Game crashes on startup

[Dirt Diver]

When I try to start the game, the screen turns black for a second and then I'm back at the desktop.

Verified files which didn't help and reinstalling didn't help either.

Fun part tho: I already played this game some time ago on this PC and it worked fine.

[AhhhBEEES]

Mines is doing the exact same, also happening with Dishonored 2 and Prey weirdly.

[Dirt Diver]

Prey too? Then it can't be because of the game engines, because Prey uses Cryengine.

I had some issues with Bethesda games lately. Wolfenstein Youngblood and Rage 2 always started on both screens for example but that stopped now.

[Dirt Diver]

just tried. prey works fine for me

[Dirt Diver]

Found a very weird solution. Set a hook at run as admin in compatibility at the exe in the game folder, then tried to start the game. crashed again so I removed the hook again and then it started.

Worked for Dishonored 2 and Death of the Outsider!

[AhhhBEEES]

How do you set a hook? My last resort i've tried everything else lol

[Dirt Diver]

Originally posted by AhhhBEEES:

How do you set a hook? My last resort i've tried everything else lol

1. Right click on the exe in the game directory.
2. Click on "Properties".
3. Click on the "compatibility" tab.
4. Check (set hook) the box next to "Run this program as administrator".
5. Click OK.

Then try to start the game via the exe and it will probably crash again.

Uncheck (remove the hook) from the compatibility tab again and click OK again.

Start the game via exe.

Not sure what happened there, but thats how it worked for me and I can only start the games (Dishonored 2 and Death of the Outsider) directly via the exe files in their specific directories.

If I try to start via Steam or via a desktop shortcut made by Steam, they crash again.
So I just made a shortcut for both games directly.
Right click on the exe, select "Send to" and the click on "Desktop (create shortcut).

Hope it helps!

Still wondering about your "Prey". mine starts without any issues.

[AhhhBEEES]

Originally posted by Dirt Diver:

Originally posted by AhhhBEEES:

How do you set a hook? My last resort i've tried everything else lol

1. Right click on the exe in the game directory.
2. Click on "Properties".
3. Click on the "compatibility" tab.
4. Check (set hook) the box next to "Run this program as administrator".
5. Click OK.

Then try to start the game via the exe and it will probably crash again.

Uncheck (remove the hook) from the compatibility tab again and click OK again.

Start the game via exe.

Not sure what happened there, but thats how it worked for me and I can only start the games (Dishonored 2 and Death of the Outsider) directly via the exe files in their specific directories.

If I try to start via Steam or via a desktop shortcut made by Steam, they crash again.
So I just made a shortcut for both games directly.
Right click on the exe, select "Send to" and the click on "Desktop (create shortcut).

Hope it helps!

Still wondering about your "Prey". mine starts without any issues.

... I'm so puzzled!

I'd done that 1000 times before and for some reason this time it works now... What the!? The only difference this time was I'd set it to run as administrator and then ran it via the exe in the game folder and boom it works lol

It's also working when I launch it through steam now. That's so bizarre, I've been trying to get it to work for days and now it just decides to work.

Welp! One problem sorted! I'm gonna redownload D2 and Prey and see if I can get them to work aswell.

Thanks for the help.

Edit: Your solution made both D2 and Prey work, sorted! That's a relief.

[Dirt Diver]

Originally posted by AhhhBEEES:

Thanks for the help.

Edit: Your solution made both D2 and Prey work, sorted! That's a relief.

Happy to hear and you're welcome. :)