Hello guys, recently I decided to play Warband again. However, when I start the game from steam it says it's running for a while then it stops. I tried everything: removed one drive reinstalled the game, cleared steam cache, played with compatibility settings, removed appdata folder and documents folder, downloaded the nonsteam version, and when I press the icon it loads for a bit and nothing happens. It is not starting. I am using an HP pavilion laptop and windows 10 everything is up to date. I have read almost every comment and the only option I haven't tried is to reinstall windows or format the drive, however, I wish I could skip these parts if you have any ideas on what else I can do please tell me!
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Check if OneDrive might be here the issue too:
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In Progress - Can't launch warband, please help (Steam version/ Windows 10)
Try it with deleting this folder %APPDATA%\Mount&Blade Warband\ But then I am pretty much out of ideas. C:\Users\you_user_name\AppData\Roaming\Mount&Blade Warband C:\Users\you_user_name\Documents\Mount&Blade Warband Deleting this folder will delete the saves and settings. You need to try to...
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I uninstalled the app from the pc. Still not working.Check if OneDrive might be here the issue too:
In Progress - Can't launch warband, please help (Steam version/ Windows 10)
Try it with deleting this folder %APPDATA%\Mount&Blade Warband\ But then I am pretty much out of ideas. C:\Users\you_user_name\AppData\Roaming\Mount&Blade Warband C:\Users\you_user_name\Documents\Mount&Blade Warband Deleting this folder will delete the saves and settings. You need to try to...
There is the possibility that in the logs of the game you can find some information.
Or did you already check on that?
In case there aren't any other logs, at least the rgl_log.txt which should be created each startup of the game in the main folder of the game (where you or Steam installed it).
If that does not give any information, maybe you could also have a problem with graphics drivers, in case they changed maybe since last time. Since at times people have had two graphics drivers installed, one with OpenGL and one without and sadly some games did pick the one without as main or the operating system.
This can happen when you have an Intel CPU and something like Intel HD Graphics along side a Nvidia Graphics card as an example, since some Intel CPUs also have a graphics interface built in (the ability to process graphics and act as a graphics card).
In case you dont know what the rgl_log says, you could post it here maybe or at least the parts with warnings and errors.
And check for your graphics drivers and such things.
If that does not help or is not the case for you, maybe we still find a way why it does not work.
You could also search for the Warband folder in your Users Documents Folder and play around with the rgl_config.txt settings, since at times maybe that also can help with problems. Usually you should not have to do that, but at times it also fixed network problems for me with Warband servers and such things.
Usually this is also edited and read by the game on startup and when you change a few settings in the startup window (in case that does still show on for the Windows version of Warband (since it does not exist for the Linux version).
But in the rgl_config.txt there are way more settings than the game menus allow you to make, but usually just necessary for tweaking or development (like when making mods or for special stuff or something).
(I once had a situation in which someone could not update any game through steam nor play them for the same reason and he also reinstalled Steam and so on, but no success. In the end, we manually had to remove some old or broken Registry entries (that thing where Windows stores some license keys, special settings and so on) and after all of that was done he could reinstall steam and update all games and all worked again. Even the Steam support noted that afterwards, since they also had no clue.)
So yeah, we will make it work on you Laptop!
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Hello, I've checked the log file and there is nothing in it it just says the game version. About the video cards and CPU I have a Ryzen processor and Nvidia card. I updated the drivers and reinstalled them to nothing happened. Still not launching the game. Checked the documents folder but Mount and Blade folder is empty.There is the possibility that in the logs of the game you can find some information.
Or did you already check on that?
In case there aren't any other logs, at least the rgl_log.txt which should be created each startup of the game in the main folder of the game (where you or Steam installed it).
If that does not give any information, maybe you could also have a problem with graphics drivers, in case they changed maybe since last time. Since at times people have had two graphics drivers installed, one with OpenGL and one without and sadly some games did pick the one without as main or the operating system.
This can happen when you have an Intel CPU and something like Intel HD Graphics along side a Nvidia Graphics card as an example, since some Intel CPUs also have a graphics interface built in (the ability to process graphics and act as a graphics card).
In case you dont know what the rgl_log says, you could post it here maybe or at least the parts with warnings and errors.
And check for your graphics drivers and such things.
If that does not help or is not the case for you, maybe we still find a way why it does not work.
You could also search for the Warband folder in your Users Documents Folder and play around with the rgl_config.txt settings, since at times maybe that also can help with problems. Usually you should not have to do that, but at times it also fixed network problems for me with Warband servers and such things.
Usually this is also edited and read by the game on startup and when you change a few settings in the startup window (in case that does still show on for the Windows version of Warband (since it does not exist for the Linux version).
But in the rgl_config.txt there are way more settings than the game menus allow you to make, but usually just necessary for tweaking or development (like when making mods or for special stuff or something).
