Need to restart Deadlock few times before first game

[vchapgar]

Need to force shut off Deadlock and restart it at least two times before my first game. Then surprisingly runs smooth.
any suggestions?

 

[Okagame]

Try verifying integrity of files, on steam.
Could help

 

[Lady Briar]

Need to force shut off Deadlock and restart it at least two times before my first game. Then surprisingly runs smooth.
any suggestions?

Heya! I have a weird issue when I first launch Deadlock, too, but I'm not sure if its related. May I ask why you need to force close and restart Deadlock? Is it freezing? Is it having graphical errors? What is the problem you're encountering when you launch it? If its related to my issue, I'd love to swap info. Thanks!

 

[vchapgar]

Yes it freezes but not crashes. The game just does not load till i force close it and restart

Try verifying integrity of files, on steam.
Could help

Tried verifying the files...Game still not working without two restarts

 

[Okagame]

Weird problem. Might be a windows issue with the game.
If you're willing, try turning off "real time protection on windows" and/or antivirus see if it still happens.
Don't forget to turn it back on

 

[vchapgar]

Weird problem. Might be a windows issue with the game.
If you're willing, try turning off "real time protection on windows" and/or antivirus see if it still happens.
Don't forget to turn it back on

tried with defender off ..no change ...if i restart my comp the problem repeats but if its left on and already restarted Deadlock twice no issue...weird

 

[Okagame]

tried with defender off ..no change ...if i restart my comp the problem repeats but if its left on and already restarted Deadlock twice no issue...weird

Damn.
Reinstalling Steam is another option. Just make sure to restart your pc after reinstalling.
And try hitting up the discord as well, you might find more people with the same issue. Or luckily someone that managed to solve it

 

[Mogwai]

Heya! I have a weird issue when I first launch Deadlock, too, but I'm not sure if its related. May I ask why you need to force close and restart Deadlock? Is it freezing? Is it having graphical errors? What is the problem you're encountering when you launch it? If its related to my issue, I'd love to swap info. Thanks!

Are you running the game on Windows or Linux? I have had to do this a few times on Windows 11, it's almost as though there's some strange pre-caching or something along those lines that doesn't always occur when opening the game after any given update.

 

[Lady Briar]

Are you running the game on Windows or Linux? I have had to do this a few times on Windows 11, it's almost as though there's some strange pre-caching or something along those lines that doesn't always occur when opening the game after any given update.

Windows 10. I actually think my issue might be related to textures/shaders or something like that. Once I've loaded a game (I usually start a private bot match before I do anything else, for this reason) then the rest of the games load fine, but its as if that first time loading the assets is finicky, and has a chance to bug out. Afterward though, no problems.

 

[Mogwai]

Windows 10. I actually think my issue might be related to textures/shaders or something like that. Once I've loaded a game (I usually start a private bot match before I do anything else, for this reason) then the rest of the games load fine, but its as if that first time loading the assets is finicky, and has a chance to bug out. Afterward though, no problems.

That definitely seems to be the case on my end as of this last patch in particular. Are you running an AMD CPU and GPU? I was thinking this might have something to do with FSRS2 upscaling.

 

[Lady Briar]

That definitely seems to be the case on my end as of this last patch in particular. Are you running an AMD CPU and GPU? I was thinking this might have something to do with FSRS2 upscaling.

Nope. Intel CPU and Nvidia GPU.