Failed to open pipeline state

Issue Description:
Hello, after pressing play, it builds the shader, launch screen appears, press play, then nothing at all. Checked logs-> Failed to open pipeline state. All other games in my library work V2 V1 MMO etc etc, have run in admin & not in admin.

Deleted all Darktide and FS files and associated mods pertaining to DT. Reinstalled to be greeted with-> Failed to open pipeline state library at C:\Users***\AppData\Roaming\Fatshark\Darktide/shader_library.pso_lib. Least can still enjoy the soundtrack and GPU this game shipped with.

Crash Report (If Applicable):
[Instructions: How To Provide a Crash Report, Console Log, or darktide_launcher.log]

Doesn’t crash as it doesn’t launch.

Error Displayed (If Applicable):

No error

Steps to Reproduce:
launch the game.

Mission Name (If Applicable):

Platform:
[Steam/Microsoft Store]
Steam

Player ID:

Approx. Time of Issue & Timezone:
24/7

Reproduction Rate:
Once - Rare (<10%) - Unusual (<25%) - Common (<50%) - Often (<75%) - Constant (100%)

100%

Upload Supporting Evidence:
[Screenshots, recordings, links to Twitch VODs, etc.]

Upload Console Log & darktide_launcher.log:
[Instructions: How To Provide a Crash Report, Console Log, or darktide_launcher.log]

(NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti)
21:04:50.008 [D3D12_RENDER_DEVICE] TILED RESOURCES TIER2 SUPPORTED: true
21:04:50.008 [D3D12_RENDER_DEVICE] D3D12_RAYTRACING_TIER_1_1 SUPPORTED: true
21:04:51.058 [d3d12 pipeline state] Failed to open pipeline state stream at C:\Users\ste-p\AppData\Roaming\Fatshark\Darktide/state_stream_library.pso_lib
21:04:51.058 [d3d12 pipeline state] Failed to open pipeline state library at C:\Users\ste-p\AppData\Roaming\Fatshark\Darktide/shader_library.pso_lib
21:04:51.246 [Application] — CPU
CPU: Intel(R) Core™ i7-7700K CPU @ 4.20GHz
Vendor: GenuineIntel
Logical processors: 8
Family: 0:6, Model: 9:14
Type: 0, Stepping: 9
Features: SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE4.1 SSE4.2
Feature bits:
EBX: 00000010 00010000 00001000 00000000
ECX: 01111111 11111010 11111011 10111111
EDX: 10111111 11101011 11111011 11111111
— Memory
Physical Total: 16340MB
Available: 9494MB
— OS
Windows version 10.0 build 19045, 64 bit
Windows 10
Machine ID e95c8abb-87eb-489b-84e2-9a3e9b395c67
— Desktops
Monitor 0 (1920x1080): left=0 top=0 right=1920 bottom=1080
— Network
Network interface: Intel(R) Ethernet Connection (2) I219-V (IPv4, IPv6)
Network interface: Killer E2400 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (IPv4, IPv6)
Network interface: Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network) #5 (IPv4, IPv6)
— Input
Input device: XInput Device #1
— Volume
Volume for path ‘F:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\binaries/…/bundle’ is on SSD
— Graphics
Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti (DirectX 12.1, 8038MB) Driver version: 53598 Hardware Accelerated GPU scheduler: true
Graphics card: Microsoft Basic Render Driver (DirectX 12.1, 0MB) Hardware Accelerated GPU scheduler: true

21:04:51.246 [Application] STARTUP: setup_window, File: D:\a\d\rel_engine_darktide\release\rel_2023_04_24_Patch1.1.0x\runtime\application\application.cpp, Line: 3702

Surprisingly, the pipeline state warnings are unlikely to be the cause of your issue. Could you upload the entirety of the console log, in addition to your darktide_launcher.log, please? :slight_smile:

Hello, selected all and pasted in the console log. It looks identical?

(NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti)
21:04:50.008 [D3D12_RENDER_DEVICE] TILED RESOURCES TIER2 SUPPORTED: true
21:04:50.008 [D3D12_RENDER_DEVICE] D3D12_RAYTRACING_TIER_1_1 SUPPORTED: true
21:04:51.058 [d3d12 pipeline state] Failed to open pipeline state stream at C:\Users\ste-p\AppData\Roaming\Fatshark\Darktide/state_stream_library.pso_lib
21:04:51.058 [d3d12 pipeline state] Failed to open pipeline state library at C:\Users\ste-p\AppData\Roaming\Fatshark\Darktide/shader_library.pso_lib
21:04:51.246 [Application] — CPU
CPU: Intel(R) Core™ i7-7700K CPU @ 4.20GHz
Vendor: GenuineIntel
Logical processors: 8
Family: 0:6, Model: 9:14
Type: 0, Stepping: 9
Features: SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE4.1 SSE4.2
Feature bits:
EBX: 00000010 00010000 00001000 00000000
ECX: 01111111 11111010 11111011 10111111
EDX: 10111111 11101011 11111011 11111111
— Memory
Physical Total: 16340MB
Available: 9494MB
— OS
Windows version 10.0 build 19045, 64 bit
Windows 10
Machine ID e95c8abb-87eb-489b-84e2-9a3e9b395c67
— Desktops
Monitor 0 (1920x1080): left=0 top=0 right=1920 bottom=1080
— Network
Network interface: Intel(R) Ethernet Connection (2) I219-V (IPv4, IPv6)
Network interface: Killer E2400 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (IPv4, IPv6)
Network interface: Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network) #5 (IPv4, IPv6)
— Input
Input device: XInput Device #1
— Volume
Volume for path ‘F:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\binaries/…/bundle’ is on SSD
— Graphics
Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti (DirectX 12.1, 8038MB) Driver version: 53598 Hardware Accelerated GPU scheduler: true
Graphics card: Microsoft Basic Render Driver (DirectX 12.1, 0MB) Hardware Accelerated GPU scheduler: true

21:04:51.246 [Application] STARTUP: setup_window, File: D:\a\d\rel_engine_darktide\release\rel_2023_04_24_Patch1.1.0x\runtime\application\application.cpp, Line: 3702

Launcher notepad.

DebugLog = false
LastScreenIndex = 0
SendCrashReports = true
WindowLeftPos = 128
WindowTopPos = -38.4

Regards.

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Hmm, so the log is cut short it seems! Could you upload your darktide_launcher.log please?

