Master List of Darkest Dungeon Fixes

[Satoru]

If you are running into any issues with the game, please try all the workarounds below to see if one of them solves your issue. Also, please look for any existing threads that might cover your issue before starting a new one. Thanks!

I'll try to correlate fixes for Darkest Dungeon in this thread so it's easier to find.

DLC - Circus - Crashing

https://steamcommunity.com/app/262060/discussions/0/3158707011215461429/

One potential fix for crashes when loading the Circus

Navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\"!your number"\262060\remote

and delete the folder profile_9.

DLC - Color of Madness - Infinite Loading Screen on Final Farmstead MIssion

If you have this particular issue please

1. Go to your steam library, right click -> Properties on "Darkest Dungeon"
   
2. Click "Betas" tab
   
3. Click the pulldown and select "Support"

Once you do so please try the following

1. Just running the game
   
2. Running the game with -disable_wave_audio_loading (you add this line to 'set launch options' in the game properties tab)
   
3. with -log_debug_info and once the game had been loading for a while, if we could get the debuginfo.txt file that's written in Documents/Darkest it should give us an idea of where in the wave loading the game gets stuck.

Please join the Darkest Dungeon Discord as the developers have a separate channel dedicated to solving this issue.

http://discord.gg/darkestdungeon

Join the discord and go to the #infinite-load-issue

Thanks

100% CPU Utilization

If you're having this issue you can roll back to the previous build

1. In your Steam library find Darkest Dungeon
   
2. Right click->Properties
   
3. Click the "BETAS" tab
   
4. Click the pulldown
   
5. Select "pre_controller_support"
   
6. Click "Close"

The game will update the files to the previous build

Audio Enhancement Programs Can Cause Crashes

Note this is nearly the #1 issue for the game crashing so don't skip this section

Some audio enhancement tools may cause the game to crash. So far known programs that may cause issues are

• Nahimic (installed on MSI laptops)
  
• Sonic Sound 2 (installed on Asus laptops)
  
• Sonic Suite
  
• Razer Chroma (and possibly Synapse) - note your headset will still be usable

If you have any of these programs in your system tray, please kill them and try relaunching the game.

If that doesn't work then as a last resort uninstall the program and restart your computer

http://steamcommunity.com/app/262060/discussions/3/492379159714705337/#p3

The devs are aware of the issue and are looking into a fix for it

Issues with Windows 10 upgrade

If you upgraded to Windows 10 and are having issues with the game please try out a few of these tips. Note these are good tips for any other games you might have issues with as well on Win10.

1. Rerun the vcredist from:
   Steam\SteamApps\common\DarkestDungeon\_CommonRedist\vcredist\2013
   Then reboot your computer
   
2. Try running Steam as an administrator
   
3. Try running the Darkest.exe in Windows 7 compatibility mode

Run Darkest.exe in Compatibilty Mode

You can try to run the game in Compatibilty mode if you're on Windows

* Go to \steam\steamapps\common\darkest dungeon\_windows\
* Right Click-Properties on Darkest.exe
* Click the "Compatibilty" tab
* Check the "Run this program in compatibility mode for:"
* Select Windows 8/7/Vista/XP
* Work down from the highest version of windows listed down

Disable the Steam Overlay

This is the most common cause for people's inability to run the game, so try this first! If you are seeing the game stop at the Red Hook logo, this is likely the solution to your issue!

• Go to your Library
  
• Right click -> Properties on Darkest Dungeon
  
• Uncheck "Enable the Steam Overlay while in-game"

Disable the Discord Overlay

The Discord overlay can cause issues for some computers. Disable the Discord overlay

Disable Raptr Plays.tv

Raptr's Plays.tv seems to cause issues if running in the background. But it may work if -capture is used as a launch option

Check If The Language Is Set

If your game crashes its possible the language is not set in the Steam menu

• Go to your Library
  
• Right click -> Properties on Darkest Dungeon
  
• Go to the "Languages" tab
  
• Select "English"

Then load the game. You can change the language to another one later once it loads properly.

"Reboot" Steam Cloud"

If you're game is crashing its possible your local SteamCloud saves or settings are bad.

