Stuck on loading screen.

[ParadiseLostUK]

To be fair, I stopped using Avast AV as it was always causing issues and finding false positives in multiple programs - not to mention it was a massive resource hog. I switched AV software and haven't had a problem since.

 

[Paradoxo44]

To be fair, I stopped using Avast AV as it was always causing issues and finding false positives in multiple programs - not to mention it was a massive resource hog. I switched AV software and haven't had a problem since.

Been using it for many years and never had any issue, so my experience is very different.

However, the thread is not about everyone's favorite AV.

Also the loading screen issue, which the thread is all about, isn't particular to some software but a more complicated underlying issue, so we are posting our findings to help the devs troubleshoot.

 

[ParadiseLostUK]

Been using it for many years and never had any issue, so my experience is very different.

However, the thread is not about everyone's favorite AV.

Also the loading screen issue, which the thread is all about, isn't particular to some software but a more complicated underlying issue, so we are posting our findings to help the devs troubleshoot.

Well, clearly you are having a problem with it now, I just thought I'd share my experience with that particular piece of software which was not fit for purpose in my opinion. It's no skin off my nose if you want to keep using it. Good luck with that.

 

[Paradoxo44]

Well, clearly you are having a problem with it now, I just thought I'd share my experience with that particular piece of software which was not fit for purpose in my opinion. It's no skin off my nose if you want to keep using it. Good luck with that.

Cool, but you seem to persistently ignore the fact that people have the title screen issue whether or not they are using that AV.

 

[Darkrider]

OK so this thread seems to have lost my response to

Hey taking a look at your event viewer log (lots to pour over still), I see Nvidia overlay failing for some reason. I see others like iCue.

Try disabling any overlays including Nvidia as well as completely exiting things like iCue; in fact, close everything not needed to be ran like that and give it a try.

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There's also "GalaxyClient Helper.exe" causing failures, though that's GoG's software, try disabling that too

which I posted Saturday so:

So, I've re-enabled Easy Anti-Cheat and the shut down the following:

NVidia Overlay and App

iCue

GoG

Nero BackItUp

Spotify

Asus Essence STX II Audio Centre



Still no joy



So I then tried disabling Norton 360...



And.....



Wait for it...



Still no joy.....



Any other ideas?

 

[Darkrider]

Still stuck, is nobody looking at this issue anymore?

 

[willrune]

This has been happening to me since 2.4 went stable, but I have a twist and a work around.

Trying to load the game through steam, I get a crash.

Sometimes the freeze would crash out, often with a message like this, but sometimes different.



I tried what was documented here:

How to fix - Untrusted system file (\\?GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolume8\Windows\System32\uxtheme.dll) - Microsoft Q&A

I have this problem when I try to launch Fortnite, no other games tho...and before that error, I also get dsound.dll error

learn.microsoft.com

sfc /scannow

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

with no luck.

So what is the twist?

I can still play the game and connect to an EAC server if I navigate to the files (possibly: "C:\Programs x86\Steam\steamapps\common\7 Days To Die")

If I click on "7DaysToDie_EAC.exe" or "7dLauncher.exe" to launch the game, I am able to play. "7DaysToDie.exe" will work if you aren't connecting to an EAC server.

Maybe something is wrong with how steam launches the game?

 

[willrune]

Upgraded from Windows 10 to Windows 11 (and all the driver updates that come with it).

Problem disappeared.