Unable to launch game.

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As an update to this:

Thread 'Massive Performance and Optimization Issues Since Last Major Patch'

Feb 5, 2026

Has there been any word on a fix or comments on this? Is this happening to anyone else?

My specs are:

• 7900xt (latest driver update)
• 5800x3D
• 64gb DDR4 RAM

Issue:

While playing, I constantly get frame drops and stuttering issues when compared to previous patches and versions of the game. I go from 200 FPS to 30 FPS with an increase in the amount of time it takes to develop the next frame constantly. This happens during team fights, looking at new graphically intense areas of the map, and when I move my mouse too quickly to look at something else/get away. I have had one...

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I am now unable to play the game. It will go to the Vavle logo screen, but then crash afterwards.

Uninstalling and reinstalling does not fix the issue.

 

[Ceeprus]

Happened to me once before, restarting the pc fixed it for some reason

 

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Restart does not fix either.

 

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Update:

The following settings fixed the launch for me:

-m_rawinput +citadel_unit_status_use_new true -dx11 -novid

Obviously, the first two are for fun, but the second two help (forcing dx11) is the real fix.

Was told to try out Vulkan because dx11 was going to go away soon. Sad to hear it is an issue.