Game won't start (stuck on system initializing)

[DIABLO[SA]]

Anyone find a fix for this?

5950x, rtx 3090, win 11.

Tried both dx9 and dx10/11 options.

[Gat]

Game stuck on system initializing screen

On modern AMD CPUs such as the 7000 series the game won't load past the System Initializing screen.

Disable One CCD[9]

If your CPU has two CCD's (such as 7950x3D) disable one in your BIOS.
Alternatively you can download Ryzen Master and enable game mode then restart your system.

The campaign won't start and boots back to the main menu or crashes

This issue is caused by having a CPU with 16 cores.

Set process affinity in Windows

The amount of CPU cores the game is using may be limited in Windows. Note that this must be manually re-applied every time the game is started.

Start the game.
Open Task Manager, find the game in the list, right click -> Go to details.
Right click the game in the details tab -> Set affinity.
Untick CPU cores so the game has no more than 16 cores available.
Press OK.

Using Process Lasso to limit the number of CPU cores the game uses, provides a solution.[10]

Game crashing on "New Game" (Steam version) •

Broken by a recent Steam update.
Nordic Games (current owners of Red Faction) have released a beta patch fixing the issue.

Opt into the public beta branch[8]

Right-click Red Faction: Armageddon in your Steam Library and select Properties.
On the Betas tab, select the publicbeta branch, and allow the patch to download.

https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Red_Faction:_Armageddon

[Legion]

Originally posted by Gat:

Game stuck on system initializing screen

On modern AMD CPUs such as the 7000 series the game won't load past the System Initializing screen.

Disable One CCD[9]

If your CPU has two CCD's (such as 7950x3D) disable one in your BIOS.
Alternatively you can download Ryzen Master and enable game mode then restart your system.

The campaign won't start and boots back to the main menu or crashes

This issue is caused by having a CPU with 16 cores.

Set process affinity in Windows

The amount of CPU cores the game is using may be limited in Windows. Note that this must be manually re-applied every time the game is started.

Start the game.
Open Task Manager, find the game in the list, right click -> Go to details.
Right click the game in the details tab -> Set affinity.
Untick CPU cores so the game has no more than 16 cores available.
Press OK.

Using Process Lasso to limit the number of CPU cores the game uses, provides a solution.[10]

Game crashing on "New Game" (Steam version) •

Broken by a recent Steam update.
Nordic Games (current owners of Red Faction) have released a beta patch fixing the issue.

Opt into the public beta branch[8]

Right-click Red Faction: Armageddon in your Steam Library and select Properties.
On the Betas tab, select the publicbeta branch, and allow the patch to download.

https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Red_Faction:_Armageddon

What if you have a i9? Which core should I be disabling then?

[bitstormer]

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