Posted October 27, 2024
Hello everyone,
I have a really strange issue when starting the game. I’ve had KCD installed for several months now, and at first, everything ran smoothly. I should mention that I always have multiple games installed (sometimes even older ones that switch to different graphics modes) and I tend to rotate between them. So, I usually play KCD about every three days. For the past two months, however, I've had this issue where KCD hangs on the splash screen for between 15 and 30 minutes on the first startup before it actually launches. Most of the time, I then have to close the game and restart it, as there are graphical issues or other problems that arise. On the second startup, the game loads at normal speed, and there are no further in-game issues.
I’ve already tried experimenting with a few things, and I can only reproduce the problem when I try to launch KCD after three or more days of inactivity. If I start it after only 1 or 2 days, everything works perfectly fine. I suspected that one of the older games I play in between, which often switch to different graphics modes, might be causing the problem. However, even if I specifically launch one of those games and then try KCD afterward, the issue doesn’t reappear. If I remember correctly, this behavior started after a graphics card driver update, so I’ve already tried some online tips for optimizing KCD for NVIDIA GeForce cards, but that didn’t fix the problem either. I’m using an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, which should be fully capable of handling the game, and in fact, it runs flawlessly with the highest settings and HD textures in-game.
Has anyone else noticed something similar and maybe knows how to fix it? I could start the game every day, even if I don’t plan to play, but that can’t be a long-term solution.
Best regards,
dsma_bell
I have a really strange issue when starting the game. I’ve had KCD installed for several months now, and at first, everything ran smoothly. I should mention that I always have multiple games installed (sometimes even older ones that switch to different graphics modes) and I tend to rotate between them. So, I usually play KCD about every three days. For the past two months, however, I've had this issue where KCD hangs on the splash screen for between 15 and 30 minutes on the first startup before it actually launches. Most of the time, I then have to close the game and restart it, as there are graphical issues or other problems that arise. On the second startup, the game loads at normal speed, and there are no further in-game issues.
I’ve already tried experimenting with a few things, and I can only reproduce the problem when I try to launch KCD after three or more days of inactivity. If I start it after only 1 or 2 days, everything works perfectly fine. I suspected that one of the older games I play in between, which often switch to different graphics modes, might be causing the problem. However, even if I specifically launch one of those games and then try KCD afterward, the issue doesn’t reappear. If I remember correctly, this behavior started after a graphics card driver update, so I’ve already tried some online tips for optimizing KCD for NVIDIA GeForce cards, but that didn’t fix the problem either. I’m using an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, which should be fully capable of handling the game, and in fact, it runs flawlessly with the highest settings and HD textures in-game.
Has anyone else noticed something similar and maybe knows how to fix it? I could start the game every day, even if I don’t plan to play, but that can’t be a long-term solution.
Best regards,
dsma_bell