Anyone else CTD at the "press start" screen?

11-27-2011, 08:55 AM

Hi there,

Like all of you, I'm pretty bummed that the dx11 and physX are buggy on release, bla bla bla

I was dealing with it by doing as many side quests as I could so that when the patch was released I'd get to do the main story as intended.

However, after 20 hours of playing, switched out with alt+tab a bunch, when later on the alt+tab crashed the game so hard I had to hard-reset.

Now every time I press start at the into screen it crashes to desktop.

Awesome.

Anyone else? Any fixes?

Regards,

niklz

11-27-2011, 09:08 AM

Perhaps I should have done a bit more searching, I found a work around for this issue:

Problem #1 Batman Arkham City Crash Fix – For Quad Core PCs
If you’re on Quad Core, try this fix to address any crash issues:
Start the game
Alt+Tab Out of the game
Open Task Manager
Right click on NFS The Run.exe
Set Affinity
Select core 0 and 1 only. You need to run the game on two CPU’s basically, so to avoid the crash to desktop.

If you get CTD with a quad core, definitely try this out.

Found here, lots more bug fixes there:

http://[color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color]/fixing-batman-...reen-no-sound/

Ricky Nihil · 11-27-2011, 09:54 AM

I've had crashes when it checks for DLC. I think it happens when you hammer the the button to get through the screens quckly. Wait for Batman to do his little gargoyle animation and all his textures to load properly, then press start. Or it might be a coincidence.

chimpdaddy · 11-27-2011, 10:12 AM

I was playing batman fine on friday night and last night and tonight i started to get the CTD once i got to the start screen,

although i have noticed that when I normally start the game the Batman screen shows in the middle of the monitor as the game is about to load which is normal.

However in the bottom left another very small Batman app is loading, unless i click on that i get a CTD,

blazur · 11-27-2011, 10:14 AM

It happens occasionally for me when it's checking for downloading content. I'd say it happens about 15% of the time.

Lemonosity · 11-27-2011, 06:18 PM

I CTD at the checking for DLC part, too.

Scrumtralescent · 11-27-2011, 07:25 PM

This may not work everybody, but I've found that I always crash to desktop when I have the steam window open. Closing/minimizing it stops the crashing.

AudioCG · 11-27-2011, 08:08 PM

The only time I have crashed at the "checking for DLC" screen is when I have hit start BEFORE Live has signed in, it has only happened twice, and never if I let "AudioCG has signed in" pop up first, like 1 second after the screen pops up.

My guess is the layers of DRM need to all load first.

Hocevar · 11-27-2011, 08:45 PM

I'm getting those crashes too after I had to uninstall and reinstall it

akdadevil · 11-28-2011, 12:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AudioCG

The only time I have crashed at the "checking for DLC" screen is when I have hit start BEFORE Live has signed in, it has only happened twice, and never if I let "AudioCG has signed in" pop up first, like 1 second after the screen pops up.

Yeah, I made this observation, too. If you try to get through to the Profile Selection quickly, just smashing your keyboard, the game will crash. If you wait for GfWL to finish loading, the problem does not persist...

ShadowolfIncubi · 11-28-2011, 01:58 AM

I've had these crashes about 50% of the time... I thought it might have to do with GfWL while checking for DLC or something, I dunno.
I'd resolve them by completely restarting my PC, which was very annoying. Right now, I'm just not even playing it at all, that and all the stuttering is just too unplayable to me.
I'll give that a shot later today though, thanks.

MrUnderstanding · 11-28-2011, 02:46 AM

The first time I launch the game, it'll quit. The second time it works.

I'm prepared to blame GFWL.

Alienware Gamer · 11-28-2011, 03:21 AM

It has not been tested properly with more than 2 CPU cores so any CPU with more than 2 Cores will need to be set in the task manager affinity for the exe to 2 only. I tried more but it always crashes. 2 is more stable but does still crash just not as much.

QA 0/10
Game=10/10
Publisher profit=10/10

Devnant · 11-28-2011, 06:04 AM

After patch 11.11b (AMD) I can run the game with all cores enabled. But I have to wait about 15s at the "press start screen" to avoid CTD.

Hocevar · 11-28-2011, 08:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrUnderstanding

The first time I launch the game, it'll quit. The second time it works.

I'm prepared to blame GFWL.

