Tomb Raider: Underworld...Can't lauch

[juno2513]

When I launch the game, the screen turns black and nothing happens. There are no error messages; it just seems like the game stops working. I’ve tried lowering the screen resolution and upgrading both .NET Framework and DirectX, but the screen remains black and I keep having to reboot. What should I do?

[DVDfever]

I'm having the exact same problem. Is it a Windows 11 thing? :(

[Hux]

1: right-click on your game shortcut and select properties (make one if you don't have one yet).

2: under the "Shortcut" tab there is an entry called "Target" where it should give you the location of the executable.

3: at the end of this target pathway (after the inverted commas) you need to add a SPACE followed by -setup.

4: run the modified shortcut and your setup dialogue will pop up before the game.

5: you need to make sure the checkbox labeled "Use 2.0 Shader Features" is OFF/UNCHECKED.

[SKEME_DBT]

Originally posted by Hux:

1: right-click on your game shortcut and select properties (make one if you don't have one yet).

2: under the "Shortcut" tab there is an entry called "Target" where it should give you the location of the executable.

3: at the end of this target pathway (after the inverted commas) you need to add a SPACE followed by -setup.

4: run the modified shortcut and your setup dialogue will pop up before the game.

5: you need to make sure the checkbox labeled "Use 2.0 Shader Features" is OFF/UNCHECKED.

Unfortunately this doesnt work for me. It opens up the setup dialogue, but there is no oprion to "Use 2.0 Shader Features". Ive tried unchecking ALL available options and it still wont launch the game.

EDIT - I spoke too soon. After your suggestion, I tried setting Steams affinity to 8 cores(Task Manager > Details > Right-Click Steam.exe > Set Affinity) and it finally worked! I tried setting affinity before, but it never worked until after trying your fix, so thanks!

[Hux]

Originally posted by SKEME_DBT:

Originally posted by Hux:

1: right-click on your game shortcut and select properties (make one if you don't have one yet).

2: under the "Shortcut" tab there is an entry called "Target" where it should give you the location of the executable.

3: at the end of this target pathway (after the inverted commas) you need to add a SPACE followed by -setup.

4: run the modified shortcut and your setup dialogue will pop up before the game.

5: you need to make sure the checkbox labeled "Use 2.0 Shader Features" is OFF/UNCHECKED.

Unfortunately this doesnt work for me. It opens up the setup dialogue, but there is no oprion to "Use 2.0 Shader Features". Ive tried unchecking ALL available options and it still wont launch the game.

EDIT - I spoke too soon. After your suggestion, I tried setting Steams affinity to 8 cores(Task Manager > Details > Right-Click Steam.exe > Set Affinity) and it finally worked! I tried setting affinity before, but it never worked until after trying your fix, so thanks!

Glad it worked for you. Enjoy.

[КатяУранова]

Originally posted by SKEME_DBT:

Originally posted by Hux:

1: right-click on your game shortcut and select properties (make one if you don't have one yet).

2: under the "Shortcut" tab there is an entry called "Target" where it should give you the location of the executable.

3: at the end of this target pathway (after the inverted commas) you need to add a SPACE followed by -setup.

4: run the modified shortcut and your setup dialogue will pop up before the game.

5: you need to make sure the checkbox labeled "Use 2.0 Shader Features" is OFF/UNCHECKED.

Unfortunately this doesnt work for me. It opens up the setup dialogue, but there is no oprion to "Use 2.0 Shader Features". Ive tried unchecking ALL available options and it still wont launch the game.

EDIT - I spoke too soon. After your suggestion, I tried setting Steams affinity to 8 cores(Task Manager > Details > Right-Click Steam.exe > Set Affinity) and it finally worked! I tried setting affinity before, but it never worked until after trying your fix, so thanks!

Thank you very much for your help. This problem has been bothering me for a week. Now it has been resolved.

[Agent Pookey]

solution lies in the affinity for the cores, the way I got it to work is only having 15 cores running, this can be done in task manager. when u are done playing just exit steam COMPLETELY and all the cores will be running again.

[oLAOo]

legends. I was having the same issue untill i come across this post, thanks all

[darlas]

i dont understend how i can fix with the answers

[Hux]

Originally posted by darlas:

i dont understend how i can fix with the answers

Did you try it?

What don't you understand?

[MTodd]

Thanks so much for your post. Resetting the Affinity worked perfectly.

[Paid in Blood]

My doesn't launch anyway :(

[=RangeR=杀神执照]

留个中文记录

游戏在steam下无法启动，其实是因为cpu太新了玩不了

前面提到的是：右键Tomb Raider Underworld图标-属性-通用-启动选项，这里输入“空格-setup”，可以在启动时重新开启setup界面，据说这里需要将Use 2.0 Shader Features设置为OFF/UNCHECKED，但是我的设置页面没有这个选项，这里仅留个记录。

主要操作：中文系统下，win11：
steam启动状态，在启动游戏前，需要将 Steams 相关性设置为 8 个内核（任务管理器>随便选中一个程序，右键点转到详细信息>右键单击Steam.exe >设置相关性>所有处理器改为选中前8个cpu），即可进入游戏。

[Ryder Lee]

Originally posted by =RangeR=杀神执照:

留个中文记录

游戏在steam下无法启动，其实是因为cpu太新了玩不了

前面提到的是：右键Tomb Raider Underworld图标-属性-通用-启动选项，这里输入“空格-setup”，可以在启动时重新开启setup界面，据说这里需要将Use 2.0 Shader Features设置为OFF/UNCHECKED，但是我的设置页面没有这个选项，这里仅留个记录。

主要操作：中文系统下，win11：
steam启动状态，在启动游戏前，需要将 Steams 相关性设置为 8 个内核（任务管理器>随便选中一个程序，右键点转到详细信息>右键单击Steam.exe >设置相关性>所有处理器改为选中前8个cpu），即可进入游戏。

太感谢了，第二种方法成功了

[Dura_Ace]

That fix, altering the allocated cores, is also a fix for one one of the Thief Games. Deadly Shadows.

Crap like that is hard to diagnose. The game will only run on a single core as it was made when there were only single cores. It does not like multiple cores.

[YU2017]

关于win11无法运行此游戏，或者是比较新款多核cpu的处理器，请在任务管理器勾选steam只用八核(0-7打勾)，并删除游戏目录下8140文件即可运行