Fallout 4 crashes after clicking play on launcher.

[Saint of Circumstance]

When I press play, fallout 4 turns on for a second or two as just a black screen, then it crashes with no error message or anything. the only mod I am using it ULG (Ultra Low Graphic Tool)

[Frigidman]

After how often this question comes up, and how often people respond with "Turn off weapon debris" ... I'm surprised its not a sticky by now.

But, just to rule out the mod, have you tried launching the game without the mod?

[Saint of Circumstance]

Yes, I have, Same result

[Frigidman]

Try then to disable the weapon debris (found in the launchers advanced settings). It seems to be the cause for a lot of people's troubles.

[Saint of Circumstance]

Tried It, Sadly did not work

[Black Album]

Please post your specs ... just to be sure your machine can run the game

[Saint of Circumstance]

Originally posted by Black Album:

Please post your specs ... just to be sure your machine can run the game

It can't, that's why i'm using ULG

[GLaDOS is a Lesbian]

I am having the same problem and it is driving me crazy. I bought the game yesterday and have not been able to play a minute of it. I have not installed ANY mods,I have uninstalled AND reinstalled the game FOUR TIMES(!!!), disabled AV, verified game files, run the game in windowed/borderless, updated steam, restarted steam, ran both the game .exe AND the launcher .exe as administrator, rebooted my PC- every single fix i can find anywhere on Steam, on Bethesda's website, ANYWHERE.

EDIT: Yes, I checked my specs. While I still have to "play" on Low Quality, and turn as many extra options off as I can, my PC *can* run the game

Still, as soon as I click 'Play' on the launcher, the screen goes black and crashes to desktop within five seconds. Occasionally, I will get so far as the main menu, and click 'New Game'; it loads for about ten seconds and then crashes once again. No error message, nothing.
It's frankly maddening.

[Saint of Circumstance]

Me too!, I have spent 1 hour looking online for fixes and trying them.

[GLaDOS is a Lesbian]

Originally posted by Greedo:

Me too!, I have spent 1 hour looking online for fixes and trying them.

Well, prepare for more. I've spent six hours in total; Steam says I've spent 99 minutes on the launcher ALONE.

[Saint of Circumstance]

There has to be some sort of fix.

[GLaDOS is a Lesbian]

found this list on another thread. everything with a 'Y' by it, i have done

Disable AV and try running it (Avast, and maybe Trend Micro seem to be the worst) Y, disabled MacAfee firewall
Run the game in administrator mode Y, along with the launcher
Run the game in different compatibilty modes Y
Let the game auto detect graphics Y
Set the game resolution the same as desktop resolution (Important, if different always crashes the game on my PC, might not on yours) Y
Verify cache Y Y Y
Update graphics drivers (Yes we have seen them 1 year out of date) ?
Try optimising in Nvidia experience (If you have Nvidia), It will also tell you your specs "My Rig" N/A
Re-boot your PC Y Y Y Y Y
Run in windowed mode Y
Run in borderless window Y
Update Steam Y
Turn off Steam overlay Y
Turn on "Prefer max performance" in Nvidia control panel N/A
Disable any mods (If you have them). N/A
Delete local content and delete any remaining Fallout and Mod directories, re-install Fallout (No mods).Y
Delete fallout4custom.ini, falloutprefs.ini and fallout.ini (There may be more than one of each) Y
Close any background programs (music, skype, the film on the second monitor etc).Y
Re-boot your PC Y
Restart Steam Y

[Saint of Circumstance]

I would reinstall, but it just finished installing it today after waiting forever for it to install

[Black Album]

Originally posted by Greedo:

Originally posted by Black Album:

Please post your specs ... just to be sure your machine can run the game

It can't, that's why i'm using ULG

Originally posted by Greedo:

There has to be some sort of fix.

I'm sorry ... but if your computer isn't good enough to run the game ... there is no fix except buying a computer good enough to run the game.
Apply for a refund.

[Saint of Circumstance]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU8n9Y_hGoQ&vl=en

[Skybird]

Played almost 3000 hours, snce elaunch year/date. Today, minutes ago, launching it said the game must redownloaded and installed. Did so, started kind of an installation verification, and nothing being downloaded (the installaiton folder and content still was there all the time). Starting the game then had me going into the game menu, but from there on everything I do ends in ctd.

Last night everything still was working fine.

They must have messed up something terribly on their end of the line.