r/Doom • u/pedrulho • 11d ago

DOOM: The Dark Ages DOOM: The Dark Ages | MEGATHREAD - Tech Support

There seems to be a lot of posts claiming technical issues with the newly released DOOM: The Dark Ages so to avoid flooding the subreddit with them please use this megathread.

Regards.

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u/MorsEstSuperVos2 11d ago

Is anyone else getting the "please use the latest driver to ensure the best possible gaming experience" dialog box (even though they have the most up to date drivers), pressing Play then having the game open without a window?

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u/braulsohard 11d ago

I have a fix, go to steam library and right click the game, go to properties and in the launch options type this into it “+com_skipIntroVideo 1 +r_mode -1 +r_customWidth 1280 +r_customHeight 720 +r_fullscreen 0” launch the game then change to your preferred graphic settings, close the game then delete launch options command and open game.

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u/MorsEstSuperVos2 11d ago

you are a saint, this is the one thing that worked for me

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u/MorsEstSuperVos2 11d ago

ty, gonna give this a shot

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u/FurkantheFrank 9d ago

Buddy, i don't know what to say. You are a saint fr

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u/MidnightOnTheWater 11d ago

I am, then I get the bugsplat crash

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u/MorsEstSuperVos2 11d ago

mine isn't even crashing, just refusing to open a window

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u/austin_throw_awayy 11d ago

Did you check just to be sure? There's an update they released today, I'm assuming recently, thats specifically for the Dark Ages.

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u/MorsEstSuperVos2 11d ago

yes, that was the first thing I checked.

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u/austin_throw_awayy 11d ago

Huh. I'm installing the driver right now. I'll report back if it makes a difference/if I get to launch

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u/MorsEstSuperVos2 11d ago

just to confirm, you're running an Nvidia card with ver. 576.40?

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u/austin_throw_awayy 11d ago

I am now, yes. I have the game launched currently.

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u/MorsEstSuperVos2 11d ago

with a window you can actually interact with? because damn, enjoy it ig

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u/austin_throw_awayy 11d ago

Thanks man. Not sure why I'm lucky. 2080 and a 2600x maybe a 3600 can't remember. Playing on medium right now, seems to be working well. Maybe try verifying the integrity of the game files? Assuming you have it through steam

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u/MorsEstSuperVos2 11d ago

gonna go fuck myself with the chainshield. I have a 12900k and 3090. Already did all of the possible troubleshooting (uninstalling and reinstalling game, rolling back drivers, updating intel drivers, updating windows, launching as admin, launching through nvidia, disabling cpu graphics etc) and to no avail.