Critical Error: Guide for fixing
Step 1:
Update windows and your graphics card drivers to the newest versions.
Step 2:
Hide ALL Microsoft processes when disabling startup programs, also make sure to recheck VGC in Run (Windows + R) to ensure everything works.
NOTE: YOU MAY HAVE ISSUES WITH FAN LIGHTING LIKE ME AND YOU MAY NEED TO UNINSTALL AND REINSTALL YOUR FAN LIGHTING ASUS ONLY SO FAR!
Step 3:
Restart your computer and launch Valorant.
Step 4:
By now, when you launch Valorant it should give you an error message of Val: -81, if it doesn't work retry all the previous steps, if it does your half way done.
Step 5:
Restart your computer once again and relaunch Valorant, if Valorant works your clear, if it doesn't proceed to step 6.
Step 6: Uninstall and Reinstall Valorant. Go into Start -> Settings -> Apps -> Locate Riot Vanguard and Valorant and Uninstall. After you successfully uninstalled it, restart your computer once again to be safe (not required but recommended).
Step 7: Open the Valorant app icon either on your desktop or in your task bar, it will ask you to download Valorant again, and it will ask for you to sign in. If for some reason you cannot download Valorant by the app icon or your taskbar, go to official Valorant website and redownload it.
Step 8: You will be asked to restart your computer by Valorant, and from there it should work!
If this doesnt help, reach out Riot support for more troubleshooting steps.
If nothing helps then do this:
Open Valorant, then close it after it crashes. Now go to Event viewer:
Win + R
Search for eventvwr
Go to Windows Logs -> Application
now check for the latest errors
Faulting application path: bad_module_info
Faulting module path: mdnsNSP. dll
Now find this file using file explorer. I found it in Both Program File and Program file x86 under Audinate. mdnsNSP. dll was used by Dante Discovery in my case.
I went to Task Manager -> Services -> then I stopped Dante Discovery
Went to Control Panel -> Uninstall Programs -> then uninstalled Dante Discovery
54 Replies
So knowledgeable
Your problem could be different than mine, so reach out. Ill see what I can do about it
do u have a list of the windows start ups
wdym
do u use win11 or win10
latest application logs are on top
you can scroll down a lil to find the error logs
you also can do ctrl + F search for "valorant"
still not working
what did u do
win 11
Windows Report
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here u go
@Uchiha Madara
Alexsucks what again?
Check other errors as well
Also check if this dll file is not something critical or part of OS. If it's safe to delete then get rid of it
At first I was like what the hell are u talking about but then I saw it💀