Fix Company of Heroes 3 Not Launching (Splash screen), Crashing, Freezing & Black Screen On PC
Fix Like a Company of Heroes 3 crash to desktop (CTD),crash on startup, freeze & Black Screen on PC
Step 1) Restart your PC
Step 2) Allow the game exe file to your antivirus program/Windows Security and Firewall
Step 3) Don't use Alt + Tab or Alt + Enter
Step 4) Try -dx11 or -d3d11 in launch options
Step 5) Delete the save game files (This will result in loss of game progress)
Step 6) Run the game as an administrator from the game installation folder
Step 7) Do a clean installation of graphics driver
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/drivers/
https://www.amd.com/en/support
Step 8) Roll back graphics driver
Step 9) Verify the game files
Step 10) Disable Steam Overlay, close all the overlay apps (Discord, GeForce Experience, Nvidia shadow play overlay, AMD overlay), close all the overclocking application, perform clean boot
Step 11) Run the game on dedicated graphics card
Step 12) Increase the Virtual Memory:
View Advanced system settings
Initial Size: 1.5 x Total Ram
Maximum Size: 3 X Total Ram
Step 13) Install Visual C++ Files https://docs.microsoft.com/en-US/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-160
Step 14) Update your Windows
Step 15) Disconnect multiple monitors, unplug all the USB devices, Logitech wheel, joystick, Razer Tartarus gamepad, vjoy, turn off Razer Synapse (razor lighting effects) and MSI Dragon Center, corsair software, end nahimic services & lightingservice.exe in task manager, remove the undervolt
Step 16) Update System BIOS
Step 17) Try Windowed mode and lower down graphics settings
Step 18) Uninstall and reinstall the game to the different drive (Try SSD first)