White screen of death at start-up (FIXED)

[MrGuilty1]

I've been trying to fix this for 2 days now and I'm getting fed up with this. I tried everything that is humanly possible and the game just refuses to work. I formatted the PC, re-downloaded the game multiple times to SSD/HDD, tried all the recommended "fixes" updated all the drivers from ground 0 and many times more and I can't even see the ♥♥♥♥ing loading screen. It's just a pure white screen with no error or any sign of explanation whatsoever, just crashes and forces closure. I'm running win 7. Please if there were people who were able to fix this issue , help me.

Win 7
Gigabyte Z97M-D3H
Intel i5-4690 CPU @3.50 GHZ
8 GB RAM
GTX 980 Ti
120 GB SSD / 1TB HDD

EDIT: I was able to fix this via updating my Windows, more info in this thread with possible fixes that I tried and maybe they can help you as well.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/261550/discussions/0/2144217924378472772/

Also see this from Developers : https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?threads/possible-workaround-for-game-not-launching-issue.407128/

[A1SteakSauce]

Specs?

[MrGuilty1]

Win 7
Gigabyte Z97M-D3H
Intel i5-4690 CPU @3.50 GHZ
8 GB RAM
GTX 980 Ti
120 GB SSD / 1TB HDD

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I am like you, on win7, specs more than good enough, and when i start the game up, its a white screen of death for 10 seconds then the crash handler appears.

i have also been trying to fix this for 2 days, everything humanly possible and have almost an hour play time on steam just trying to launch the game since release lol.

everybody i know who uses windows 7 cant play this game, even though they stated minimum requirements as windows 7.
Hopefully they patch it out at some point, but for now all we can do is sit with our thumb in our anus as we paid £40 to watch other people alpha test a game

[A1SteakSauce]

- Clean Steam install? Wipe all games then take Steam out and reinstall
- Get CCleaner, clean your PC, and fix registry errors with it (do this preferably after the Steam wipe, if you choose not to wipe you should still do this anyways)
- Try running it in compatibility mode for another Windows edition


Can you run other games just fine? If so, it might honestly be a bug with the game that has yet to be resolved. It is early access atm unfortunately and not guaranteed to work yet.

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Originally posted by A1SteakSauce:

Can you run other games just fine? If so, it might honestly be a bug with the game that has yet to be resolved. It is early access atm unfortunately and not guaranteed to work yet.

white screen of death is a widespread problem for win7 x64 users i believe

[MrGuilty1]

Yeap, I can run every other game just fine. After formatting and downloading all the drivers, I tested it on couple games. Even on Total War Warhammer , which should be quiet more taxing to run than M&B, and it works like a charm. I can't even get to the loading screen on this.

Originally posted by A1SteakSauce:

Can you run other games just fine? If so, it might honestly be a bug with the game that has yet to be resolved. It is early access atm unfortunately and not guaranteed to work yet.

[MrGuilty1]

Anyone ?

[jfoytek]

did you try waiting???

I get the white screen every time I start the game I go have a snack get a fresh glass of ice water use the toilet and come back and its gone... I would say it lasts about 90-150 seconds as if its a long loading screen with nothing on it...

Win 7
Pentium 4620
16 GB RAM
GTX 1050 Ti
5TB HDD

And I live and Breath with a program called Lasso
I use it to keep games from maxing out my CPU bye throttling with it I can run
RDR2 fine and have little to no issues with this game....

I don't know if that's the difference but you might want to check it out.

[ramrom]

Check the thread "massive list of bugs" it says something about white screen under graphics.

[MrGuilty1]

Originally posted by jfoytek:

did you try waiting???

I get the white screen every time I start the game I go have a snack get a fresh glass of ice water use the toilet and come back and its gone... I would say it lasts about 90-150 seconds as if its a long loading screen with nothing on it...

Win 7
Pentium 4620
16 GB RAM
GTX 1050 Ti
5TB HDD

And I live and Breath with a program called Lasso
I use it to keep games from maxing out my CPU bye throttling with it I can run
RDR2 fine and have little to no issues with this game....

I don't know if that's the difference but you might want to check it out.

I tried not doing anything but after a while it says

"Application crash"

The application faced a problem.We need to collect necessary files to fix this problem. Would you like to upload these files now.

Then no matter if I click yes/no it just completely crashes and stops working

I did this like 100 times minimum , tried all the fixes possible to no avail. It's getting really annoying at this point.

[jfoytek]

Originally posted by Mrguilty1:

Originally posted by jfoytek:

did you try waiting???

I get the white screen every time I start the game I go have a snack get a fresh glass of ice water use the toilet and come back and its gone... I would say it lasts about 90-150 seconds as if its a long loading screen with nothing on it...

Win 7
Pentium 4620
16 GB RAM
GTX 1050 Ti
5TB HDD

And I live and Breath with a program called Lasso
I use it to keep games from maxing out my CPU bye throttling with it I can run
RDR2 fine and have little to no issues with this game....

I don't know if that's the difference but you might want to check it out.

I tried not doing anything but after a while it says

"Application crash"

The application faced a problem.We need to collect necessary files to fix this problem. Would you like to upload these files now.

Then no matter if I click yes/no it just completely crashes and stops working

I did this like 100 times minimum , tried all the fixes possible to no avail. It's getting really annoying at this point.

I would check out Project Lasso its FREE so try it out... And you can find easy short tutorials on how to use it on youtube... Basically what it does is manage your systems resources better then windows and it takes a frozen core shuts it down and restart's it... and throttles the packets so your system doesn't actually crash it might do a momentary stutter and then continue on....

[Summanus]

I'm also using Win 7 and I also get this application crash on launch. Seems to me like a Win 7 compatibility problem.

[MrGuilty1]

Not just Win 7 , I've seen a lot of people with Win 10 also facing the same problem

[MISTAKE "BUSTEDCONDOM" JOHNSON]

Same boat just wait or refund.

[MrGuilty1]

I spent so much time trying to get it work, I don't think I'm eligable for a refund anymore even. ♥♥♥♥ this