Dishonored 2 won't launch on Windows 11

[MrMeadors]

Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D (12-Core) 5.6 GHz Turbo (3D V-Cache)
Motherboard: ASUS Prime B650M-A AX (Wi-Fi) (AMD B650) (Up to 3x PCI-E Devices) (DDR5)
System Memory: 32GB DDR5 5200MHz Kingston FURY Beast RGB
Storage Set 1: 1x SSD M.2 (2TB Samsung 970 EVO PLUS) (NVM Express)
Storage Set 2: 1x SSD M.2 (2TB Samsung 970 EVO PLUS) (NVM Express)
Storage Set 3: 1x SSD M.2 (2TB Samsung 970 EVO PLUS) (NVM Express)
GPU: 1x GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12GB

Anyone with a similar build have issues with the game not running on windows 11 but running on windows 10

Update 11/12/2024
To fix the above issue of the game not launching. Go to this link https://github.com/SCell555/amd-ags-stub/releases
Download the file that says "amd_ags_x64.dll" and then drop in into the games main directory. The same file where the Dishonored2.exe is located.

It will give you a prompt saying "This file already exists. Do you want to replace it?"
Click yes and then launch the game

[Dizzy Cat]

https://www.reddit.com/r/dishonored/comments/12fphv7/comment/kzrcd1z/

[g_dunedain]

I had the same problem. But i've only removed AMD Adrnenaline and now D2 run!

[MrMeadors]

I don't have AMD Adrenaline and using AMD Clean up utility messes with other things in my system. Neither worked

[cheshirm]

lots of posts this year about amd cpu/nvidia graphics card pair and this game not launching.
search the forum for "amd nvidia"
might be a thread with a different suggestion like
https://steamcommunity.com/app/403640/discussions/0/6149188808685715845/#c4426562258568382068

[MrMeadors]

Originally posted by cheshirm:

lots of posts this year about amd cpu/nvidia graphics card pair and this game not launching.
search the forum for "amd nvidia"
might be a thread with a different suggestion like
https://steamcommunity.com/app/403640/discussions/0/6149188808685715845/#c4426562258568382068

I already have. Nothing fixed the problem

[Etho]

I've seen some things about replacing amd_ags_x64.dll - It worked for a little bit, but now i'm crashing with no error message.

[Etho]

My issue was I guess a bad save that I extended off of, a little backtracking with saves and I was able to play with no issues, here's the link to the GitHub https://github.com/SCell555/amd-ags-stub

[ariel]

Originally posted by Etho:

My issue was I guess a bad save that I extended off of, a little backtracking with saves and I was able to play with no issues, here's the link to the GitHub https://github.com/SCell555/amd-ags-stub

Can confirm this works. I'm on Windows 10 and the game just stopped booting for some reason. Dropping this dll into the game's root folder fixed it.

[MrMeadors]

Originally posted by ariel:

Originally posted by Etho:

My issue was I guess a bad save that I extended off of, a little backtracking with saves and I was able to play with no issues, here's the link to the GitHub https://github.com/SCell555/amd-ags-stub

Can confirm this works. I'm on Windows 10 and the game just stopped booting for some reason. Dropping this dll into the game's root folder fixed it.

How do you do it?

[MrMeadors]

Originally posted by ariel:

Originally posted by Etho:

My issue was I guess a bad save that I extended off of, a little backtracking with saves and I was able to play with no issues, here's the link to the GitHub https://github.com/SCell555/amd-ags-stub

Can confirm this works. I'm on Windows 10 and the game just stopped booting for some reason. Dropping this dll into the game's root folder fixed it.

Never mind, I figured it out

[ager]

+1 for this issue. The game won't boot at all.

I have a AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU, and a Nvidia 4070 TI Super GPU.
Looks like it's the AMD CPU + Nvidia GPU combo that borks the game (or specifically their odd CryEngine fork).

I hope there's still someone at Arkane that can look into this.

[Jack]

I went through this as well. Disable AMD integrated Graphics and run the AMD cleaner and it now works like a charm

[MrMeadors]

Originally posted by Jack:

I went through this as well. Disable AMD integrated Graphics and run the AMD cleaner and it now works like a charm

Works better to just take this link https://github.com/SCell555/amd-ags-stub

Drop the DLL into the games main file. The one with the game .exe in it. It will say this file already exists, click yes to replace it and then boot the game. This fix will only affect Dishonored 2 and not mess with any other parts of your system.

Turning off AMD Integrated graphics in the bios is definitely not required

[Chilli-King]

Originally posted by MrMeadors:

Originally posted by Jack:

I went through this as well. Disable AMD integrated Graphics and run the AMD cleaner and it now works like a charm

Works better to just take this link https://github.com/SCell555/amd-ags-stub

Drop the DLL into the games main file. The one with the game .exe in it. It will say this file already exists, click yes to replace it and then boot the game. This fix will only affect Dishonored 2 and not mess with any other parts of your system.

Turning off AMD Integrated graphics in the bios is definitely not required

Couldnt find the amd_ags_x64 on the github page is there something i should have done ?

[MrMeadors]

Originally posted by Pajeet:

Originally posted by MrMeadors:

Works better to just take this link https://github.com/SCell555/amd-ags-stub

Drop the DLL into the games main file. The one with the game .exe in it. It will say this file already exists, click yes to replace it and then boot the game. This fix will only affect Dishonored 2 and not mess with any other parts of your system.

Turning off AMD Integrated graphics in the bios is definitely not required

Couldnt find the amd_ags_x64 on the github page is there something i should have done ?

You missed the link to it. On the github pages to get what you're looking for click the part that says "releases" or "first releases. You'll see it on the next page