DARK SOULS™ III

DARK SOULS™ III

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pwc Dec 17, 2021 @ 8:31am
Dark Souls 3 Won't Launch
Is there a fix? My game won't start. It says in-game for a second and then shutting down. No error, no white or black screen.
I just tried:
- reinstall steam and game itself (also checked integrity of files),
- running both steam and game as admin,
- disabling full screen optimization and steam overlay,
- downloaded new nvidia drivers
- tried Dependency Walker thing (solution on reddit) - every files was x64,
- deleting every DS3 folder on computer including the one in %user\roaming
- reseting steam and PC couple times

Rly dont know what to do now. I dont want to reinstall Windows 10, dont have time for this...

The funny thing is that I played this game 1 year ago and it ran smoothly :/

EDIT: I fixed it by downloading "d3dx11_43.dll" file which was missing apparently. I moved it to the main folder of the game and it's finally working.
Last edited by pwc; Dec 17, 2021 @ 2:27pm
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Reikoshi Dec 17, 2021 @ 11:11am 
Do u have programms like "Borderless gaming"
pwc Dec 17, 2021 @ 11:52am 
Originally posted by Reikoshi_:
Do u have programms like "Borderless gaming"
no, why? Should I install it?
Originally posted by pwc:
Is there a fix? My game won't start. It says in-game for a second and then shutting down. No error, no white or black screen.
I just tried:
- reinstall steam and game itself (also checked integrity of files),
- running both steam and game as admin,
- disabling full screen optimization and steam overlay,
- downloaded new nvidia drivers
- tried Dependency Walker thing (solution on reddit) - every files was x64,
- deleting every DS3 folder on computer including the one in %user\roaming
- reseting steam and PC couple times

Rly dont know what to do now. I dont want to reinstall Windows 10, dont have time for this...

The funny thing is that I played this game 1 year ago and it ran smoothly :/
check for windows update?
Reikoshi Dec 17, 2021 @ 12:00pm 
Originally posted by pwc:
Originally posted by Reikoshi_:
Do u have programms like "Borderless gaming"
no, why? Should I install it?
The game didn't work for me either, disabling this program helped me. But you have no this programm on your pc so idk
pwc Dec 17, 2021 @ 12:42pm 
Originally posted by Meliodas:
Originally posted by pwc:
Is there a fix? My game won't start. It says in-game for a second and then shutting down. No error, no white or black screen.
I just tried:
- reinstall steam and game itself (also checked integrity of files),
- running both steam and game as admin,
- disabling full screen optimization and steam overlay,
- downloaded new nvidia drivers
- tried Dependency Walker thing (solution on reddit) - every files was x64,
- deleting every DS3 folder on computer including the one in %user\roaming
- reseting steam and PC couple times

Rly dont know what to do now. I dont want to reinstall Windows 10, dont have time for this...

The funny thing is that I played this game 1 year ago and it ran smoothly :/
check for windows update?
all up to date, even optional updates
pwc Dec 17, 2021 @ 2:27pm 
I fixed it by downloading "d3dx11_43.dll" file which was missing apparently. I moved it to the main folder of the game and it's finally working.
J0eExMachina Dec 18, 2021 @ 5:37am 
Originally posted by pwc:
I fixed it by downloading "d3dx11_43.dll" file which was missing apparently. I moved it to the main folder of the game and it's finally working.

Where did you download this from?
pwc Dec 19, 2021 @ 8:31am 
Some guy posted it on reddit. Its from dll-files.com site. Just type it in the search box.
Last edited by pwc; Dec 19, 2021 @ 8:32am
Lady Iudex Dec 19, 2021 @ 8:56am 
What mods do you use?
ПУШИСТОВ Dec 30, 2021 @ 10:13pm 
Did you move it to the "Game" folder (with the other dll files)?
pwc Dec 31, 2021 @ 5:46am 
yes, the 'Game' folder looks like this: https://imgur.com/a/ggwxLZT
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