My bad, here is the log. Hope it helps. TIA

09:04:12.496 [Launcher] LOGGER OPEN
09:04:12.496 [Launcher] Launcher version: Launcher: 1.0.308.0
09:04:12.498 [Launcher] Local time: 16/06/2023 22:04:12
09:04:12.776 [Launcher] Steam name: Hampton Wick.
09:04:12.778 [Launcher] [Main Window] Launcher Directory (AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory): F:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\launcher
09:04:12.778 [Launcher] [Main Window] Base Directory: F:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE
09:04:12.780 [Launcher] [Main Window] [Parse Arguments] Steam is initialized.
09:04:12.781 [Launcher] [Main Window] [Parse Arguments] Retrieving backend settings for Steam application ‘1361210’ (branch=‘default’)
09:04:12.791 [Launcher] [Main Window] [Parse Arguments] Using backend ‘prod’
09:04:12.792 [Launcher] [Main Window] [Parse Arguments] Bundle dir: F:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\bundle
09:04:12.792 [Launcher] [Main Window] [Parse Arguments] Common Ini-file: F:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\bundle\application_settings\settings_common.ini
09:04:12.792 [Launcher] [Main Window] [Parse Arguments] Win32 Ini-file: F:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\bundle\application_settings\win32_settings.ini
09:04:12.794 [Launcher] [Main Window] OS Version: Microsoft Windows 10.0.19045
09:04:12.794 [Launcher] [Main Window] OS Architecture: X64
09:04:12.794 [Launcher] [Main Window] Framework Version: .NET Framework 4.8.4644.0
09:04:12.890 [Launcher] [Main Window] Launcher was started by: steam(15052)
09:04:12.892 [Launcher] [Main Window] [Load Settings] Load settings from: C:\Users\ste-p\AppData\Roaming\Fatshark\Darktide\launcher.config
09:04:12.944 [Launcher] [Main Window] [SysInfo] Found Physical HMONITOR Monitor 0 (Generic PnP Monitor) supporting 28 resolutions
09:04:12.945 [Launcher] [Main Window] [SysInfo] !! Skipping adapter 1: [Software Adapter]!
09:04:12.967 [Launcher] [Main Window] [SysInfo] Getting preferred adapter
09:04:12.967 [Launcher] [Main Window] [SysInfo] Executing GPUDetection.exe
09:04:13.275 [Launcher] [Main Window] [SysInfo] Preferred performance adapter is adapter #0 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti)
09:04:13.275 [Launcher] [Main Window] [SysInfo] Checking Supported Graphics Features…
09:04:13.278 [Launcher] [Main Window] [SysInfo] Running gpu detection
09:04:13.278 [Launcher] [Main Window] [SysInfo] [GPU Detection] Executing GPUDetection.exe
09:04:15.064 [Launcher] [Main Window] [SysInfo] GPU detection completed.
09:04:15.064 [Launcher] [Main Window] [SysInfo] NVIDIA GPU
09:04:15.064 [Launcher] [Main Window] [SysInfo] DLSS Capability: DLSS_2
09:04:15.064 [Launcher] [Main Window] [SysInfo] RayTracing Capability: RAY_TRACING_LEVEL_2
09:04:15.064 [Launcher] [Main Window] [SysInfo] Supports DLSS: True
09:04:15.064 [Launcher] [Main Window] [SysInfo] Supports Frame Generation: False
09:04:15.064 [Launcher] [Main Window] [SysInfo] Supports Reflex: True
09:04:15.098 [Launcher] [Main Window] [SysInfo] AdapterId: 0 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti) OutputId: 0 CurrentResolution: 1920x1080
| Processor
| Manufacturer: GenuineIntel
| Name: Intel(R) Core™ i7-7700K CPU @ 4.20GHz
| Caption: Intel64 Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 9
| Maxclock: 4201
| Total Memory: 0
| Available Memory:0
09:04:15.167 [Launcher] [Main Window] [Check Exe] Version info for excutable F:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\binaries\Darktide.exe
| File: F:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\binaries\Darktide.exe
| InternalName: Darktide.exe
| OriginalFilename: Darktide.exe
| FileVersion: 1.3.304.433
| FileDescription:
| Product: Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
| ProductVersion: 0.0.3.0 (e304433)
