Valorant wont launch
Hoping someone can help here.
I was playing Val yesterday with no problems, today I wanted to open and it wont launch.
I launches to the "PLAY" screen. I had to update so I clicked update and then play and nothing happened. I tried running as administrator and still nothing opens.
I ran Riot as administrator and it opened, when i click play it loads for a few seconds and then the play button screen is back again and I cant get further than that.
When I exit Vanguard my game loads but then I get the error that Vanguard needs to be installed before the game will run.
Below are the "fixes" i have tried.
- Reinstalled about 6 or more times to different folders each time
- Checked my drivers and windows updates and they all updated.
- Made sure my Secure BOOT and TPM are enabled in my BIOS
- Uninstalled Vanguard only and reinstalled
- VGC is on automatic and enabled
- Vanguard tray Notification is app is turned on
This happened to me in January and I eventually reformatted my pc. Trying to avoid that this time.
I did get an email from Riot in January with some steps to try which I did back then but not really sure if I did them right, maybe someone with more PC knowledge can hop into a call and help?
Solution:Jump to solution
the steps I did.
- Reinstalled Valorant
- Right clicked in the shortcut, went to compatibility and ticked run as administrator.
- Selected run this program in compatibility mode > windows 8...
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@Saucywan has anyone you helped today with this issue been resolved or everyone still got a problem? I see a few more chats have been opened with the same issue but none have been fixed
Yeah, I haven’t solved any of them yet
just a hopeful suggestion- whats your gpu driver? maybe the latest is causing this (i have this issue and the latest driver)
thats unfortunate 😦
so I got this issue before updating my drivers. I then updated my gpu drivers and my windows and still no success
you also got this issue yesterday?
no, today, the last time I had this issue was in Jan and I eventually reformatted my pc
riot client told you to update then you clicked on it, 1 second update, and couldnt play? thats my version of the history
yes
maybe its from this update affecting specific devices, we just have to know what we got on common, if we even do have
im running Windows 11
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 OC Edition 8GB
AMD RYZEN 7 7700 PRO
win 11
besides hardware, i dont rly know what else could affect this
yet, i dont do valorant support i dont know that many variables from this enviroment
so a mate of mine is helping me now, if nothing my brother will help tomorrow if still nothing I will reformat my pc. Ill let u know if anything helps
I GOT MINE FIXED!!!!!
??????
????????
DM ME PLS
pls i pay u money
How did you fix it please help us 😭😭
help us pls i will pay u good money
@Cursed
Solution
the steps I did.
- Reinstalled Valorant
- Right clicked in the shortcut, went to compatibility and ticked run as administrator.
- Selected run this program in compatibility mode > windows 8
- Opened Virus and threat protection > manage settings > turned off "Real-Time Protection
- Opened Virus and threat protection from the "Search" tab > Add or remove exclusions > added my riot folder
- Opened System Configuration > services > tick "Hide all Microsoft services" > disabled all > ticked steam, vgc and restarted my pc
- Opened Riot shortcut as administrator, clicked play and it opened
i did
did this work for anyone else
im boutta do it
Didn’t work for me 😕
😔
Goodluck hope it works for u lmk if it does
thx im boutta try
im in val now
gold 3 😂
you got it to work?!
lol i just started playing comp. dont judge me 😛
yes im in val now
wheres manage settings i dont have it
hmmm
You have a third-party antivirus
mine is different then
You have to do it from within your antivirus
that shit in chinese idk how 😭
Click open app
worked for @Zach too
ye
by any chance
ru chinese
No
aw
lol why have u got chinese if you dont understand it?
my parents set it up
^ who provided this to you
they know chinese but busy rn
Cant u just change the language?
idk how 😭
a friend I duo val with
Forgot to turn off antivirus
That is most likely the fix
Do u think I should reinstall val first or skip that part?
Which makes sense
Bc I just installed it like some hours ago
Also, you should re-enable the services you disabled
wont hurt to try but its prolly useless
try skipping it first? its quick when u have the steps. if it doesnt work then reinstall
@miko did it work?
Nope 😭😭 but that maybe bc I have a slightly different issue, it lets me open val but it’s stuck on the start up loading screen
And after a while it goes black or either stays like that
Please do this @miko
awww im sorry. I know my loading screen took SUPER long than normal to open but it did eventually open
How long did it take u more or less?
Okey I’ll try this now
i mean, maybe like 2 min to launch, normally takes like 10 secs
Should i undo all this first or does it not matter?
Like it’s not gonna make anything else work bad right?
If I leave it like that
Oh I waited a WHOLE hour and it still didn’t load in 😭😭😭
i mean from the time it got fixed
aint workin
D:
ok well good luck guys! I hope this helps more ppl. if not im sorry.
I can’t find the gameusersettings
Folder
I mean file sorry oops
Oh I found it
Ok
But mine doesn’t say ini
Is that ok?
Yup
tried that, nothing happened to me
any more options?
That isn’t for you
oops wth
That is for if you’re actually inside of the loading screen
sorry i got stuff mixed up
After typing it in shoukd I just close the file?
Show me the file first
Go to file then save
Ok done
Restart your computer and try the game
Still loading but I’m gonna wait like 10 mins then I’ll let u know
Hopefully it starts
Still not working 😭😭😭 what about that moving to SSD thing?
How do I do that
Do you have an SSD?
And you have more than two drives
How do I check that
😂
This is an issue with files loading off of your disk. You might have a HDD. If you do, you should defragment it or get an SSD and place Valorant on it.
Use
windows key + r than type "dfrgui" to check what type of drive you have.
Learn how to defragment:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/defragment-your-windows-10-pc-048aefac-7f1f-4632-d48a-9700c4ec702a
Solid State Drives (SSD) and Hard Disk Drives (HDD) are data storage devices. SSDs are usually much smaller, thinner, and offer more storage volume, speed, and efficiency compared to HDDs.
^^
How do I place valorant on the SSD pls help 😭😭 I know nothing about this
Press optimize
And it already is on your SSD
Then that’s not the problem?
No
Go back to the file and change the number to a three
Save it and try to open the game
This one?
Still doesn’t work
I give up
damn
OK, change it to a one
me too 😔
Save and try again
I give up IVE been trying from yesterday😭
me too...
its ggs
we cooked
I got a whole ass pc just to play valorant
And it wont even work
Bye
I didnt get it quite clearly? Could you guide me through?
@Saucywan when doing this is there anything I have to worry about with other programs if I do the 2nd to last step
Not really but if you have other problems please make a post