Crash at Start

[Kasigi]

This started after the game froze when I turned off HDR and had to force close it. Now every time I start the game it will go to a white screen then promptly crash. I have tried reinstalling the game, checking and reinstalling my drivers, trying different compatibility modes, and verifying game file integrity but nothing works. It gives me the error code "141845_0xDAE5F4_ST76561198033115856" as a reference but I don't seem to see that particular one in any posts. Is there something I missed and can anybody help me? Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.

[Musashi]

There should be a crash dump file
If you can upload your crash dunp file into a cloud, with permission to download it, I´ll look into it
it should be in :
WinKey + R opens RUN than copy this: %localappdata%\Temp

and looks like :
NMS_crash_xxxxxxxxxx_NMSVersion_0xCrashcode_SteamID.dmp

[Kasigi]

This should be the crash dump file

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1FUg3lCZbsLsSgo7vd4eH5bQdZWs0nNBB?usp=sharing

Hopefully I did the settings right so you can look at it

[Musashi]

Hmm ... its pointing at your Nviva GPU driver .. although it is the latest ..
Could you try a clean installation from the website ?
At install choose Custom and there Clean Installation
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/

https://prnt.sc/PvbWBmptX03u
https://prnt.sc/ER3KJPdMSU7w

let me know if you still get the same or another error

[catch22atplay]

You can do as musashi says and reinstall the 572.83 driver or try a known good driver of 566.36 if not using a 50xx series gpu. This is probably the best thing to do as 570+ drivers are crap and cause all sorts of issues. Issues like black screens, white screens, HDR not working, blank screen ie no signal and on and on.

I did notice it's using the sl.pcl.dll file from the 572.83 driver. So it's using 2.7.10 instead of the game's 2.7.2 version. This is a mismatch as it's using the game's sl.interposer.dll of 2.7.2. I prefer all my streamline files to use the same version. May or may not have anything to do with the issue. Just something else to try after drivers.

To fix that goto C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\No Man's Sky\Binaries and renaming sl.pcl.dll to sl.pcl.dll.old then do a file integrity check and it will download that file. Note you may have renamed that file previously to force it to use nvidia's file instead as that was a known way to fix that file previously. Since they updated to 2.7.2 i don't think it's required now but i'm not sure.

Another thing and probably not related either but i do see steam overlay is On. You may want to turn it off as it's known to cause issues for some. Just to eliminate another potential possibility. And you're using a laptop which can cause other issues. But i'm sure you know what those issues are (correct power setting, correct gpu selected, etc).

My vote is driver though.

[Kasigi]

So I tried downloading the latest driver directly and doing a clean install and unfortunately im still getting the same white screen crash error. I also tried installing the older version of the drivers and the sl.pcl.dll rename and verify but neither one made a change.

[Musashi]

Originally posted by Kasigi:

So I tried downloading the latest driver directly and doing a clean install and unfortunately im still getting the same white screen crash error. I also tried installing the older version of the drivers and the sl.pcl.dll rename and verify but neither one made a change.

Open a command prompt (Windows Key +R, type cmd [ENTER])
Type vulkaninfo --summary [ENTER]
It may point on a wrong /bad dll


And if it has been written .. just to see your default settings :
Could you post the content of your TKGRAPHICSSETTINGS.MXML (just open it with notepad and copy&paste it)
That file is in \steamapps\common\No Man's Sky\Binaries\

[Kasigi]

I uploaded the text from the Vulkaninfo summary and from the TKGRAPHICSSETTINGS.MXML to my cloud.

[Musashi]

Originally posted by Kasigi:

I uploaded the text from the Vulkaninfo summary and from the TKGRAPHICSSETTINGS.MXML to my cloud.

Good --- now I need a link with the permision to download it

[Kasigi]

I put them into the same google drive cloud folder

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1FUg3lCZbsLsSgo7vd4eH5bQdZWs0nNBB?usp=sharing

Let me know if you need it from a different cloud sharing service or if I set it up wrong and I will take care of it

[Musashi]

Originally posted by Kasigi:

I put them into the same google drive cloud folder

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1FUg3lCZbsLsSgo7vd4eH5bQdZWs0nNBB?usp=sharing

Let me know if you need it from a different cloud sharing service or if I set it up wrong and I will take care of it

Ok ... Your TKGRAPHICSSETTINGS.MXML has no Resolution settings ...edit this lines with your Resolution :
<Property name="ResolutionWidth" value="0" />
<Property name="ResolutionHeight" value="0" />

Save the file and make sure Steam Game Recording is disabled .. same for Nvidia Overlay
You may also delete everything inside C:\ProgramData\NVIDIA\NGX\models and launch the game

Run NMS again

[Kasigi]

Originally posted by Musashi:

Originally posted by Kasigi:

I put them into the same google drive cloud folder

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1FUg3lCZbsLsSgo7vd4eH5bQdZWs0nNBB?usp=sharing

Let me know if you need it from a different cloud sharing service or if I set it up wrong and I will take care of it

Ok ... Your TKGRAPHICSSETTINGS.MXML has no Resolution settings ...edit this lines with your Resolution :
<Property name="ResolutionWidth" value="0" />
<Property name="ResolutionHeight" value="0" />

Save the file and make sure Steam Game Recording is disabled .. same for Nvidia Overlay
You may also delete everything inside C:\ProgramData\NVIDIA\NGX\models and launch the game

Run NMS again

It worked! Thank you so much!

[catch22atplay]

Glad it's sorted. Not having a set resolution was concerning.