New patch causes game to crash upon starting

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Hi,

The new patch just dropped. This is now updated, but the game now consistently crashes when booting. I run the game via the launcher, get the lion-head and then when it pushes me through to the main menu, before the main menu becomes opaque the game crashes into an unexpected error.

I have tried rebooting, to no avail.
More people experience this or have suggestions to work around this?

Edit: going by discord friends, other forum posts and discord communities this appears that “at minimum this issue is wide spread throughout the player base”. In more practical terms: not everyone but a vast majority seems affected.

Edit 2:
NVIDIA users report that updating drivers may resolve the problem.
It did so for me.

However, we can’t search for games or invite friends for team games.

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Same here. Game is completely unplayable.

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I have the same. Game crashes on start up. Needs to be resolved ASAP!

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It worked the first time. Second time an onwards not anymore, just like OP is describing.

i7 13700KF
RTX 4070 Ti

edit: I updated my nvidia drivers. Its working now.

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Same here. Crashing on start up

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Same here mate

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I updated my nvidia drivers. Its working now. (for the first time in history updating drivers actually did something)

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yes. They release a new patch fixing a bug that player can play it normally, avoiding criticizing their new patch.

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updated nvidia driver, now it does not crash on start up
2080 super

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Game is working now for me. Fixed itself

11

Same here (old Wc3 Version / Not Reforged):

  1. Starting the Game
  2. Clicking on “Download Update” Button
  3. Window closing and nothing happens
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How is it possible to screw this up so badly? Test It Once!

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I think after clicking on the download button it’s downloading in the background…i saw a bit later a small popup icon on the right bottom windows corner and now its working

edit: i also updated my nvidia drivers at the same time, so no clue if this was resolving the issue. Has to be updated anyway always.

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I cannot play the game and crashes when I load it to play.

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I tried to login and start a game. Everything runs normal, no crash, no problems, all normal.

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What worked for me is.

  1. start scan and repair.
  2. cancel start and repair
  3. boot game