game does not close properly

[party panda]

hey guys,

i've been testing MHW on my gaming laptop recently and the game does not seem to close properly when i quit the game. basically what happens is the background music still plays and my laptop still "runs" the game even when closing.

when checking my task manager, it appears that the application "Steam Client Bootstrapper" is taking up all of my GPU/CPU, so basically it appears that steam still runs MHW even after i close it. an interesting thing to note is that sometimes even when i close steam, MHW will STILL be running in the background in task manager and i have to go in there and end the process through task manager.

this doesn't happen on my gaming desktop and only happens on my laptop.

any tips/solutions? i've tried messing with steam settings like big picture mode and it doesnt seem to do anything. the only solution i've found is to restart steam which is like a band-aid fix and is really annoying to do every time.

[Gubbles]

Did you install the Special K mod? Cause I instantly started having this exact issue when I downloaded it. Removed the mod and the game closes normally again.

[party panda]

yeah i do have the Special K mod! but i also have it on my desktop, so its strange to see it only affecting my laptop when i play MHW.

that's pretty interesting, though. i'll see if i can tinker with the Special K settings to stop doing this (and give an update if i find a solution). thanks for confirming the issue.

*update*

after reinstalling the Microsoft C++ Redistributable that you are supposed to install with the Special K mod and deleting, redownloading, and re-installing the Special K mod, i was able to fix the issue with MHW not closing after exiting the game.

i also had an ingame chat issue with Special K which was fixed after reinstalling everything. hope this helps someone.