifying file integrity may solve the issue if one of the files got garbled in transmission. Here's how: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=2037-QEUH-3335

Another issue could be your virus scanner preventing loading. If you can turn it off and try loading that would be a possibility.

Finally, making sure your drivers are up to date is a good idea.

If none of these work, please send your output_log.txt to [e-mail] we will give it a read and see if there are any clues in there. It is located here: C:\Steam\steamapps\common\SPAZ2\SPAZ2_64_Data

[Bozobub]

I assume you're using an nVidia card with the "Optimus" GPU-switching feature. If so, you should probably disable your integrated graphics *completely* (in Device Manager, simply right-click the integrated graphics' listing and select "Disable"). There are many errors associated with this feature in many games; it's not particularly stable, and "feature" is probably pushing the definition of the word a bit ^^'.

More info in this Google search[www.google.com]; if disabling the integrated graphics in Device Manager isn't enough, there are other possible fixes out there. The consensus seems to be, however, that Optimus is a failed idea, as it stands today..

[Booza]

https://steamcommunity.com/app/252470/discussions/4/2217311444321015271/

Cheers , working as intended now :D

[Blorf]

Excellent, thanks for getting back to us on this. I will add your symptoms to the workaround writeup for others.