BmLauncher not opening

[Baroness]

Basically whenever i try to open the game through BmLauncher or directly through Steam, the BmLauncher window appears for half a second on my screen and automatically closes itself without any kind of error message, it just closes itself.

I have been trying to fix this for about a whole day and had no success, so if anyone can help me i would appreciate it very much.

[tanveer.sid74]

Have you tried opening the launcher from the game folder in file explorer?
The same thing happened to me a while back. It didn't give me an error message when I launched the game from steam but when I launched it from .exe file it gave me the error "Application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b)". After that I saw a video on youtube which told me to delete the xinput1_3.dll file windows32 folder as well as SysWow64 folder and then reinstall directx from microsoft website. After that it started working good. But make sure that you create a restore point before trying to apply this fix in case something goes wrong. And let me know if it works :)

[Baroness]

I tried opening through the file explorer before, it didn't work, just tried to delete the files and it didn't work as well ,_, i feel like i won't ever be able to change the settings from the game.

The window just pops on the screen and closes immediatly, it even appears in the task manager if i open it before opening the BmLauncher, but it just closes itself.

[JonoAMano]

Roma, did you both verify and patch the game?:
1. Select game in Library, right-click Properties > Local Files, Verify Integrity of Game Files.
2. Select game in Library, right-click Properties > Updates, Automatic Updating.

If you run Windows 10 or 11, did you install the legacy redistributables from the game folder that W10-11 lack?:
Steam \ steamapps \ common \ Batman Arkham Asylum GOTY \ redist \ DirectX \ DXSETUP
Steam \ steamapps \ common \ Batman Arkham Asylum GOTY \ redist \ PhysX_9.08.14_9.09.0814_SystemSoftware
Steam \ steamapps \ common \ Batman Arkham Asylum GOTY \ redist \ vcredist_x86
NET Framework 3.5 Runtime:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=21

Is the game allowed in your antivirus settings?

Arkham Asylum requires cloud sync enabled in order to launch, even if sync is enabled on the general Steam client. Make certain that your game is cloud synchronized; from the Library page right-click on Batman Arkham Asylum GOTY Edition and select Properties > General, then click the tickbox that reads: Keep game saves in the Steam Cloud for Batman Arkham Asylum GOTY Edition.

[Baroness]

Yep, have done all of it, the BmLauncher still doesn't work but i managed to change the graphics settings through the .ini's, so now i can play it kinda ok :D thanks for the help, both of you

[JonoAMano]

List which settings and which .ini files, so that others with the same problem can benefit.

[Baroness]

Basically every graphics settings under "System.Settings" from "BmEngine" on "Config" folder inside the "BmGame" from the game directory.

Shadows, lighting, textures, bloom, blur, etc. Just changing them from "True" to "False" already solved my problem.