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The Witcher 3: Wild HuntWitcher 3 won't start at all?..(211 posts)(211 posts)
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Posted December 16, 2015
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elfergos: I see it, is there any way to add the game back in to galaxy? I even have all of the original download files if that helps
If the game is installed just open Galaxy and press the + sign and choose the option "Scan and import folders"
Posted January 24, 2016
I have the same problem, W3 wont launch, i have tried several ways but nothing, any soluion? If i unistall galaxy will i lose my saved games from W3?
Posted January 24, 2016
for some peeps in here with win10 this could be the answer maybe:

"Microsoft already stated that titles like The Witcher 3, Fallout 4, Tomb Raider, Assassin’s Creed and Metal Gear Solid V are effected but also states it's likely a wider range of games involved."

http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/bug-in-windows-10-insiders-build-crashes-games.html

this thread:
http://www.gog.com/forum/the_witcher_3_wild_hunt/can_click_play_but_game_doesnt_start
Post edited January 24, 2016 by Cattie
Posted January 29, 2016
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Dukmiester2: First day of game release, my game would work, but would freeze the image with sound still going on in background after anywhere from 5 to 20 minutes of play, had to force quit the game using task manager. Next day, game would NOT even launch.

It would flash up on the screen for a second, then there was an icon in the taskbar for witcher 3, like it was minimized, I click it, came up for 1 second, then minimized again. Again, had to force quit through task manager.

Tried rolling back Nvidia drivers, and still no dice.

I deleted 2 files:

user.settings
user.settings.bak

located here:

C:\Users\MY WINDOWS ACCOUNT NAME\Documents\The Witcher 3

And BAM, now the game loads, but I had to re-do all my settings. I put everything back, including Full Screen Mode in the graphics options. Quit the game, then tried to re-launch.

Same problem, all over again. Icon in the taskbar like it's minimized, and clicking it just pops it up for one second, then minimized again, can NOT play it.

Again,
I deleted 2 files:

user.settings
user.settings.bak

located here:

C:\Users\MY WINDOWS ACCOUNT NAME\Documents\The Witcher 3

And the game works again, and I re-did all my settings except one:

I left it set to Borderless INSTEAD of changing it to Full Screen in the graphics options.

Played COMPLETELY Crash/Freeze free for over 2 hours last night, and it still works just fine today.

Maybe that will help,
worth a try.
Cheers, buddy! Deleting the user.settings files fixed the issue on my part atleast :)
Post edited January 29, 2016 by battlepigeon
Posted January 30, 2016
I have this issue too (experiencing it for the first time now) after reinstalling the game yesterday. I tried deleting the user settings files in C:\Users\User\Documents\The Witcher 3 but it do any good. Also can't find the game overlay box in Galaxy (i have version 1.1.5 and Witcher 3 version 1.8). Is it significan't that the game is installed on another drive (my E drive) than the one where user settings and savegames are?
Post edited January 30, 2016 by sanooj
Posted February 02, 2016
Sorry for double post, but: how do I change the folder into which my savegames are created? I believe this is the key to fixing the issue for me.
Posted February 04, 2016
Had the same problem with Witcher 3 not launching. Tried the Game Overlay solution - didn't work. Tried the 'delete user.settings' - didn't work. What DID work in my case was uninstalling Nvidia GeForce Experience and the latest drivers and installing them clean. After a restart everything was back to normal.
Posted February 04, 2016
My problem is that I cannot get the 1.8.4 version of the game to launch (which is the version I want play since I do not like many of the changes introduced in 1.10). The 1.12 version launches normally, so I don't think it's an issue with the drivers that is the problem - or is it?

Kind of offtopic, but since the god awful alternative look for Ciri DLC is a mandatory install with version 1.12, is there a way to disable it? And if not - then why the hell not?
Post edited February 05, 2016 by sanooj
Posted February 05, 2016
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sanooj: My problem is that I cannot get the 1.8.4 version of the game to launch (which is the version I want play since I do not like many of the changes introduced in 1.10). The 1.12 version launches normally, so I don't think it's an issue with the drivers that is the problem - or is it?
Maybe this is a issue that was fixed in a later version....

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sanooj: Kind of offtopic, but since the god awful alternative look for Ciri DLC is a mandatory install with version 1.12, is there a way to disable it? And if not - then why the hell not?
Sure, there is an entry on W3's start screen.
Posted February 16, 2016
Okay WTF.

I have played this game for 300 hours with no problem.
I was playing before dinner. I didn't do anything to my PC or the game, not a thing.

Ate dinner, came back to play and now I'm getting this won't start crap. No error message, no indication of what's going wrong, nothing.

I tried the deleting the GOG client solution and that didn't work.

I tried the deleting patch0 solution and that sort of worked. The game launched but had some pretty weird issues like icons missing and weather no behaving normally.
I then verified the game through GOG and after it reinstalled patch0, same fucking problem.

I really don't understand what the hell happened.

Has anyone properly figured this out. Solution would be great but I also want to know why this happened. It just defies reason.

Thanks
Posted February 22, 2016
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marxduck: Has anyone properly figured this out. Solution would be great but I also want to know why this happened. It just defies reason.
From my experience, you can fix it by uninstalling and reinstalling from scratch (just keep your savegames). I think there's a bug in Galaxy's patch process that gives you some outdated files or something. Well that would explain why reinstalling a 'clean' version when you had a clean version to begin with would work...
I'll also add that I had to actually re-download all of the files from gog.com, my original files were the May 2015 pre-release files, and those refused to reinstall correctly with the latest patches.

It also fixed my Price of Honor quest, for some reason... (Not documented in patch 1.12.x, so I guess the problem was also with the files.)
Posted April 25, 2016
I seem to have the same issue. I really don't want to re-install given my connection.

I verified and did the C++ redistribution.
Posted June 16, 2016
I was having this problem. Turns out it was a add-on mod that I had that changed Triss's appearance. When I uninstalled that one mod, the game started loading properly. I would suggest using Nexus Mod Manager to uninstall all mods and see if it starts. Uninstall, not just disable, disabling didn't fix it. Once I did that, I was able to start enabling mods a couple at a time to determine which ones were causing the problem.
Posted October 22, 2016
I have not played in 6 month's I started my game fine, no problems, but then someone said i should get the Patch.

so I logged into GOG, and allowed it to do the Update,

Now the game will not start.. Thank you very fricking Much... This really is Sucky...
Posted November 02, 2016
Not sure if this is just coincidence but this happened for me when I started installing something else (origin actually) and began getting error messages related to that.

I had to reinstall Visual C++ Redistributable Packages and then it started working again.
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