CS2 fix for startup crashes

[Putin's Balls]

I've tried many things to get CS2 working and nothing helped. It always crashed after the red Valve-logo.
Now I figured out why, thanks to reddit.
Type "-nojoy -novid" in lauch options.
For me it works :)

[LaGgIs]

Remove -novid and just try -nojoy I think that's the command that actually doing the fix for you BC -novid it's not a lunch option in cs2 yet :)

[Putin's Balls]

Works aswell :)
Thanks!

[RevreDy | premium.llg.ro]

PC Specs:
CPU: Ryzen 7 3700x
GPU: AMD RX 5600 XT
M/B: MSI MPG B550 GAMING PLUS
RAM: G.SKILL 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3200MHZ
CS2 Installed on C: drive which is M.2 KINGSTON A2000 1TB

Just started today the crashes upon restart. It happent right after I changed the Anti-aliasing from CMAA to 4x and could not find the file of video settings to change it manually externally, i've tried everything and now just deleted all the files from game/csgo/cfg and made a verify and now is downloading again the files. I hope this reset everything and works otherwise my last option is a complete unistall and reinstall of the game.

P.S I had -novid on the launch options since cs:go but that is a command to skip the intro video which does not work for cs2. As for nojoy I think I had it too but ill check it again.
Hopes it works.

1st. update: I already had the -nojoy but not the -novid

2nd. update: after the verify and reinstalled files the game keeps on crashing even with -nojoy and -novid on launch options. At this point I'm hopeless..

[z1n0]

same issue here, I've uninstalled the game and re downloaded it. first launch was normal, game works. closed the game and made a 2nd launch, same problem reappears. i think some file must be deleted from the cs2 folder but i don't know which one.
anyone with a solution ?

PS: -nojoy -novid are useless

[Duncan]

Same issue:

Check my case here:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/730/discussions/0/3881596897255582500/?tscn=1696511100

[ˬMarmoush™ˬ]

same

[RevreDy | premium.llg.ro]

guys just fixed it.
After a lot of testing what worked for me was to start the game in window mode which I was able after putting on Launch Options the command -ws.
After that I started playing around with one by one with the settings till I could load the game in fullscreen without crashing.
On my case the problem was Anti-Aliasing Mode which was cousing the crash, since I set it back to CMAA2 I have no more problems.
Hope this helps if not all at least most of you who still got the problem!

[z1n0]

Originally posted by RevreDy:

guys just fixed it.
After a lot of testing what worked for me was to start the game in window mode which I was able after putting on Launch Options the command -ws.
After that I started playing around with one by one with the settings till I could load the game in fullscreen without crashing.
On my case the problem was Anti-Aliasing Mode which was cousing the crash, since I set it back to CMAA2 I have no more problems.
Hope this helps if not all at least most of you who still got the problem! :rockon:

good for you, on my end even in windowed mode the game still crashes.

[RevreDy | premium.llg.ro]

Valve just posted with the new update this:
https://www.counter-strike.net/news/updates

"For AMD GPU users, shader compilation hitches can now be fixed with a driver update: https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-rad-win-23-20-11-7"

might help. haven't tried yet tho.

[philtrum appreciator]

4090, 13900K, 96GB RAM with load from m2 ssd and the problem still persists.. weird

[z1n0]

guys try to disabling DSR (dynamic super resolution), it worked for me

[M_SLIZER]

JUST REMOVE CS PROFILE IN ADERNALINE PROGRAM. AFTER THAT NO MORE CRASH

['Bacardi]

Originally posted by 'Bacardi:

Find that intro webm file, rename it little.
Create new empty txt file and save it as intro.webm
Go file properties, change it as "read only" so it can not be replace in next launch or update.

[ruhe]

very helpful, ty!

[Mogamek]

agree, it works