Game crashes immediately after starting

[Oppa Kalle]

I got the game today, I start it and it crashes after a few seconds. What can I do about it?Please help.Thank you in advance.

[Herr Flick]

Can you give more details, or copy the crash message?

[Ty]

Originally posted by Oppa Kalle:

I got the game today, I start it and it crashes after a few seconds. What can I do about it?Please help.Thank you in advance.

Here’s a few reasons why you could be crashing on startup:

Disable any cheat engines (wemod) or DLC unlockers.
Check if your Antivirus is not interfering with the game, make an exception for it.
Check if your Steam.exe is not renamed, the game will crash if it has a different name.
Make sure you have no mods enabled, if you’re unsure; try running “safe mode (no mods)”.
The minimum resolution is 1360x768, so check that your screen isn't lower than that.
Your shader cache is corrupt; try deleting it.
The game didn't install Visual C++, try installing it yourself:https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/details.aspx?id=48145.
You need to restart your PC.
Try disabling Auto HDR.

Shader cache is located here:
C:\Users\ (your name) \Documents\my games\gates of hell\shader_cache
Or
C:\Users\ (your name) \AppData\Local\digitalmindsoft\gates of hell\shader_cache

[Oppa Kalle]

Originally posted by Herr Flick:

Can you give more details, or copy the crash message?

No, unfortunately not. I start the game and it crashes without an error message and you go straight back to the desktop

[Buchcio]

I'm experiencing same issue, can't launch game and nothing happens, straight back to desktop. Oppa Kalle, did you make game work for you?

[Ty]

Originally posted by Buchcio:

I'm experiencing same issue, can't launch game and nothing happens, straight back to desktop. Oppa Kalle, did you make game work for you?

Here’s a few reasons why you could be crashing on startup:

Disable any cheat engines (wemod) or DLC unlockers.
Check if your Antivirus is not interfering with the game, make an exception for it.
Check if your Steam.exe is not renamed, the game will crash if it has a different name.
Make sure you have no mods enabled, if you’re unsure; try running “safe mode (no mods)”.
The minimum resolution is 1360x768, so check that your screen isn't lower than that.
Your shader cache is corrupt; try deleting it.
The game didn't install Visual C++, try installing it yourself:https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/details.aspx?id=48145.
You need to restart your PC.
If you're on windows 11 Try disabling Auto HDR.

Shader cache is located here:
C:\Users\ (your name) \Documents\my games\gates of hell\shader_cache
Or
C:\Users\ (your name) \AppData\Local\digitalmindsoft\gates of hell\shader_cache

[VaLentless]

The game shuts down because a cheat application is running in the backgrounds. Even if you do not use wemod, it's reason enough that it runs in the background as a process (Taskmanager) it will crash the game. You need to make sure that you end the process via Taskmanager (goes for every similar application as well). If you do not use any cheats, it could be your loaded mods conflicting. Try disabling them via safe mode mo mods...

[rm99999]

i had this full reinstall fixed it, no idea why it was crashing

[blegh]

why does wemod make it crash? why should it even matter if you play single player all the time anyway. It's like I have to run mods to do the things wemod would do .

[Shadow Two]

Can confirm if you have wemod in the background it will crash your game you will have to close it through task manager

[leo_man4u2000]

dang, I was hoping to use a trainer, just like with all other games, as if I'm good playing normal. (wemod does say trainers are "expired" and won't work)

[GrunerTeufel]

Does anyone still have the same problem?
I have this problem on my GoH, and i don't have any wemod or DLC unlockers, just subscription mod in game

[Ty]

Originally posted by GrunerTeufel:

Does anyone still have the same problem?
I have this problem on my GoH, and i don't have any wemod or DLC unlockers, just subscription mod in game

Reasons why you could be crashing on startup;
Disable any cheat engines (wemod) or DLC unlockers.
Check if your Antivirus is not interfering with the game, make an exception for it.
Check if your Steam.exe is not renamed, the game will crash if it has a different name.
Make sure you have no mods enabled, if you’re unsure; try running “safe mode (no mods)”.
The minimum resolution is 1360x768, so check that your screen isn't lower than that.
Your shader cache is corrupt; try deleting it. This is most likely the issue if you've played before and it randomly wouldn't start.
You need to restart your PC.
Try disabling fullscreen support in the GoH exe.

Shader cache is located here:
C:\Users\ (your name) \Documents\my games\gates of hell\shader_cache
Or
C:\Users\ (your name) \AppData\Local\digitalmindsoft\gates of hell\shader_cache

Reasons why the game doesn’t open at all:
Your game.log is corrupt, try deleting it.
You need to install onedrive.
Check if windows Ransomware protection is on or not. If it’s on it’s likely the cause.

Reasons why you could be hanging on startup
If you're on windows 11 Try disabling Auto HDR.
The game didn't install Visual C++, try installing it yourself:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170.
Make sure your audio is set up like this; https://ibb.co/rtKJmTD
Disable any audio cards and set your audio to 44100 Hz in the settings file.

Settings file is found here:
C:\Users\ (your name) \Documents\my games\gates of hell\profiles\ (numbers)
Or
C:\Users\ (your name) \AppData\Local\digitalmindsoft\gates of hell\profiles\ (numbers)

[STS Jukka]

I was already shouting "Nahkurin orsilla tavataan!" when the game didn't start.
Deleted the shader cache, start game, works.
"Taas alkoi sodan melske ja taiston tuoksina."

[GrunerTeufel]

Originally posted by STS Jukka:

I was already shouting "Nahkurin orsilla tavataan!" when the game didn't start.
Deleted the shader cache, start game, works.
"Taas alkoi sodan melske ja taiston tuoksina."

Did you delete the shader both in appdata and document?
mine did not have any GoH files in document, and instead i delete it from shader cache in primary GoH files in common, and delete the one in appdata
but rn still didnt work, even after i validating the data and restart my pc

[STS Jukka]

Originally posted by GrunerTeufel:

Originally posted by STS Jukka:

I was already shouting "Nahkurin orsilla tavataan!" when the game didn't start.
Deleted the shader cache, start game, works.
"Taas alkoi sodan melske ja taiston tuoksina."

Did you delete the shader both in appdata and document?
mine did not have any GoH files in document, and instead i delete it from shader cache in primary GoH files in common, and delete the one in appdata
but rn still didnt work, even after i validating the data and restart my pc

Only the ones in documents, didn't even have the folder in appdata.
I also disabled the fullscreen support but later turned it on again as it affected the camera scrolling, needing Alt+Enter in every match to get it work again.

And before all that, validating, restarting and checking the antivir didn't help.