(I once had a situation in which someone could not update any game through steam nor play them for the same reason and he also reinstalled Steam and so on, but no success. In the end, we manually had to remove some old or broken Registry entries (that thing where Windows stores some license keys, special settings and so on) and after all of that was done he could reinstall steam and update all games and all worked again. Even the Steam support noted that afterwards, since they also had no clue.)
So yeah, we will make it work on you Laptop!
Hey there.
So you tried admin rights, compatibility mode and so on as you said.
Maybe it could also be a registry issue in your case, like with someone else (or what I mention but for another problem).
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Have you had Warband installed on this Laptop already before, like when it was still running but maybe had an older version?
Or maybe transferred data from an old PC or something?
In that case it could be that maybe the registry of Warband is the issue, since it might have a few wrong or old formatted values, but generally is present, so the game thinks all is good, but when it tries to load the values some are broken or missing.
Just a guess, since that is possible.
In that case, completely uninstalling the game and deleting all folders (game folder, documents folder, Roaming Appdata folder etc.) would not be enough, but also a good idea ofc before doing that.
If ofc deleting every trace (also in the Registry) does still bring the same result, after you reinstall the game again through steam (you probably did that, like letting Steam download and install it automatically), we might have to look for something else.
Sometimes Windows writes Event logs when executables crash or similar things happen.
Then there could be a hint to the problem.
Besides that, just a hint, mixing AMD and NVIDIA is never really a good idea.
At least it was not in the past, since they have their own protocols and optimizations.
Usually Intel and NVIDIA were good together and Intel and AMD GPU, or AMD CPU and AMD GPU.
But AMD and NVIDIA were always "enemies".
Maybe that changes in recent years and I mean it does function ofc, otherwise nothing would work, but in specific cases it could lead to such outcomes, when maybe the CPU also has a GPU function and you also have another GPU from another manufacturer.
Here is something related to what I mean, hopefully it helps you, since it seems to be related to your case:
nvidia.custhelp.com
And a last guess would be an Antivirus you maybe have installed, since some people mentioned that in their case it blocked a few games for whatever reason and then they could not launch them, only when they whitelisted them (or ignored the game exe in the Antivirus settings).
And if all that did not help or you need help with the changes, like the Registry, let me know.
But first try the other things and then we will see. Also maybe restart after the changes, if that might be necessary.
Probably not, but who knows.
Hope it helped a little bit.
So you tried admin rights, compatibility mode and so on as you said.
Maybe it could also be a registry issue in your case, like with someone else (or what I mention but for another problem).
[SOLVED] HELP!!! My Warband won't launch :: Mount & Blade: Warband Help and Support
I've been having an issue with my new copy of Mount and Blade Warband. I just bought it off steam and it worked fine. There were some initial graphical issues due to my newly installed GTX 970 Graphics Card, but I was able to solve pretty easily. The issue I'm having now is that whenever I try...
Have you had Warband installed on this Laptop already before, like when it was still running but maybe had an older version?
Or maybe transferred data from an old PC or something?
In that case it could be that maybe the registry of Warband is the issue, since it might have a few wrong or old formatted values, but generally is present, so the game thinks all is good, but when it tries to load the values some are broken or missing.
Just a guess, since that is possible.
In that case, completely uninstalling the game and deleting all folders (game folder, documents folder, Roaming Appdata folder etc.) would not be enough, but also a good idea ofc before doing that.
If ofc deleting every trace (also in the Registry) does still bring the same result, after you reinstall the game again through steam (you probably did that, like letting Steam download and install it automatically), we might have to look for something else.
Sometimes Windows writes Event logs when executables crash or similar things happen.
Then there could be a hint to the problem.
Besides that, just a hint, mixing AMD and NVIDIA is never really a good idea.
At least it was not in the past, since they have their own protocols and optimizations.
Usually Intel and NVIDIA were good together and Intel and AMD GPU, or AMD CPU and AMD GPU.
But AMD and NVIDIA were always "enemies".
Maybe that changes in recent years and I mean it does function ofc, otherwise nothing would work, but in specific cases it could lead to such outcomes, when maybe the CPU also has a GPU function and you also have another GPU from another manufacturer.
Here is something related to what I mean, hopefully it helps you, since it seems to be related to your case:
NVIDIA Support
nvidia.custhelp.com
And a last guess would be an Antivirus you maybe have installed, since some people mentioned that in their case it blocked a few games for whatever reason and then they could not launch them, only when they whitelisted them (or ignored the game exe in the Antivirus settings).
And if all that did not help or you need help with the changes, like the Registry, let me know.
But first try the other things and then we will see. Also maybe restart after the changes, if that might be necessary.
Probably not, but who knows.
Hope it helped a little bit.
