Question Game Not Launching - No Error Message

[Bleher89]

Hello Everyone,

I recently got a CyberPowerPC Gamer Master Gaming PC - Black (AMD Ryzen 7 8700F/16GB RAM/2TB SSD/NVIDIA RTX 4060/Win11) and I'm having issues with it running one of my games. When I try to open it (I've tried the EA Launcher, the Origin Launcher, and even a torrent) I get a "Preparing Game" indication, the screen goes black, and then crashes back to either the launcher or just the desktop.

I've checked both the Event Viewer and the Reliability Monitor, but it seems the system doesn't even register a crash. I've also tried to run the game on every compatibility setting to no avail. The game is from 2008, and didn't have high requirements even then. Other games from around that time work fine.

Any ideas?

 

[JohnBonhamsGhost]

if you're only having issue with a single game out of multiple,
then it is the game and not the system causing the issue(s).

make sure to verify game integrity through whatever provider you've purchased it from.
also make sure to install any available redistributables from any available game folder, usually included in "Redist" or "common redist".

 

[Bleher89]

if you're only having issue with a single game out of multiple,
then it is the game and not the system causing the issue(s).

make sure to verify game integrity through whatever provider you've purchased it from.
also make sure to install any available redistributables from any available game folder, usually included in "Redist" or "common redist".

The game seems to verify fine.

I've found the Redist folder which has a VDF File titled "installscript". The default program to open it seems to be Notepad, which also opens the ReadMe.txt for the game. Do I copy and paste the text from "installscript" there?