A20 Game not launching windows 11

[Knaar]

Hello

I've just got a new gaming laptop (Lenovo Legion 5) and im trying to play the game but every time i try to launch the game, it just crash after a few seconds.

My older computer is able to load the game just fine and one major difference is this new laptop came with windows 11. After trying multiple things im running out of ideas on what to do, so maybe someone can help? 

The log of the last crash :

Mono path[0] = 'C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/7daystodie_Data/Managed'
Mono config path = 'C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/MonoBleedingEdge/etc'
Initialize engine version: 2020.3.14f1 (d0d1bb862f9d)
[Subsystems] Discovering subsystems at path C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/7daystodie_Data/UnitySubsystems
Forcing GfxDevice: Direct3D 11
GfxDevice: creating device client; threaded=1
Direct3D:
    Version:  Direct3D 11.0 [level 11.1]
    Renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU (ID=0x2560)
    Vendor:   
    VRAM:     6023 MB
    Driver:   30.0.14.9729
Begin MonoManager ReloadAssembly
- Completed reload, in  0.221 seconds
D3D11 device created for Microsoft Media Foundation video decoding.
<RI> Initializing input.
<RI> Input initialized.
<RI> Initialized touch support.
UnloadTime: 0.798500 ms
2021-12-30T19:38:09 0.015 INF [Platform] Init
2021-12-30T19:38:09 0.052 INF [Platform] Using native platform: Steam
2021-12-30T19:38:09 0.054 INF [Platform] Using cross platform: EOS
2021-12-30T19:38:09 0.054 INF [Platform] Using server platform: Steam
2021-12-30T19:38:09 0.054 INF [Platform] Initializing Steam
2021-12-30T19:38:09 0.057 INF Starting PlayerInputManager...
Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/7daystodie_Data/Mono/XInputInterface32
Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/7daystodie_Data/Mono/XInputInterface32.dll
Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/7daystodie_Data/Mono/XInputInterface32
Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/7daystodie_Data/Mono/libXInputInterface32
Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/7daystodie_Data/Mono/libXInputInterface32.dll
Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/7daystodie_Data/Mono/libXInputInterface32
2021-12-30T19:38:09 0.232 INF InControl (version 1.8.2 build 9357, native module = False, XInput = True)
2021-12-30T19:38:10 0.791 INF [Steamworks.NET] SteamAPI_Init() ok
2021-12-30T19:38:10 0.799 INF Not running in Big Picture Mode, no on-screen keyboard available
2021-12-30T19:38:10 0.799 INF [Platform] Initializing EOS
Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/7daystodie_Data/Mono/EOSSDK-Win64-Shipping
Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/7daystodie_Data/Mono/EOSSDK-Win64-Shipping.dll
Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/7daystodie_Data/Mono/EOSSDK-Win64-Shipping
Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/7daystodie_Data/Mono/libEOSSDK-Win64-Shipping
Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/7daystodie_Data/Mono/libEOSSDK-Win64-Shipping.dll
Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/7daystodie_Data/Mono/libEOSSDK-Win64-Shipping
Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/7daystodie_Data/Mono/EOSSDK-Win64-Shipping
Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/7daystodie_Data/Mono/EOSSDK-Win64-Shipping.dll
Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/7daystodie_Data/Mono/EOSSDK-Win64-Shipping
Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/7daystodie_Data/Mono/libEOSSDK-Win64-Shipping
Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/7daystodie_Data/Mono/libEOSSDK-Win64-Shipping.dll
Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/7daystodie_Data/Mono/libEOSSDK-Win64-Shipping
Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/7daystodie_Data/Mono/EOSSDK-Win64-Shipping
Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/7daystodie_Data/Mono/EOSSDK-Win64-Shipping.dll
Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/7daystodie_Data/Mono/EOSSDK-Win64-Shipping
Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/7daystodie_Data/Mono/libEOSSDK-Win64-Shipping
Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/7daystodie_Data/Mono/libEOSSDK-Win64-Shipping.dll
Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/7daystodie_Data/Mono/libEOSSDK-Win64-Shipping
2021-12-30T19:38:10 1.075 ERR [EOS] Native library or one of its dependencies not found (e.g. no Microsoft Visual C Redistributables 2022)
2021-12-30T19:38:10 1.081 EXC EOSSDK-Win64-Shipping
  at (wrapper managed-to-native) Epic.OnlineServices.Bindings.EOS_Initialize(intptr)
  at Epic.OnlineServices.Platform.PlatformInterface.Initialize (Epic.OnlineServices.Platform.InitializeOptions options) [0x0000f] in <adacb3ffc498411a8786957ead791205>:0 
  at Platform.EOS.Api.CreatePlatformInterface (Platform.EOS.EosCreds _creds, System.Boolean _serverMode) [0x0001f] in <2ba1bc1bbbe64fe49f53fe5235fb7038>:0 
UnityEngine.StackTraceUtility:ExtractStringFromException(Object)
Log:Exception(Exception)
Platform.EOS.Api:CreatePlatformInterface(EosCreds, Boolean)
Platform.EOS.Api:InitClientApis()
Platform.EOS.Api:Init(IPlatform)
Platform.AbsPlatform:Init()
Platform.PlatformManager:Init()
SplashScreenScript:Awake()

