Game crashing on launch every time. Nothing appears

[hoi_hoi87]

Windows

Repro:
1. Start game
2. Play button goes away on steam
3. Seconds later, the play button is green again.

I've played the game within a week. I tried reinstalling. No luck. I tried switching from experimental to beta with no luck. HALP!

[anarcher]

try the legacy version, if that works?

[hoi_hoi87]

Tried all the version, including legacy and it's still crashing.
Here is the event viewer Error:

Log Name: Application
Source: Application Error
Date: 5/27/2022 12:20:55 PM
Event ID: 1000
Task Category: (100)
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: DESKTOP-3OCTIRB
Description:
Faulting application name: NovaDrift.exe, version: 0.31.22.0, time stamp: 0x607e644b
Faulting module name: unknown, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x00000000
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x38f71f0c
Faulting process id: 0x2c18
Faulting application start time: 0x01d871fee25f1760
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Nova Drift\NovaDrift.exe
Faulting module path: unknown
Report Id: 86454c30-745d-49ec-9c47-fbce1550a57c
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Application Error" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>100</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2022-05-27T19:20:55.1038861Z" />
<EventRecordID>32278</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="0" ThreadID="0" />
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>DESKTOP-3OCTIRB</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>NovaDrift.exe</Data>
<Data>0.31.22.0</Data>
<Data>607e644b</Data>
<Data>unknown</Data>
<Data>0.0.0.0</Data>
<Data>00000000</Data>
<Data>c0000005</Data>
<Data>38f71f0c</Data>
<Data>2c18</Data>
<Data>01d871fee25f1760</Data>
<Data>C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Nova Drift\NovaDrift.exe</Data>
<Data>unknown</Data>
<Data>86454c30-745d-49ec-9c47-fbce1550a57c</Data>
<Data>
</Data>
<Data>
</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

Here is the corresponding information log from event viewer:

Log Name: Application
Source: Windows Error Reporting
Date: 5/27/2022 12:20:55 PM
Event ID: 1001
Task Category: None
Level: Information
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: DESKTOP-3OCTIRB
Description:
Fault bucket , type 0
Event Name: BEX
Response: Not available
Cab Id: 0

Problem signature:
P1: NovaDrift.exe
P2: 0.31.22.0
P3: 607e644b
P4: StackHash_2beb
P5: 0.0.0.0
P6: 00000000
P7: PCH_9E_FROM_ntdll+0x00072F6C
P8: c0000005
P9: 00000008
P10:

Attached files:

These files may be available here:
\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\AppCrash_NovaDrift.exe_b55555b574ffa360cf5178a662707c18ca5f676_f06fe032_8b5c8a23-f18f-495d-8377-205be3a52455

Analysis symbol:
Rechecking for solution: 0
Report Id: 86454c30-745d-49ec-9c47-fbce1550a57c
Report Status: 4
Hashed bucket:
Cab Guid: 0
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Windows Error Reporting" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">1001</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>4</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2022-05-27T19:20:55.5216406Z" />
<EventRecordID>32279</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="0" ThreadID="0" />
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>DESKTOP-3OCTIRB</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>
</Data>
<Data>0</Data>
<Data>BEX</Data>
<Data>Not available</Data>
<Data>0</Data>
<Data>NovaDrift.exe</Data>
<Data>0.31.22.0</Data>
<Data>607e644b</Data>
<Data>StackHash_2beb</Data>
<Data>0.0.0.0</Data>
<Data>00000000</Data>
<Data>PCH_9E_FROM_ntdll+0x00072F6C</Data>
<Data>c0000005</Data>
<Data>00000008</Data>
<Data>
</Data>
<Data>
</Data>
<Data>\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\AppCrash_NovaDrift.exe_b55555b574ffa360cf5178a662707c18ca5f676_f06fe032_8b5c8a23-f18f-495d-8377-205be3a52455</Data>
<Data>
</Data>
<Data>0</Data>
<Data>86454c30-745d-49ec-9c47-fbce1550a57c</Data>
<Data>4</Data>
<Data>
</Data>
<Data>0</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

[Bill]

Tried rebooting?
Make sure RivaTuner or other kinds of screen overlay software isn't running.

hoi_hoi87님이 먼저 게시:

I've played the game within a week.

So, you used to be able to run it? Maybe see if something happened like Windows Update overwriting a good graphics driver version with some other version?

[Bozobub]

In order, as each fails:

1. Make sure ND isn't defaulting to the wrong GPU. If you have an integrated GPU - most PCs do, these days - sometimes Windows chooses the wrong one for a given purpose for inscrutable reasons. ND really ought to run on most GPUs, integrated or not, but I've seen people complaining otherwise for certain integrated chipsets.
   
   
2. Run a thorough AV scan, preferably with more than 1 client. Malwarebytes is good as a free standalone (non-resident) scanner, if you need a 2nd client.
   
   
3. Back up your save file (found at "%LOCALAPPDATA%\NovaDrift\"), then un/reinstall ND completely and restore your save.
   
   
4. Make sure your graphics driver is up to date. If there has been a recent change to your driver, on the other hand, you may need to "roll back" to the previous one ^^' .
   
   
5. Open a Command window as an administrator, and run the command "sfc /scannow", to detect any potential damage to Windows, itself.
   
   
6. If you are using a "spinner" (electromechanical hard drive), it's not a bad idea to run "chkdsk /r /v" in a Command window, as well (altho it doesn't need to be as an administrator).

Those are the most common remedies for your symptoms. Please get back to us here with the results, for good or ill, and we can go from there, if need be.

[hoi_hoi87]

It was RivaTuner. Every other game I own works with it. Thanks for the tip