• Go to your Library
  
• Right click -> Properties on Darkest Dungeon
  
• Go to the "Updates" tab
  
• At the bottom Uncheck "Enable Steam Cloud Synchronization for Darkest Dungeon"
  
• Click "OK"
  
• Repeat the above steps and Check the "Enable Steam Cloud Synchronization for Darkest Dungeon"
  
• Click "OK"

Note you have to click "OK" after each step so steam will pull the proper files down from the Cloud.

Update Your Video Card Drivers

This is the next most common cause for people's inability to run the game, particularly on PC.

First check your driver version using this method and make sure your drivers are recent:

• In Steam, go to the Help menu
  
• Then go to "System Information"
  
• Check your driver version and OpenGL version under the "Video Card" section

If you see that your drivers are from, say, August 2009, and/or you are running a version of OpenGL earlier than 2.1, and your card supports 2.1 or higher, then you should definitely be updating your drivers.

It is also important that you update your drivers through software provided by your video card manufacturer or directly from their site. Using Windows or updating software provided by your laptop manufacturer to find more recently drivers is less reliable, as they will likely only have drivers that initially shipped with the product, or will be out of date with the actual video card manufacturer.

• For AMD cards, download the AMD Catalyst Control Center, which you can find here:
  
  http://www.amd.com/en-gb/innovations/software-technologies/catalyst
  
  
• For NVidia cards, go to this page and download the appropriate drivers for your card by providing the correct information:
  
  http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx
  
  If you have an NVidia GeForce card, you can also download and install the GeForce Experience to update your cards through that:
  
  http://www.geforce.com/geforce-experience
  
  
• For Intel cards, go to this page and download the appropriate drivers by providing the correct information:
  
  https://downloadcenter.intel.com/default.aspx
  
  Note: Do NOT use the Intel Driver Update Utility to update your Intel video card drivers, make sure you download them directly. That tool is somewhat unreliable at identifying some older hardware.

Always make sure you reboot your machine after installing the drivers, just to be safe. Then try relaunching the game.

Laptop users should force their Nvidia/AMD cards

Use the Nvidia Control Panel or AMD CCC to force the game to use your built in GPU instead of the Intel one

This guide should help you depending on your video card:

http://www.howtogeek.com/175281/how-to-force-graphics-options-in-pc-games-with-nvidia-amd-or-intel-graphics/

We've also noticed that some HP laptops don't report the correct OpenGL version and/or people can't force their video card. Please see these links for more information on a possible solution:

http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Display-and-Video/Official-HP-statement-on-Switchable-Graphics-and-Open-GL/td-p/766285
http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c02948560

Manually create the save game folder (New fix 2/4/2015)

This fixes some crashes/not starting issues so don't ignore this!!

• Open Windows Explorer
  
• Browse to c:\Users\<Username>\My Documents
  
• Check if there is a folder called "Darkest"
  
• If there isn't create the folder by right click->New folder and name it "Darkest"

On PC, if creating the Darkest folder yourself doesn't work, or if the game can't create it and you get an error saying as much, it's possible your Windows user profile has become corrupted. If that happens, try creating a new user account and see if you can run the game.

If you have a "My Documents\Darkest" directory and the game doesn't recognize it properly, you might need to restore it to it's default location. Please see this link for more information: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/18583-user-folders-restore-default-location.html

Run the Game in Windowed Mode

• Go to your Steam Library
  
• Right click -> Properties on Darkest Dungeon
  
• Click the "GENERAL" tab
  
• Click "Set Launch Options
  
• In the box type in "-size 1280 720" (remove the quotes)

Disable the intro cinematics

• Go to your Steam Library
  
• Right click -> Properties on Darkest Dungeon
  
• Click the "GENERAL" tab
  
• Click "Set Launch Options"
  
• In the box type in "-disablevideo" (remove the quotes)

Disable all audio

• Go to your Steam Library
  
• Right click -> Properties on Darkest Dungeon
  
• Click the "GENERAL" tab
  
• Click "Set Launch Options"
  
• In the box type in "-disableaudio" (remove the quotes)

No Save Games Visible

This appears to have been an issue with users having either special characters or non-English WIndows. This should be fixed in Build 7547. Please restart Steam to get the latest patch.

Try Restarting Steam

If you don't see the game in your library, try restarting the Steam client.

Streaming the Game in Windowed Mode

Capturing works fine in fullscreen, but to capture properly in windowed mode, use the "-capture" (remove the quotes) command line option in the launch options.