Same thing that was happening here before I uninstalled/reinstalled it

11-27-2011, 10:12 AM	#4
chimpdaddy Join Date: May 2011 Reputation: 8 Posts: 59	I was playing batman fine on friday night and last night and tonight i started to get the CTD once i got to the start screen, although i have noticed that when I normally start the game the Batman screen shows in the middle of the monitor as the game is about to load which is normal. However in the bottom left another very small Batman app is loading, unless i click on that i get a CTD, Last edited by chimpdaddy: 11-27-2011 at 10:13 AM. Reason: missed word

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11-27-2011, 08:55 AM	#1
niklz Guest Posts: n/a	Anyone else CTD at the "press start" screen? Hi there, Like all of you, I'm pretty bummed that the dx11 and physX are buggy on release, bla bla bla I was dealing with it by doing as many side quests as I could so that when the patch was released I'd get to do the main story as intended. However, after 20 hours of playing, switched out with alt+tab a bunch, when later on the alt+tab crashed the game so hard I had to hard-reset. Now every time I press start at the into screen it crashes to desktop. Awesome. Anyone else? Any fixes? Regards, niklz

11-27-2011, 09:08 AM	#2
niklz Guest Posts: n/a	Perhaps I should have done a bit more searching, I found a work around for this issue: Problem #1 Batman Arkham City Crash Fix – For Quad Core PCs If you’re on Quad Core, try this fix to address any crash issues: Start the game Alt+Tab Out of the game Open Task Manager Right click on NFS The Run.exe Set Affinity Select core 0 and 1 only. You need to run the game on two CPU’s basically, so to avoid the crash to desktop. If you get CTD with a quad core, definitely try this out. Found here, lots more bug fixes there: http://[color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color]/fixing-batman-...reen-no-sound/

11-27-2011, 09:54 AM	#3
Ricky Nihil Join Date: Aug 2009 Reputation: 43 Posts: 117	I've had crashes when it checks for DLC. I think it happens when you hammer the the button to get through the screens quckly. Wait for Batman to do his little gargoyle animation and all his textures to load properly, then press start. Or it might be a coincidence.

11-27-2011, 10:14 AM	#5
blazur Join Date: Oct 2007 Reputation: 175 Posts: 3,702	It happens occasionally for me when it's checking for downloading content. I'd say it happens about 15% of the time.

11-27-2011, 06:18 PM	#6
Lemonosity Join Date: Nov 2008 Reputation: 36 Posts: 819	I CTD at the checking for DLC part, too.

11-27-2011, 07:25 PM	#7
Scrumtralescent Join Date: Jan 2011 Reputation: 6 Posts: 36	This may not work everybody, but I've found that I always crash to desktop when I have the steam window open. Closing/minimizing it stops the crashing.

11-27-2011, 08:08 PM	#8
AudioCG Join Date: Dec 2010 Reputation: 155 Posts: 898	The only time I have crashed at the "checking for DLC" screen is when I have hit start BEFORE Live has signed in, it has only happened twice, and never if I let "AudioCG has signed in" pop up first, like 1 second after the screen pops up. My guess is the layers of DRM need to all load first.

11-27-2011, 08:45 PM	#9
Hocevar Join Date: Oct 2009 Reputation: 61 Posts: 360	I'm getting those crashes too after I had to uninstall and reinstall it

11-28-2011, 01:58 AM	#11
ShadowolfIncubi Join Date: Jun 2011 Reputation: 2 Posts: 38	I've had these crashes about 50% of the time... I thought it might have to do with GfWL while checking for DLC or something, I dunno. I'd resolve them by completely restarting my PC, which was very annoying. Right now, I'm just not even playing it at all, that and all the stuttering is just too unplayable to me. I'll give that a shot later today though, thanks.

11-28-2011, 02:46 AM	#12
MrUnderstanding Join Date: May 2010 Reputation: 149 Posts: 967	The first time I launch the game, it'll quit. The second time it works. I'm prepared to blame GFWL.

11-28-2011, 03:21 AM	#13
Alienware Gamer Join Date: Mar 2009 Reputation: 240 Posts: 1,436	It has not been tested properly with more than 2 CPU cores so any CPU with more than 2 Cores will need to be set in the task manager affinity for the exe to 2 only. I tried more but it always crashes. 2 is more stable but does still crash just not as much. QA 0/10 Game=10/10 Publisher profit=10/10

11-28-2011, 06:04 AM	#14
Devnant Join Date: Nov 2010 Reputation: 15 Posts: 110	After patch 11.11b (AMD) I can run the game with all cores enabled. But I have to wait about 15s at the "press start screen" to avoid CTD.