2021-12-30T19:38:10 1.081 INF [EOS] Initialize: NotFound
Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/7daystodie_Data/Mono/EOSSDK-Win64-Shipping
Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/7daystodie_Data/Mono/EOSSDK-Win64-Shipping.dll
Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/7daystodie_Data/Mono/EOSSDK-Win64-Shipping
Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/7daystodie_Data/Mono/libEOSSDK-Win64-Shipping
Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/7daystodie_Data/Mono/libEOSSDK-Win64-Shipping.dll
Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/7daystodie_Data/Mono/libEOSSDK-Win64-Shipping
2021-12-30T19:38:10 1.116 ERR Error while initializing platform code, shutting down.
2021-12-30T19:38:10 1.117 EXC EOSSDK-Win64-Shipping
  at (wrapper managed-to-native) Epic.OnlineServices.Bindings.EOS_Logging_SetLogLevel(Epic.OnlineServices.Logging.LogCategory,Epic.OnlineServices.Logging.LogLevel)
  at Epic.OnlineServices.Logging.LoggingInterface.SetLogLevel (Epic.OnlineServices.Logging.LogCategory logCategory, Epic.OnlineServices.Logging.LogLevel logLevel) [0x00000] in <adacb3ffc498411a8786957ead791205>:0 
  at Platform.EOS.Api.CreatePlatformInterface (Platform.EOS.EosCreds _creds, System.Boolean _serverMode) [0x0008a] in <2ba1bc1bbbe64fe49f53fe5235fb7038>:0 
  at Platform.EOS.Api.InitClientApis () [0x0000a] in <2ba1bc1bbbe64fe49f53fe5235fb7038>:0 
  at Platform.EOS.Api.Init (Platform.IPlatform _owner) [0x00007] in <2ba1bc1bbbe64fe49f53fe5235fb7038>:0 
  at Platform.AbsPlatform.Init () [0x00045] in <2ba1bc1bbbe64fe49f53fe5235fb7038>:0 
  at Platform.PlatformManager.Init () [0x000c7] in <2ba1bc1bbbe64fe49f53fe5235fb7038>:0 
UnityEngine.StackTraceUtility:ExtractStringFromException(Object)
Log:Exception(Exception)
Platform.PlatformManager:Init()
SplashScreenScript:Awake()

2021-12-30T19:38:10 1.231 INF Localization language: english
2021-12-30T19:38:10 1.251 INF Texture quality is set to 1
2021-12-30T19:38:10 1.252 INF Precaching...
2021-12-30T19:38:10 1.252 INF Precaching file: 7DaysToDie_Data/resources.assets
2021-12-30T19:38:10 1.347 INF [EAC] Initializing ...
2021-12-30T19:38:10 1.350 INF [EAC] Initialized :: Easy Anti-Cheat successfully initialized
Setting up 8 worker threads for Enlighten.
  Thread -> id: 3b30 -> priority: 1 
  Thread -> id: 12ac -> priority: 1 
  Thread -> id: 3530 -> priority: 1 
  Thread -> id: 3ff4 -> priority: 1 
  Thread -> id: 3a14 -> priority: 1 
  Thread -> id: 1c20 -> priority: 1 
  Thread -> id: 2c28 -> priority: 1 
  Thread -> id: 1024 -> priority: 1 
 

Now, i do see there is multiple missing files (steam scan is saying everything is fine)

After some online research, they belong to DirectX11 and Microsoft Visual C 2022. Obviously i went online to download them, just in case they had an issue. That did not solve it.
Deleted and redownloaded the game did not help.

Manually launching the game with either .exe in the folder is giving the same result.

Changing DirectX to Vulkan and to the other is giving the same result
 

Here's the fun detail : when i go and change the game to Alpha 19.6, the game works just fine. I change it back to Alpha 20 and nop, just crash.

Is there something obvious im missing?

thanks for the help!

 

[SylenThunder]

2021-12-30T19:38:10 1.075 ERR [EOS] Native library or one of its dependencies not found (e.g. no Microsoft Visual C Redistributables 2022)

Right here is the issue.

A20 needs Microsoft Visual C Redistributables 2022 to run.

 

[Knaar]

Yeah i did see that line and i downloaded said version from microsoft website, twice, installed twice (you know, just to be sure  ) and it did nothing.

But im now back a few hours later to say i fixed the problem in another way!

I got rid of windows 11 and did a clean install of windows 10. Works perfectly fine now!

(not very helpfull solution i know... Win11 is just so bad on aesthetic and utility, i couldnt do it)

 

[BFT2020]

Yes, it looks like clean installs of Windows 11 from OEMs come with something called virtualization based security on default and gaming systems were seeing as much as 30% drop in performance in some cases.  If you upgrade to Win11 from Win10, that feature is disabled by default.