Can't start the game anymore

[Shimo]

After 13 hours of game with no issues now the game crashes before showing the shaders compilation

Edit: I already did the 10gb cache nvidia control panel, verify files and reinstall the game.... nothing works.
Maybe the last update 1.0.6.0 is the problem

[ChungusPolo™]

Originally posted by tsukishimo97:

After 13 hours of game with no issues now the game crashes before showing the shaders compilation

its also happening to Tokyo Xtreme Racer.... some update must've messed with it cause I can't launch mine either

[JOJI]

having same issue. Was playing just fine the other nights.. then I get on tonight and I just get a black screen before it gets to the shaders compilation.

[Deadman'shand]

Same here. l played it earlier this morning and now it just CTD as soon as I start it.

[The Ridler]

Same

[Mimsiwhimsy]

Is everyone here that's having having issues with the game crashing on startup or around the shader compiling screen using an Nvidia GPU and/or an Intel processor for the CPU?

Apparently the latest patch that came out yesterday was supposed to fix some Nvidia DLSS and Intel XeSS-related issues in the Microsoft Store version or something like that... Guess that would mean for the Gamepass version? IDK cuz I don't use Gamepass and just own the Steam version lol.

It may be a long shot, but here's a youtube video I found that *may* be helpful, although this video came out days before the recent patch so if you weren't having these issues prior then you might just have to wait until the next major patch gets rolled out in a few weeks from now which will hopefully address this issue that was likely somehow caused from the current patch release.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaBH-E1ePgw


For the record and if it's of anyone's curiosity, I'm running the game on an AMD Ryzen 7 5800X CPU with a Radeon RX 7800 XT GPU (16 GB installed RAM at 3.80 GHz) and have had absolutely zero crashes occur before and after the recent patch came out with over 20 hours of play time on Steam.

Hope this information can at least help someone somehow, and sorry in advance if it doesn't.

[artattack]

Ok so it's not just me. I just bought the game. It won't launch at all. The screen goes black like it's about to launch and then after a few seconds it returns to the desktop.

[Bolski]

I had the issue starting this morning (1/30/2025). Most Unreal games (whether on 4 or 5) would crash just as shader compile would start (Stalker 2, Ninja Gaiden 2 Black, Hogwarts Legacy), but strangely, Robocop: Rogue City worked just fine (GOG version). All my other non-Unreal Engine games were fine (such as Ninja Gaiden Master Collection, etc).

What I did was get DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) and completely wiped my nVidia drivers in Safe Mode. Then, downloaded the latest drivers as of today (1/30/2025) and everything is working just fine.

I think my drivers for my nVidia card got corrupted somehow. I would suggest uninstalling the drivers via DDU, then download and install the newest drivers.

DDU also works for AMD GPUs, but I'm not sure if people having this issue are only on nVIdia.

[Haoxuan]

try delete this file: Steam\steamapps\common\NINJAGAIDEN2BLACK\NINJAGAIDEN2BLACK\Plugins\Streamline\Binaries\ThirdParty\Win64\sl.pcl.dll
it works for me

[artattack]

Just updated my driver. It worked!!! Thanks!

Originally posted by Bolski:

I had the issue starting this morning (1/30/2025). Most Unreal games (whether on 4 or 5) would crash just as shader compile would start (Stalker 2, Ninja Gaiden 2 Black, Hogwarts Legacy), but strangely, Robocop: Rogue City worked just fine (GOG version). All my other non-Unreal Engine games were fine (such as Ninja Gaiden Master Collection, etc).

What I did was get DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) and completely wiped my nVidia drivers in Safe Mode. Then, downloaded the latest drivers as of today (1/30/2025) and everything is working just fine.

I think my drivers for my nVidia card got corrupted somehow. I would suggest uninstalling the drivers via DDU, then download and install the newest drivers.

DDU also works for AMD GPUs, but I'm not sure if people having this issue are only on nVIdia.

[Deadman'shand]

Originally posted by Haoxuan:

try delete this file: Steam\steamapps\common\NINJAGAIDEN2BLACK\NINJAGAIDEN2BLACK\Plugins\Streamline\Binaries\ThirdParty\Win64\sl.pcl.dll
it works for me

This worked for me.

[Shimo]

Originally posted by Haoxuan:

try delete this file: Steam\steamapps\common\NINJAGAIDEN2BLACK\NINJAGAIDEN2BLACK\Plugins\Streamline\Binaries\ThirdParty\Win64\sl.pcl.dll
it works for me

Wow, thank you a lot. This worked for me too

[Haoxuan]

Originally posted by Haoxuan:

try delete this file: Steam\steamapps\common\NINJAGAIDEN2BLACK\NINJAGAIDEN2BLACK\Plugins\Streamline\Binaries\ThirdParty\Win64\sl.pcl.dll
it works for me

Thanks to "Bolski" . Install the latest drivers (1/30/2025), it's better. DLSS will go wrong after deleting the file. And use DDU to uninstall the old drivers is necessary in my case.

[$uppaL337Killa]

Same issue with me, except not launching at all. Game will run on dx11 but textures will not load completely. I've already refunded the game, but I am hoping they fix this so I can try again.

[Smoogy]

Originally posted by Haoxuan:

try delete this file: Steam\steamapps\common\NINJAGAIDEN2BLACK\NINJAGAIDEN2BLACK\Plugins\Streamline\Binaries\ThirdParty\Win64\sl.pcl.dll
it works for me

Thank you, friend! This fixed it first try for me, whereas updating drivers didn't.(I didn't try the full DDU uninstall)

This really should be stated as an official fix, but unfortunately, I bet a bunch of people just won't play until another patch is released...

[OtakuDJ]

UPDATE YOUR GRAPHICS CARD DRIVER WORKED FOR ME