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.

[Krenth]

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Publicado originalmente por Not Krenth:

I've tried everything i could, still crash on startup. Any helps?

Laptop's spec :
Computer Information:
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Model: Latitude E4310
Form Factor: Laptop
No Touch Input Detected

Processor Information:
CPU Vendor: GenuineIntel
CPU Brand: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 520 @ 2.40GHz
CPU Family: 0x6
CPU Model: 0x25
CPU Stepping: 0x5
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 2394 Mhz
4 logical processors
2 physical processors
HyperThreading: Supported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported
AES: Supported
AVX: Unsupported
CMPXCHG16B: Supported
LAHF/SAHF: Supported
PrefetchW: Unsupported

Operating System Version:
Windows 7 (32 bit)
NTFS: Supported
Crypto Provider Codes: Supported 311 0x0 0x0 0x0

Video Card:
Driver: Intel(R) HD Graphics
DirectX Driver Name: igdumdx32.dll
Driver Version: 8.15.10.2869
DirectX Driver Version: 8.15.10.2869
Driver Date: 10 4 2012
OpenGL Version: 2.1
Desktop Color Depth: 32 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 59 Hz
DirectX Card: Intel(R) HD Graphics
VendorID: 0x8086
DeviceID: 0x46
Revision: 0x2
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: 1530 MB
Supported MSAA Modes Not Detected

Sound card:
Audio device: Speakers / Headphones (IDT High

Memory:
RAM: 3509 Mb

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
Media Type: DVD
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 152625 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 85818 Mb
OS Install Date: Apr 29 2014
Game Controller: None detected
VR Headset: None detected

That's a really old laptop and I'm doubtful the game will run on such an underpowered system

awww, thanks for fast response btw.

[Illuminaughty]

Tried running the champion level Mill quest for the first time and its stuck loading forever (20+ minutes and nothing, usual loads are less than a minute). Using no mods at all on the file, any known fixes?

[Chopsuey]

I started the first endless quest and it crashed in the first cutscene, ever since then, it either crashes when loading into the hamlet or doesn't load at all

Same problem ^

[God]

Ever since I changed to Windows 10 I have been unable to launch the game at all. I've tried everything in the fixes and I've tried launching the nosteam version. Nothing has helped. This is what the debug says.

API::Steam::Initialize enabled = 1 -- ..\..\engine\thirdparty\api.steam.cpp 78
Darkest::ParseArguments -- ..\..\game\app\app.cpp 278
Darkest::InitializeSave -- ..\..\game\app\app.cpp 876
InternalMain SDL_Init( SDL_INIT_VIDEO ) -- ..\..\engine\plinth\sdl2\plinth_app.cpp 265
InternalMain SDL_GetDisplayBounds x = 0 y = 0 w = 1920 h = 1080 flags = 4123 -- ..\..\engine\plinth\sdl2\plinth_app.cpp 299

[SuperTamaru]

Hi, I've got a problem with the loading screen. It doesn't go away when it's finished loading on my laptop. The game worked fine until recently (but I don't often use this laptop for gaming), and when I tried to play with the new DLC, this happened.

I have not used any mods for Darkest Dungeon, and I have tried verifying and reinstalling the game. To me, it seems like a graphical issue, since I can clearly play the game.

SPECS:
Misc: Laptop
OS: Win7
Processor: Intel i5 3230M
Video Card: Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000
RAM: 8GB

It's important to note that the laptop is quite old by todays standard, and I've normally access to my desktop, but due to moving and space constraints, I'm unable to have my desktop at this time. If you need more info, I'll screenshot and post imgur links to them, thanks for your help. <3

EDIT: I resolved it by disabling the steam overlay. No need to pay mind to this anymore. I apologize for taking up time on accident. Keep up the good work, Red Hook

[DrFenouil]

Hello I have encounter a graphical bug with the new dlc:
https://steamcommunity.com/id/finish/screenshot/942823742463682871

[DrFenouil]

After restarting the game it return to normal but I have encountered the same graphical bug during the battle (instead of an attack animation).

[Tech Commander]

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Publicado originalmente por Tech Commander:

After today's update, game fails to launch on my 2GB RAM laptop (had no problems before today's uodate that adds the new Color DLC). Uninstall/reinstall fails to fix the problem. Have the minimum RAM system specs changed as a result of the latest patch?