| Debug: False
| Patched: False
| PreRelease: False
| PrivateBuild: False
| SpecialBuild: False
| Language: Language Neutral
|
09:04:15.168 [Launcher] [Main Window] Setting active executable to: Darktide.exe in directory: F:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\binaries\Darktide.exe
09:04:15.168 [Launcher] [Main Window] [CrashMonitor] Crashes, launcher log
09:04:15.168 [Launcher] [Main Window] [CrashMonitor] Default logpath: C:\Users\ste-p\AppData\Roaming\Fatshark\Darktide\console_logs
09:04:15.168 [Launcher] [Main Window] [CrashMonitor] Default crashpath: C:\Users\ste-p\AppData\Roaming\Fatshark\Darktide\crash_dumps
09:04:15.168 [Launcher] [Main Window] [CrashMonitor] Default gpucrashpath:
09:04:15.168 [Launcher] [Main Window] [CrashMonitor] Default early crashpath: C:\Users\ste-p\AppData\Roaming\Fatshark\EarlyCrashReports\crash_dumps
09:04:15.169 [Launcher] [Main Window] Reading crash settings from: F:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\bundle\application_settings\settings_common.ini
09:04:15.174 [Launcher] [Main Window] Content revision: 77782
09:04:15.176 [Launcher] [Main Window] Reading crash settings from: F:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\bundle\application_settings\win32_settings.ini
09:04:15.176 [Launcher] [Main Window] Crash project: Bishop
09:04:15.176 [Launcher] [Main Window] Crashes, console log path C:\Users\ste-p\AppData\Roaming\Fatshark\Darktide\console_logs
09:04:15.176 [Launcher] [Main Window] Crashes, console dump path C:\Users\ste-p\AppData\Roaming\Fatshark\Darktide\crash_dumps
09:04:15.177 [Launcher] [Main Window] Machine ID: e95c8abb-87eb-489b-84e2-9a3e9b395c67
09:04:15.236 [Launcher] [Main Window] Something failed while cleaning up folder: C:\Users\ste-p\AppData\Roaming\Fatshark\Darktide\console_logs! Error:
System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: Could not find a part of the path ‘C:\Users\ste-p\AppData\Roaming\Fatshark\Darktide\console_logs’.
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.FileSystemEnumerableIterator1.CommonInit() at System.IO.FileSystemEnumerableIterator1…ctor(String path, String originalUserPath, String searchPattern, SearchOption searchOption, SearchResultHandler1 resultHandler, Boolean checkHost) at System.IO.DirectoryInfo.EnumerateFiles(String searchPattern, SearchOption searchOption) at CrashReporter.CrashMonitor.<CleanupOldLogsInternal>d__44.MoveNext() 09:04:15.236 [Launcher] [Main Window] Something failed while cleaning up folder: C:\Users\ste-p\AppData\Roaming\Fatshark\Darktide\crash_dumps! Error: System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\ste-p\AppData\Roaming\Fatshark\Darktide\crash_dumps'. at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath) at System.IO.FileSystemEnumerableIterator1.CommonInit()
at System.IO.FileSystemEnumerableIterator1..ctor(String path, String originalUserPath, String searchPattern, SearchOption searchOption, SearchResultHandler1 resultHandler, Boolean checkHost)
at System.IO.DirectoryInfo.EnumerateFiles(String searchPattern, SearchOption searchOption)
at CrashReporter.CrashMonitor.d__44.MoveNext()
09:04:15.239 [Launcher] [Main Window] [CrashMonitor] Setting up filewatcher for *.log at: C:\Users\ste-p\AppData\Roaming\Fatshark\Darktide\console_logs
09:04:15.243 [Launcher] [Main Window] [CrashMonitor] Setting up filewatcher for *.dmp at: C:\Users\ste-p\AppData\Roaming\Fatshark\Darktide\crash_dumps
09:04:15.243 [Launcher] [Main Window] [CrashMonitor] Setting up filewatch for *.nv-gpudmp at: C:\Users\ste-p\AppData\Roaming\Fatshark\Darktide\GPUCrashDumps
09:04:15.243 [Launcher] [Main Window] [CrashMonitor] Setting up filewatcher for early *.dmp at: C:\Users\ste-p\AppData\Roaming\Fatshark\EarlyCrashReports\crash_dumps
09:04:15.266 [Launcher] Current language: english
09:04:15.435 [Launcher] Hooking up Fixed Version WebView2 Environment
