game crashes at launcher

[brotherofbuff]

If I dont enter game asap the game crashes at Launcher in the strangest way I ever seen. I cant even close it from the end task menu. I did delete download Cache, start up on admin and used windows xp compatibility mode 3. I tried to use mods before starting the game but deleted them all and reinstalled clean too.

Anyone know how to make this work properly?

[Lifeisagame]

Honestly i got a simular bug always when i first start x2 - it dont even shows up but in the Taskmanager its running x2.exe
Usualy when end that task and restart again it usualy runs fine..
Since you say you cant even kill that, maybe:
https://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=382085
Helps

[brotherofbuff]

Thanks, I don't see anything that address the issue. This is the weirdest bug i ever encountered in a game. When I played this back when windows 7 was out it worked perfect.

[brotherofbuff]

I put the compatibility to vista service 2 and seems to fix the problem so far

[Dark_Knight]

Here is an issue that I am facing, which I think may be the same. I have found a work-around for my own particular situation, and I hope that this information helps those viewing this thread.

I am running an HP Pavillion Laptop 15 with Intel Core i7 (12th Gen) and (2) Graphics Cards (NVIDIA MX550 and Intel Iris Xe Graphics Card). This is my newer Laptop, and I also have an older HP Pavilion running Intel Core i7 (8th Gen) with (2) Graphics Cards (NVIDIA MX250 and Intel UHD Graphics 620). All my games play fine on the old computer. On the new one, I do run into issues. Through my own testing, I have found that the issue lies with the Intel Iris Xe Graphics Card. I have updated all drivers including the Intel Iris Xe Graphics Card (Driver Version 30.0.101.1660 released 3/18/2022) on the new Laptop. The only work-around that I know of to allow all games to play without issue, is to disable the Intel Iris Xe Graphics Card. *Note: That the problem appears to mostly affect legacy/older games. So this may apply more so to retro gamers for that reason. I presume that this could eventually be fixed, if Intel releases an updated driver that addresses the problem. Until then, my work-around seems to be the only option.

[pipo.p]

Did you try to downdate video drivers?. Perhaps it's more about a driver's version and rertocompatibility and less about the generation of your card?

[Dark_Knight]

Already thought of that and tried the latest one that was released this year. Didn't resolve the issue. I definitely think that it is device driver related, but an issue that NVIDIA appears to have yet to address. I wonder if they are even aware of the problem at this time.