# Game does not launch after pressing play in the launcher **URL:** \ **Category:** Technical Support\ **Tags:** acknowledged\ **Created:** [December 14, 2023, 10:48pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/game-does-not-launch-after-pressing-play-in-the-launcher/89496 "2023-12-14T22:48:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kairos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecc23a/32.png) [@Kairos](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Kairos)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 10:48pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/game-does-not-launch-after-pressing-play-in-the-launcher/89496/1 "2023-12-14T22:48:46Z")
### Issue Type (Required): Launcher ### Issue Description (Required): After pressing play in the launcher, the pop up of “Shader Cache Loading” happens, then the launcher minimizes itself. Its still running in the background, its not doing anything though. ### [PC] Do You Use Mods? (Optional): No, I don’t use mods ### Reproduction Rate (Required): Constant (100%) ### Platform (Required): Steam (PC) ### Player ID (Optional): > **[Steam Community :: Error](https://steamcommunity.com/id/KairosQ/)** ### [PC] Crash Report (Optional): It doesn’t give a crash prompt. ### Upload Supporting Evidence (Optional): ### [PC] Upload Console Log & darktide\_launcher.log (Optional): [darktide\_launcher.log](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/uploads/short-url/4bkpkA2fqmDxndV8ivOnkuZ64Fe.log) (41.3 KB) ---
**Author:** ![Kairos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecc23a/32.png) [@Kairos](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Kairos)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 10:53pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/game-does-not-launch-after-pressing-play-in-the-launcher/89496/2 "2023-12-14T22:53:42Z")
Wanna give some background info that I had done what some other forums had suggested before the video I uploaded. Deleting the Darktide folder in %appdata%, giving the launcher administrator privileges, etc. ---
**Author:** ![FatsharkLev](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/fatsharklev/32/119491_2.png) [@FatsharkLev](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/FatsharkLev)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 12:04pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/game-does-not-launch-after-pressing-play-in-the-launcher/89496/3 "2023-12-15T12:04:40Z")
Hi @Kairos, From your launcher log I can see there is some confusion over your GPU and your display adapter. Your NVIDIA 3070 is being detected, and AMD Radeon Graphics, however no valid display is being returned for your NVIDIA 3070. ```auto 10:39:53.345 [Launcher] [Main Window] [SysInfo] !! DirectX returns no valid monitors attached for adapter 1 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU) 10:39:53.345 [Launcher] [Main Window] [SysInfo] ?? Didn't find a valid display for adapter 1 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU)? ``` It appears that it may be defaulting to Adapter 0 AMD Radeon Graphics. I recommend ensuring your default GPU is set correctly. Please check out the following: - - Ensure your monitors are plugged in to the dedicated (as opposed to the integrated) GPU ports on the back of your PC - Perform a clean re-installation of your GPU drivers using the appropriate instructions below: - **For NVIDIA GPUs** : Ensure both Steam and Darktide are set to use your dedicated GPU within the NVIDIA Control Panel by: - **For Windows 10 users** : Please let me know how this goes. ---
**Author:** ![Kairos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecc23a/32.png) [@Kairos](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Kairos)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 6:17pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/game-does-not-launch-after-pressing-play-in-the-launcher/89496/4 "2023-12-15T18:17:21Z")
This did not work, I had already set everything related to Darktide to my GPU way in the open beta. Just for context I had been able to play Darktide just fine before uninstalling a few months ago, and I haven’t changed anything about my laptop settings since. ---
**Author:** ![Kairos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecc23a/32.png) [@Kairos](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Kairos)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 10:04pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/game-does-not-launch-after-pressing-play-in-the-launcher/89496/5 "2023-12-15T22:04:57Z")
I also just now did a clean install of my GPU drivers and retried it, It didn’t work either. ---
**Author:** ![Kairos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecc23a/32.png) [@Kairos](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Kairos)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 11:40pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/game-does-not-launch-after-pressing-play-in-the-launcher/89496/6 "2023-12-16T23:40:22Z")
@FatsharkLev Oops, forgot to mention mention you that I responded ---
**Author:** ![Kairos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecc23a/32.png) [@Kairos](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Kairos)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2023, 2:47am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/game-does-not-launch-after-pressing-play-in-the-launcher/89496/7 "2023-12-20T02:47:38Z")
@FatsharkLev Yo, I would appreciate a response(since its been 5 days) but the game launches fine and uses my GPU when I start it from the “Start\_protected\_Game” and it uses my GPU. It seems like a Launcher issue to me but who knows (also i can’t actually play the game from starting it that way, it just gives me an error that I cant log in)