• Go to your Steam Library
  
• Right click -> Properties on Darkest Dungeon
  
• Click the "GENERAL" tab
  
• Click "Set Launch Options
  
• In the box type in "-capture" (remove the quotes)

Mouse clicks don't register properly
Icons look misaligned or off center
Clicking on menus doesn't work
Can't Run Fullscreen On Windows 8 PC and Surfaces

This should now be fixed as of build #7740

• Try disabling UI Scaling

Also try disabling UI scaling on a per-exe basis

• Go to c:\program files\steam\steamapps\common\darkestdungeon\_windows
  
• Find Darkest.exe
  
• Right click->Properties
  
• Go to Compatibility
  
• Check "Disable display scaling on high DPI settings"

Try running both Steam and Darkest.exe as administrator

• Go to c:\program files\steam\
  
• Right click ->Properties on steam.exe
  
• Click the Compatibility tab
  
• Check "Run this program as an administrator

Then try doing it for the Darkest Dungeon exe

• Go to c:\program files\steam\steamapps\common\darkestdungeon\_windows
  
• Right click ->Properties on darkest.exe
  
• Click the Compatibility tab
  
• Check "Run this program as an administrator

Reinstall VCRedist

Go to

C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\DarkestDungeon\_CommonRedist\vcredist\2013

And re-run both the vcredist_x64.exe and the vcredist_x86.exe

Then reboot your computer

Verify the Integrity of the Game Cache

If you have tried all of these workarounds, and are still having trouble running the game, or if there are other obvious missing elements to the game (such as missing fonts), validate that all of the files are actually installed properly:

• Go to your Steam Library
  
• Right click -> Properties on Darkest Dungeon
  
• Click the "Local Files" tab
  
• Click on the "Verify Integrity of Game Cache..." button

Manually Reinstall the Game

Occasionally doing a re-verify won't work. This can be for various reasons especially if you had mods installed previously. If your game is crashing after an update try doing a manual reinstall of the game. To do so

• Go to c:\program files\steam\steamapps\common\ (or wherever you have Steam installed)
  
• Find the folder "DarkestDungeon"
  
• Rename this to "DarketDungoenold" or to anything else
  
• Go to Steam
  
• In your Library, right click Darkest Dungeon, select "Delete Local Content"
  
• Reinstall the game

Then try your save game again.

Post your system specs and details about your issue in the Crash Bugs sub-forum

If you are having crash or cannot start issues, and have done everything above please make a post in this sub-forum. The devs are treating all such issues at the highest priority.

Also the devs request that you send them additional logs if you can't start the game. This thread tells you how to enable the additional logging

http://steamcommunity.com/app/262060/discussions/0/612823460253966357/

Launch the game and send the data to the devs

It's important for the devs to know what your system specs are if they are to troubleshoot issue. Try to put a baseline information such as

OS:
Video Card:
CPU:

You can also go to the Steam Client and go to
Steam-Help-System Information

That window has a lot of technical stuff about your system that can help the devs identify things

Also when describing your problem be as descriptive as possible. They'll need to recreate your problem so more details is always better. Adding screenshots can also be helpful in describing visual issues.

Please be patient. The devs are absolutely committed to getting the game working for everyone.

The devs are active in fixing everyone's problems. So definitely post your bugs and crashes and they'll get resolved as fast as humanly possible.

I understand not being able to play the game is frustrating. But please be patient.

[Knight Of Dawn]

引用自 Satoru：

引用自 giupy：

I have encounter a problem
I have just installed the game and when I try start a new game the game crash.I have tried evrything on the list but the game still crash
What I can do to fix it?
OS:Windows 10
Video Card: Nvidia GTX 1060
CPU: Intel Core i7 6700K

what kind of crash are you getting?

darkest.exe stop running

[Knight Of Dawn]

it says nothing useful.
It simply says that the program is not running proprerly.
Nothing else

[Martial.Lore]

I have encountered an unfixable conflict with my antivirus software, iolo System Mechanic Pro, which prevented me from downloading the executable file(s) for Darkest Dungeon. I had to uninstall my AV software in order to completely verify my game files and download the missing file(s).

I have been working with iolo to resolve this but now Google is blocking my attempts to email the executable file(s) in compressed form because of the "danger" they represent. Stuck between a rock and a hard place.

