Fix Starfield Not Launching, Crashing, Freezing, Stuttering & Black Screen On PC
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Step 1) Restart your PC, game can be seen on taskbar but does not open- restarting PC worked for me
Step 2) Update Windows to version 22H2 (Graphics Card Does Not Meet the Minimal Specifications Requirements)
Use Windows 11 Installation Assistant/Windows 10 Update Assistant
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
Use Media Creation Tool to Update Windows 11/10
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11
Step 3) Do a clean installation of graphics driver
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/drivers/
https://www.amd.com/en/support
Step 4) Run the game on dedicated graphics card- both steam & game pass users
Step 5) Install Visual C++ Files https://docs.microsoft.com/en-US/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-160
Step 6) (Skip this step if the game is not launching) If able to launch the game then turn off Dynamic Resolution, FSR2, upscaling, motion blur, v sync, lock the FPS at 60 in Nvidia control panel and lower down graphics settings.
Step 7) Move/Install the game to SSD (Fixed Stuttering and performance for me)
Step 8) Run the game as an administrator from the game installation folder
Game Pass user: Create desktop shortcut and launch the game as an administrator using desktop shortcut,
Steam users: Try running the game in compatibility mode
Step 9) Verify game files, Game pass users: Verify & repair the game
Step 10) Steam users: Allow the game exe file to your antivirus program/Windows Security and Firewall
Step 11) Close OneDrive/Google drive
Step 12) Delete the save game files (You will lose all the game progress)
Step 13) Disconnect Additional joystick, controllers. Unplug hotas, wheel, pedals, mouse, Razer Tartarus, disconnect all the additional USB adapter connected to PC, Disable Steam Overlay, close all the overlay apps (Discord, GeForce Experience, Nvidia shadow play overlay, AMD overlay), Close all the overclocking app such as MSI Afterburner, riva tuner etc. Turn off Razer Synapse (razor lighting effects) and MSI Dragon Center, corsair software, end nahimic services & lightingservice.exe in task manager, remove the undervolt, perform clean boot
Step 14) Try -dx11/-dx12 in launch options
Step 15) Increase the Virtual Memory:
View Advanced system settings
Initial Size: 1.5 x Total Ram
Maximum Size: 3 X Total Ram
Step 16) Update the System BIOS
Step 17) Uninstall and reinstall the game to the different drive (Try SSD first)
Game Pass Users:
Step 1) Login with same account in Xbox app and Microsoft Store app, also make sure data, time, time zone and region are correct on your computer
Step 2) Uninstall and reinstall gaming services
Get-AppxPackage *gamingservices* -allusers | remove-appxpackage -allusers
start ms-windows-store://pdp/?productid=9MWPM2CQNLHN
Install Xbox Identity provider
Xbox Identity Provider: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/xbox-identity-provider/9wzdncrd1hkw?rtc=1&activetab=pivot:overviewtab
Step 3) Start all these services
IP Helper
Xbox Live Auth Manager
Xbox Live Game Save
Xbox Live Networking Service
Gaming services
Windows Update
Microsoft install service
Step 4) Repair/Reset the game
Step 5) Delete Microsoft Store Local Cache Files
C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsStore_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Step 6) Install all the Updates in Microsoft Store
Step 7) Run wsreset command
Step 8) Repair/reset Xbox app/Store
Step 9) Run this command
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers| Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”}
Step 10) Uninstall and Reinstall the game to SSD