Crashes on startup after splash screen - Brand new laptop 2020!
Hi,
Recently bought a new Surface Book 3 to get more out of this game but it refuses to get past the splash screen. Splash screen will disappear and shortly after so will the taskbar icon.
Surface Book 3 13.5"
OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
RAM: 16GB
CPU: Intel Core i7 10th Gen
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 with Max-Q Design
I've seen you need an output log sometimes so here it is:
Game Version:
Steam Public
Platform:
Windows
Hi Mozz78,
I'm truly sorry to hear you're affected by this issue. Unfortunately you're not the only user affected by this issue. The common factor seems to be 10th Gen Intel Laptop CPUs which feature Intel Iris graphics. We've had several reports now from other users which have these CPUs, typically on Microsoft Surface laptops, which suffer the same issue. This is an extremely recent release and we currently have none of these devices ourselves.
At this moment there is no outlook on when we might be able to resolve this issue as it appears to be some deep rooted incompatibility between the Intel Drivers and either the Unity Engine or the third party UI middleware we are using in WFTO. We have currently discovered no workarounds.
However I have some ideas that I'd like to try with you if that's ok? But first I'd like to get some general troubleshooting data from you. Can I ask you to try the following:
1. Include your Dxdiag output and Launcher.log. See How to: Submit a Bug Ticket
2. Check event viewer for an Application Error for wftogame.exe when you launch it. Save out a copy of this and upload it to us as follows:
Open event viewer and select the event
3. Try launching WFTO.exe and WFTOGame.exe seperately in compatibility mode for Windows 7, with administrative privileges
4. Try disabling any Antivirus programs you have running.
5. Try updating the Intel Drivers from Intel's website https://www.intel.co.uk/content/www/uk/en/support/products/80939/graphics-drivers.html
6. Try reinstalling all of WFTO's dependencies:
https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-framework/net452
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=8109
https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/Download/confirmation.aspx?id=14632
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=30679
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=40784
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=48145
7. Update your ticket with a new set of logs so we can see if anything changed
8. Try forcing D3D9 Mode as described here. http://brightrockgames.userecho.com/topics/1096-missing-invisible-or-laggy-ui/
If all the above fails then I'd like to try a few new ideas I've had but not been able to test yet with any affected user:
If this doesn't seem to make a difference the only thing I can think of beyond that is poking around in BIOS settings to see if we can disable Intel Iris.
I'm super interested to know if the above works though as this might be a workaround for players with your setup (a dedicated GPU and the Intel Iris GPU). If not then I know for sure it doesn't work and that helps scope how many users are affected.
Ultimately if nothing works then I would advise seeking a refund for the game if you can. As there's no outlook for a fix in the near future unless an Intel Driver update corrects the issue.
Sorry once more and thanks for your patience,
Lee