Process Starts but game doesn't run (Solved?!)

[flicky]

My game is doing a pseudo-launch. The window opens then immediately disappears. The process is running in the background and I can't do anything with it. Have re-download, re-installed and verified the cache as well as checking the DirectX options.

On Windows 7.

[Doroana]

Same thing here, except the window doesn't even appear. The process starts then immediately dies and Steam attempts to re-launch the game. Stuck in a never ending game launch loop...

[Themostdead]

maybe try to verifie you game cashe via steam that helps sometimes

[Doroana]

Tried that when the problem first occurred (also tried deleting and re-downloading). Unfortunately, nothing worked... :(

Troubleshooting this kind of thing on PC is always a pain, especially since every other game I have works fine. At this point, even an error message or a crash log would be more helpful.

I might just wait for a patch or something. Thankfully I have a lot to do and I'm in no rush to play the game.

[blueweb]

This is happenig to me as well.
Screw it, just have to continue to wait

[flicky]

Guys, I think I might have the solution for you!

If you go to your documents folder (C:\Users\XXXX\Documents\korra) you will find two files. gamedata.dat and SystemData.dat.

Delete the SystemData.dat and try and boot the game. The game will boot to the menu and work from then on! At least my one did. It seems there's something wrong with the settings that Steam assumes for the installation. I did this myself and I only need to delete the SystemData.dat file once. Give it a go and let me know if it works!

[Doroana]

It seems my game doesn't launch far enough to even create a folder in Documents so that solution unfortunately doesn't work for me.

Thanks though!

EDIT: I tried launching the game right after I posted this and it's working now (didn't change anything as far as I know). What the heck?!

[blueweb]

I dont even have SystemData.dat in my Korra folder

[Illyen]

I tried deleting the file but it still doesn't work =/. What I don't get is that I already played 2 hours of the game, and then it started not launching all of a sudden. I didn't even turn off the PC before it started with this problem.

[R4NC1D]

found and tried deleting the file. No dice, still won't run.

[Hawco]

I was having a similar issue for over a week where the executable would begin to launch but would just continuously flash on the splash screen until a nonsensical error followed by a "Graphic Memory Not Found" error appeared. I then would have to terminate the session from the task manager as it would continue to be running in the background.

I followed the above steps though where I deleted the SystemData.dat file from the Korra folder within Documents and eureka! It now launches no problem! Thanks for the help.

[MaraJadeSharpie]

I know this is a little older, but I thought I would contribute what eventually worked for me. I tried absolutely everything, and as with several people above, I did not have any .dat files to delete. Instead I ran the game in compatibility mode. Try navigating to the following folder:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\The Legend of Korra

Then right-click on the LoK.exe file, and "troubleshoot compatibility". Let it recommend a setting, for me it was Windows XP (Service Pack 2), and then start the program. Runs like a charm! From there you can have Windows automatically run the program with those settings permanently, which will even translate to Steam, so you can launch the game from there as well.

Hope this helps someone!

[10-6]

Had a similar problem for Mortal Kombat KE. I have to delete a certain folder but Korrah isn't working and I tried to run in other compatibility modes. Sad :(

[Franklin]

I had this problem and tried a number of things to fix it. I tried the compatibilty troubleshooting and it suggested reinstalling the game, which also didn't work. Reducing the resolution from 1080p to 720p didn't help either. It was upgradiing the AMD Catalyst driver to 15.7 that finally did it.

[10-6]

It randomly started working for me. No idea why. I'm not complaining

[Gamerguy1313]

In case anyone has a problem like this in the future: if it says it can't launch a game because it's already running (but it's only running in the background), you can force it to close by going into the 'task manager' and looking at the background processes (usually in the "more details." Force close it and try relaunching the game.

This always worked for me, but at the very least, it will allow you to manipulate it in some fashion.