What error doy ou get?

No error is displayed -Steam says the game is running, then shows 0% next to the title in the Steam list (as if trying to sync to the cloud), then fails and stops loading. Relaunching produces the same problem repeatedly.

***UPDATE***
I decided to try launching the game from the command line to see if any errors were emitted at launch. Inside the DarkestDungeon folder, there are folders called _windows and _windowsnosteam. I initially launched the Darkest.exe in the _windowsnosteam folder without success. I then launched the Darkest.exe in the _windows folder and to my surprise, the game launched successfully and correctly downloaded my cloud save. After playing without issue for some time, I exited to the desktop. Unfortunately, when attempting to relaunch the game, it failed with the same problem as before (Steam shows Running for about 5-7 seconds, then briefly flashes 'Sync' or '0%' and then the game stops loading). Restarting Steam and even rebooting PC fails to relaunch the game. So the game launch problem appears to be related to cloud syncin'g and not to low RAM. Thoughts?

[ifreefly]

я в ♥♥♥♥, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Всё переделал, а воз и ныне там, а ведь я играл в это когда-то, ппц как же это зубодробительно и отстойно.

[flamingbricks]

I saw that the update for Color of Madness was coming out, so I let it happen and loaded up the game. I got through two missions fine with absolutely no issues, either in starting up the game or in actually playing it. Then I go the Weald, with a Hellion, Man-at-Arms, Vestal, and Plague Doctor, from first to fourth slot. The first hallway and room battle go fine. However, after I finish the first room battle, every hero except my Plague Doctor starts spontaneously walking backwards. The Plague Doctor doesn't move at all, so eventually they're at the front of the party, with my Hellion and Vestal backing them up. The Man-at-Arms just walks off-screen and I haven't found them again. While this is happening all of the normal controls work just fine, except for the ones to restore default party order and the arrow keys to move the party around. After a few seconds, the party, now at the edge of the left-hand side of the screen, starts vibrating oddly, before the screen goes black, save for a few lines of text that say something about a Plague Doctor and loading too many assets (they disappear before I catch it all). Now, whenever I load up the save it brings me back to the room I was in, just with only three heroes and my Plague Doctor in the front line. This isn't just a graphics glitch, since the Plague Doctor is actually in the first slot now. I can shuffle the party around fine, except nothing makes the Man-at-Arms reappear, and the button to restore default party order still doesn't work. Any advice?

On a side note, I posted about this a while back, but i'm still getting the bug where the "Unequip all trinkets" button makes some of the trinkets disappear. All of my heroes come back from each mission wearing the trinkets, so they don't just vanish on their own, but every time I hit "Unequip all" I only get six or seven out of the eight. So far I've lost multiple Brawler's Gloves and Books of Sanity, an Arya Box, and a few Crimson Court trinkets. I also know for a fact that they're completely gone from my inventory, and not hiding somewhere, since I've seen some of the Crimson Court trinkets (ones I've already gotten) reappear as rewards for the Garden Guardian fight. If there's a quick fix for this one, let me know, but I haven't found anyone else with the same problem.

[ifreefly]

помогите запустить игру, все переделал проделал, сейчас в очередной раз переустановил. на ссд она работает?

[Shaman From The Downtown]

Unfortunately, after the update there is no way to launch the game.
Error code AppName: darkest.exe AppVer: 0.0.0.0 ModName: unknown
ModVer: 0.0.0.0 Offset: 00000000. Before that everything worked.

[Shaman From The Downtown]

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Publicado originalmente por Миклош Бальза:

Unfortunately, after the update there is no way to launch the game.
Error code AppName: darkest.exe AppVer: 0.0.0.0 ModName: unknown
ModVer: 0.0.0.0 Offset: 00000000. Before that everything worked.

Can you try the _windowsnosteam\darkest.exe instead?

Already tried. Does not work.

[Shaman From The Downtown]

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Publicado originalmente por Миклош Бальза:

Already tried. Does not work.

That seems more like maybe your anit-virus could be doing something? I would reverify your game data to be sure.

Has added in exceptions - does not work. Disconnected antivirus-does not work too.

[Shaman From The Downtown]

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Publicado originalmente por Миклош Бальза:

Has added in exceptions - does not work. Disconnected antivirus-does not work too.

are you sure you dont have any other malware scanners?

Completely sure