09:04:15.528 [Launcher] MS Edge WebView2 Runtime Version: 111.0.1661.54
09:04:15.528 [Launcher] Initializing WebView2
09:04:16.507 [Launcher] WebView2 setting up settings
09:04:16.514 [Launcher] WebView2 settings setup completed
09:04:16.514 [Launcher] WebView2 Initialized
09:04:17.181 [Launcher] WebView2 Navigation Completed
09:04:17.265 [Launcher] Running OnWebpageLoaded
09:04:17.267 [Launcher] OnWebpageLoaded completed
09:04:17.267 [Launcher] OnLauncherReady
09:04:17.344 [Launcher] Could not find setting ‘launcher_overrides’, using default value ‘System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary2[System.String,System.Object]' 09:04:17.344 [Launcher] Could not find setting 'network_settings', using default value 'System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary2[System.String,System.Object]’
09:04:17.345 [Launcher] Could not find setting ‘master_render_settings’, using default value ‘System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2[System.String,System.Object]’
09:04:17.362 [Launcher] !! Error parsing settings for ‘gamma’! Default value invalid! Returning generic!
09:04:17.363 [Launcher] Could not find setting ‘gamma’, using default value ‘0’
09:04:17.365 [Launcher] Could not find setting ‘adapter_index’, using default value ‘0’
09:04:17.365 [Launcher] Could not find setting ‘fullscreen_output’, using default value ‘0’
09:04:17.366 [Launcher] Could not find setting ‘screen_resolution’, using default value ‘Launcher.SysInfo+Resolution’
09:04:17.370 [Launcher] Could not find setting ‘vsync’, using default value ‘False’
09:04:17.373 [Launcher] Could not find setting ‘max_worker_threads’, using default value ‘5’
09:04:17.378 [Launcher] [Quality Settings] Verifying Quality Settings
09:04:17.566 [Launcher] [Quality Settings] Getting hardware performance settings for hardware: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
09:04:17.568 [Launcher] [Quality Settings] Fetching hardware information for NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
09:04:18.016 [Launcher] [Quality Settings] NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti hardware mark: 20444
09:04:18.017 [Launcher] [Quality Settings] Getting hardware performance settings for hardware: Intel(R) Core™ i7-7700K CPU @ 4.20GHz
09:04:18.017 [Launcher] [Quality Settings] Fetching hardware information for Intel(R) Core™ i7-7700K CPU @ 4.20GHz
09:04:18.121 [Launcher] [Quality Settings] Intel(R) Core™ i7-7700K CPU @ 4.20GHz hardware mark: 9667
09:04:18.147 [Launcher] [Quality Settings] Current output resolution: Launcher.SysInfo+Resolution
09:04:18.147 [Launcher] [Quality Settings] DLSS: on
09:04:18.147 [Launcher] [Quality Settings] Super Resolution Mode: auto
09:04:18.147 [Launcher] [Quality Settings] Frame Generation Mode: off
09:04:18.147 [Launcher] [Quality Settings] Reflex Mode: enabled
09:04:18.147 [Launcher] [Quality Settings] FSR Mode: off
09:04:18.147 [Launcher] [Quality Settings] FSR 2 Mode: off
09:04:18.147 [Launcher] [Quality Settings] Antialiasing: off
09:04:18.148 [Launcher] [Quality Settings] Raytracing Quality: low
09:04:18.148 [Launcher] [Quality Settings] GPU Quality: high
09:04:18.148 [Launcher] [Quality Settings] CPU Quality: high
09:04:18.148 [Launcher] [Quality Settings] GPU Mark: 20444
09:04:18.148 [Launcher] [Quality Settings] CPU Mark: 9667
09:04:18.160 [Launcher] [Quality Settings] Quality: high
09:04:20.073 [Launcher] [Quality Settings] Main window enabled
09:04:20.073 [Launcher] [Quality Settings] UI Enabled
09:04:20.073 [Launcher] [Quality Settings] Quality Settings Completed
09:04:20.085 [Launcher] [Quality Settings] Quality Settings Saved
09:04:40.655 [Launcher] [Launch Game] Steam is initialized.
09:04:40.655 [Launcher] [Launch Game] Retrieving backend settings for Steam application ‘1361210’ (branch=‘default’)