[Martial.Lore]

引用自 Satoru：

引用自 Martial.Lore：

I have encountered an unfixable conflict with my antivirus software, iolo System Mechanic Pro, which prevented me from downloading the executable file(s) for Darkest Dungeon. I had to uninstall my AV software in order to completely verify my game files and download the missing file(s).

I have been working with iolo to resolve this but now Google is blocking my attempts to email the executable file(s) in compressed form because of the "danger" they represent. Stuck between a rock and a hard place.

You can always rename the zip extension to something else to send

Thanks. I'll give that a try. But I think Google scans files as you try to upload and attach them so they may catch me out nonetheless. They do detail a process to send such files but I have to figure out how to follow their instructions! Internet days!

[DuxPredator]

My game crashes on startup, instant white screen and then stops responding and crashes. It used to just run forever on white screen until i interacted with it but now it instantly crashes and windows searches for a solution. I build my own computer 6 months ago; msi gtx 1070, i5-7500k. The game used to work fine, i have 60+hours in it then one day it stopped working.

[Wight Trash]

Whenever I try to start the game, it redirects to the steam store front page and does not start the game. I have tried everything I can think of and nothing works.

[Dustpuppy]

Hiya, I was having trouble with the savegames getting an assert failed error. I downloaded process explorer and found that igfxem.exe was not releasing the backups from the \262060 folder. (It was also claiming multiple files from different games as well) Nuked the process and the savegames load fine now.

win 10, 64 bit, laptop with a 960M + Intel graphics.

Just posting in case it helps.

[Mr. Standfast]

Unable to launch game: black screen displays, followed by 'darkest.exe has stopped working' then crash. Emailed Init log. System information as follows:
Operating System Version:
Windows 7 (64 bit)
NTFS: Supported
Crypto Provider Codes: Supported 311 0x0 0x0 0x0
Video Card:
Driver: Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family
DirectX Driver Name: igdumdx32.dll
Driver Version: 8.15.10.1994
DirectX Driver Version: 8.15.10.1994
Driver Date: 6 Nov 2009
OpenGL Version: 2.1
Desktop Color Depth: 32 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 59 Hz
DirectX Card: Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family
VendorID: 0x8086
DeviceID: 0x2a42
Revision: 0x7
Number of Monitors: 1
Number of Logical Video Cards: 1
No SLI or Crossfire Detected
Primary Display Resolution: 1366 x 768
Desktop Resolution: 1366 x 768
Primary Display Size: 18.98" x 10.67" (21.73" diag)
48.2cm x 27.1cm (55.2cm diag)
Primary Bus Type Not Detected
Primary VRAM: 101 MB
Supported MSAA Modes Not Detected
Processor Information:
CPU Vendor: GenuineIntel
CPU Brand: Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU T4500 @ 2.30GHz
CPU Family: 0x6
CPU Model: 0x17
CPU Stepping: 0xa
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 2294 Mhz
2 logical processors
2 physical processors
HyperThreading: Unsupported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Unsupported
SSE42: Unsupported
AES: Unsupported
AVX: Unsupported
CMPXCHG16B: Supported
LAHF/SAHF: Supported
PrefetchW: Supporte

[<alphareaper>]

Tried playing this game today and it wouldn't launch. I tried all the troubleshooting tips that i could find. This is what fixed it for me. I run bit-defender security suite. I opened it up and went to view modules->ransomeware protection->blocked applications->allow all Darkest.exe that was on the list. The game fired right up after that.

[Kenneth Powers]

Hello, I installed and tried to launch only to get crashes. I tried all applicable fixes but still the same result of crashing. Help thoroughly appreciated.

