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Guide: Startup Crash Fix

By GaybitBiscuit

Before posting about your specific problem, please read all of the guide instructions.
I will try to help you out with the annoying startup crash problems.

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Guide Index

Overview

First Startup Crash Solution:

Second Startup Crash Solution:

Third Startup Crash Solution:

Fourth Startup Crash Solution:

Fifth Startup Crash Solution:

Sixth Startup Crash Solution:

Thanks For Reading

Comments

First Startup Crash Solution:

1. Go to this guide: Fixing Crash On Startup
That guide was created by w3stracer, you should thank him if it works for you.

2. Download missing files from google drive: Download[drive.google.com]
There is three of them: cementfiles.p3d, skuinfo.p3d, audio.p3d.

3. Replace your game files with these new ones:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Prototype 2

4. Try to run the game directly from this folder:
If this solution isn't working for you, try the next one.

Second Startup Crash Solution:

1. Go to Properties of the game in your steam library
Check the picture below to see what I'm talking about.

2. Press "Verify Integrity Of Game Files" in Local Files
Check the picture below to see what I'm talking about.

3. Check if it says "Failed to verify 1 file" every time you try to verify integrity
This basically means that the game isn't downloaded properly.

4. Click "Browse Local Files" and go to properties of the whole prototype folder
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Prototype 2.

5. Turn Off "Read-only" in folder properties and try to run the game directly from the folder
You can also try to run it as administrator and If this solution isn't working, try the next one.

Third Startup Crash Solution:

1. Press (Windows) + (R)
This will open Run Command.

2. Type in "devmgmt.msc", then press Enter
This will open Device Manager.

3. Find "Human Interface Devices" and then "HID-compliant consumer control device"
Check the picture below to see exactly where to find them.

4. Disable "HID-compliant consumer control device" and then try to run the game.
If it still doesn't work, you can try to disable the other 'HID' devices as well.

5. If the game works now, don't forget to enable those 'HID' devices after playing.
It's really highly recommended to enable them back after you quit from the game.

Fourth Startup Crash Solution:

1. Go to Properties of the game in your steam library.
Just like we did in the second startup crash solution.

2. Click "Browse Local Files" and go to properties of the whole prototype folder.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Prototype 2.

3. Right click on prototype2.exe and go to properties and compatibility tab.
Check the picture below to see what I'm talking about.

4. Disable fullscreen optimizations and run this program as an administrator.
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/app/115320/discussions/0/1696049513767699537/

Fifth Startup Crash Solution:

1. If you have a processor with too many cores: Go to the Task Manager.
Navigate to the Details Tab in the Task Manager and Find the steam.exe

2. Now you have to right click the steam.exe in the Details tab and set core affinities
You can check the picture below to see what exactly I am talking about.

3. Once you see a small window with the list of CPU's: Have only eight of them enabled.
You can try having four enabled, if eight doesn't work. The game doesn't support more than eight.

4. Now you can just save and test if the game is finally working correctly.
And don't forget to change the cores back to how they we're once you finish the game.

Sixth Startup Crash Solution:

1. Disconnect your keyboard and mouse from the computer.
It seems to work according to Monkinias in the comments.

2. Reconnect them back to your computer after the game loads up the main menu.
Before disconnecting them, you need to run the game and then immediately disconnect them.

3. You can try to disconnect some of your other devices that are connected via the usb.
Everything can be connected back into the pc after you reach the main menu safely.

Thanks For Reading

I hope something from this guide will be helpful to someone with startup problems.
If you know about other possible solutions, please write them down in the comments.
If I find some other solutions, I will eventually add them to this guide for people to see.

95 Comments

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Mazila 23 Apr @ 11:30am

3 worked for me

bertolan77 24 Feb @ 1:57am

The mouse and keybourd unplug actually work

Bichelkush 31 Jan @ 9:41pm

The first step worked for me

Animawesome 10 Jan @ 10:08am

I must have the worst luck ever. 2 months ago I didn't need to do any of this sh*t to play the game, now NONE of it works.

cacophonousAntiquarian 3 Jan @ 7:51am

This game could really use a remaster

Thulak 7 Nov, 2024 @ 11:49am

For all the folks not crashing during startup, but when loading the main menu:
The game cant handle more than 8 cores, so you can fix it by putting
DXVK_FRAME_RATE=60 taskset -c 0-7 %command%
into the startup options. (The important bit being "-c 0-7 %command%" the rest just sets framerate)

Rebellis_@uitum 29 Aug, 2024 @ 5:00pm

also doing Admin mode, disable full screen optimizations and windows 7 compatibility mode

Rebellis_@uitum 29 Aug, 2024 @ 4:59pm

Thanks 5th one fixed for me.
For reference my specs are this:

Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (10.0, Build 19045) (19041.vb_release.191206-1406)
BIOS: 4604 (type: UEFI)
Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8-Core Processor (16 CPUs), ~4.3GHz
Memory: 32 GB RAM
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

ElpadoCaliente 23 Jul, 2024 @ 4:48pm

Thank you for the guide. Unfortunately nothing worked for me, only putting the game in compatibility mode for "Windows 98 / Windows Me" (and of course putting the files given by w3stracer in his guide) the game started working.

Ghost of Starman 13 Jul, 2024 @ 5:14pm

Disabling CPU core affinities (the "Fifth Startup Crash Solution") is what worked for me. Thank you!

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