09:04:40.656 [Launcher] [Launch Game] Using backend ‘prod’
09:04:40.657 [Launcher] [Launch Game] Launching Game
09:04:40.657 [Launcher] [Launch Game] Executable: F:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\binaries\Darktide.exe
09:04:40.657 [Launcher] [Launch Game] Arguments: -eac-untrusted --bundle-dir …/bundle --ini settings --backend-auth-service-url https://bsp-auth-prod.atoma.cloud --backend-title-service-url https://bsp-td-prod.atoma.cloud
09:04:40.658 [Launcher] [Launch Game] Game Settings At Startup:
| adapter_index = 0
| borderless_fullscreen = false
| detected_user_settings = {
| adapter_index = 0
| borderless_fullscreen = false
| fullscreen = true
| fullscreen_output = 0
| language_id = “en”
| master_render_settings = {
| anti_aliasing_solution = 0
| dlss = 1
| dlss_g = 0
| dlss_master = “on”
| fsr = 0
| fsr2 = 0
| gamma = 0
| graphics_quality = “high”
| nv_reflex_framerate_cap = 0
| nv_reflex_low_latency = 1
| ray_tracing_quality = “low”
| }
| max_worker_threads = 5
| screen_mode = “fullscreen”
| screen_resolution = [
| 1920
| 1080
| ]
| vsync = false
| }
| fullscreen = true
| fullscreen_output = 0
| gamma = 0
| gpu_id = “NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti”
| language_id = “en”
| launcher_overrides = {
| gpu_crash_dumps = false
| }
| master_render_settings = {
| anti_aliasing_solution = 0
| dlss = 1
| dlss_g = 0
| dlss_master = “on”
| fsr = 0
| fsr2 = 0
| graphics_quality = “high”
| nv_reflex_framerate_cap = 0
| nv_reflex_low_latency = 1
| ray_tracing_quality = “low”
| }
| max_worker_threads = 5
| network_settings = {
| try_nat64 = false
| }
| render_settings = {
| }
| screen_mode = “fullscreen”
| screen_resolution = [
| 1920
| 1080
| ]
| version = 2
| vsync = false
09:04:40.685 [Launcher] [Launch Game] Running shader cache builder
09:04:40.688 [Launcher] [Launch Game] [ShaderCacheBuilder] Executing darktide_shader_cache_builder.exe with args: -i “F:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\shader_cache\bundled_shader_cache.hans” -o “C:\Users\ste-p\AppData\Roaming\Fatshark\Darktide\shader_cache.hans” -device-index 0
09:04:41.192 [Launcher] [Launch Game] [ShaderCacheBuilder] Choosing adapter: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
09:04:46.139 [Launcher] [Launch Game] [ShaderCacheBuilder] Exception was thrown while reading data from shader cache builder process.
Error: Length cannot be less than zero.
Parameter name: length
09:04:46.198 [Launcher] [Launch Game] Shader cache builder completed.
09:04:46.198 [Launcher] [Launch Game] Using EAC: False
09:04:46.274 [Launcher] [Launch Game] Game starting…

Great! Thank you.

Have you already tried removing your AppData?

If you haven’t already, I recommend it as it looks like it’s corrupted.

  1. Press the Windows key + R
  2. Enter %appdata% within the search input and select ‘OK’
  3. Navigate to AppData\Roaming\Fatshark
  4. Delete the entire Darktide directory

Hi, yes previously deleted the folder Darktide AppData.

Completed these steps today.

Deleted all Appdata.
Updated the game
verified the files
launched the game

Unfortunately game still did not fully launch.

Hopefully the image may shed some light.

Thank you.

Apologies for the delay, I’ve shared this with our Launcher Developers for their input and will report back to you.

My delay getting back to you was longer.

Thank you Julia.

We wonder if it might be something to do with the - in your username, as bizarre as it sounds, an oversight of ours perhaps. I’ve asked our QA department if they can replicate the issue.

That is strange, as that has been my name for years as has the user name. It is confounding to be sure.

Thanks.

This sounds very much like the issue I have. Did you ever get a conclusion to this?

my post

No! The only thing that got this one game working out of hundreds, was a reinstall of windows.