Computer Information:
Manufacturer: ASUS
Model: All Series
Form Factor: Desktop
No Touch Input Detected

Processor Information:
CPU Vendor: GenuineIntel
CPU Family: 0x6
CPU Model: 0x3c
CPU Stepping: 0x3
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 3406 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: Supported

Network Information:
Network Speed:

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

Video Card:
Driver: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

DirectX Driver Name: nvldumd.dll
Driver Version: 22.21.13.8253
DirectX Driver Version: 22.21.13.8253
Driver Date: 7 June 2017
OpenGL Version: 4.5
Desktop Color Depth: 32 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
DirectX Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
VendorID: 0x10de
DeviceID: 0x1b81
Revision: 0xa1
Number of Monitors: 2
Number of Logical Video Cards: 2
No SLI or Crossfire Detected
Primary Display Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Desktop Resolution: 3840 x 1080
Primary Display Size: 23.54" x 13.23" (26.97" diag)
59.8cm x 33.6cm (68.5cm diag)
Primary Bus: PCI Express 8x
Primary VRAM: 8191 MB
Supported MSAA Modes: 2x 4x 8x

Sound card:
Audio device: S27C750-0 (NVIDIA High Definiti

Memory:
RAM: 8130 Mb

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
Microphone: Not set
Media Type: DVD
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 6798300 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 5232700 Mb
OS Install Date: Dec 31 1969
Game Controller: None detected
VR Headset: None detected

[Kenneth Powers]

Just a "darkest.exe has stopped working" message after launch into a blackscreen.

[Kenneth Powers]

No luck

[seitwaerts]

Hello,
my game does not start (black window, then disappears)
I tried every step related to crashs
I have VoiceMeter installed, but it is usually offline, also while I was testing DD

OS: Win10 [Version 10.0.15063]
CPU:i5-4460 3,2 GHz
GPU: Geforce FTX 1050 Ti

Computer Information:
Manufacturer: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Model: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Form Factor: Desktop
No Touch Input Detected

Processor Information:
CPU Vendor: GenuineIntel
CPU Brand: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4460 CPU @ 3.20GHz
CPU Family: 0x6
CPU Model: 0x3c
CPU Stepping: 0x3
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 3193 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: Supported

Network Information:
Network Speed:

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

Video Card:
Driver: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

DirectX Driver Name: nvldumd.dll
Driver Version: 22.21.13.8165
DirectX Driver Version: 22.21.13.8165
Driver Date: 31 Mar 2017
OpenGL Version: 4.5
Desktop Color Depth: 32 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
DirectX Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
VendorID: 0x10de
DeviceID: 0x1c82
Revision: 0xa1
Number of Monitors: 2
Number of Logical Video Cards: 2
No SLI or Crossfire Detected
Primary Display Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Desktop Resolution: 3840 x 1080
Primary Display Size: 23.54" x 13.23" (26.97" diag)
59.8cm x 33.6cm (68.5cm diag)
Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x
Primary VRAM: 4095 MB
Supported MSAA Modes: 2x 4x 8x

Sound card:
Audio device: Headset Earphone (Cyborg F.R.E.Q 5)

Memory:
RAM: 16303 Mb

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
Microphone: Not set
Steam Controller Cable and Base: Not set
Media Type: Undetermined
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 829076 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 27989 Mb
OS Install Date: Jan 01 1970
Game Controller: Saitek Pro Flight Rudder Pedals detected
VR Headset: None detected

Update From Event Viewer:

Faulting application name: darkest.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x5949a4e8
Faulting module name: darkest.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x5949a4e8
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x00a6d5e9
Faulting process ID: 0x27b4
Faulting application start time: 0x01d2eaacfaae5b3a
Faulting application path: E:\Steam\steamapps\common\DarkestDungeon\_windows\darkest.exe
Faulting module path: E:\Steam\steamapps\common\DarkestDungeon\_windows\darkest.exe
Report ID: 4d2ba1e6-f4b2-4fa3-9ae3-5deb58aed493
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:

Also no second before:
The NVIDIA OpenGL driver has encountered
an out of memory error. This application might
behave inconsistently and fail.

Update#2:
Reinstalled graphics driver + all supplementals
Also while reinstalling they pushed a new hotfix, it's running now do not ask me why

[Domnin]

The game used to work fine - haven't played for a long time, now I have Crimson court, and it keeps crashing randomly. After combat, mid-combat, in the hamlet, in the dungeons - everywhere. I've tried reinstalling, and compartibility and other stuff, and nothing helps. This isn't normal.

[РАЗВЕДКА]

Hi, guys. It first all good worked, but after few hours of playing videodrivers crashed, and after restart game doesn't start! I tried all from this topic including reinstall steam, game, drivers and etc, but now game works in only _windowsnomedia mode. What can help?

windows 10 64

Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-4130 CPU @ 3.40GHz

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
22.21.13.8253 (latest)


RAM 16gb