Fix Slime Rancher 2 Not Launching, Crashing, Unity Crash, Freezing & Black Screen On PC
Fix Slime Rancher 2 crash to desktop (CTD), fix Slime Rancher 2 crashing on startup, Fix Slime Rancher 2 freezing & black screen,Fix Slime Rancher 2 does not start
Step 1) Restart PC
Step 2) Do a clean installation of graphics card driver.
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/drivers/
https://www.amd.com/en/support
Step 3) Delete the save game file, this will result in loss of game progress
Step 4) Run the game as an administrator
Step 5) Allow game exe file to the antivirus program or Windows Security
Step 6) Put -dx11 or -dx12 in launch options
Step 7) Laptop users with dual graphics card: Run the game on dedicated graphics card.
Step 8) Install Visual C++ files
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads
Step 9) Disable Steam overlay, close all the overlay apps, Close all the overclocking apps, perform clean boot
Step 10) Update windows to the latest version
Step 11) Verify the game files, restart Steam
Step 12) Try Windowed mode, lower down graphics settings
Step 13) Disconnect multiple monitors, Disable/close Voicemeeter, 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 14) Uninstall and reinstall the game to different drive (SSD)
Xbox Game Pass Users
Step 1) Make sure Date, Time, Time Zone and Region Is Correct On your PC
Step 2) Make sure you are logged in with same account on Microsoft Store and Xbox App
Step 3) Verify and repair
Step 4) Create a desktop shortcut and launch the game as an administrator
Step 5) Uninstall & Reinstall Gaming Services
get-appxpackage Microsoft.GamingServices | remove-AppxPackage -allusers
start ms-windows-store://pdp/?productid=9MWPM2CQNLHN
Step 6) Run this powershell command
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers| Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”}
Step 7) Run the game on dedicated graphics card
Step 8) Install all the Updates in Microsoft Store
Step 9) Repair/Reset the game
Step 10) Uninstall and reinstall the game