Hellish Quart is the new 3D fencing or sword fighting game that’s available on Steam on early Access. The developers have done a great job trying to bring something new to an overmilked genre with their physics based fighting and moves. The game looks like a real fight from the 17th Century, but some players are unable to experience the fun. Their experience is hindered by the Hellish Quart crash at startup, won’t launch, and not starting bug. At this time, we do not know of any known bugs that can cause such problems with the game, which suggests the issue might be local. Keep scrolling and we will help you resolve the issue.
Fix Hellish Quart Crash at Startup, Won’t Launch, and Not Starting
Problem like crash and startup and not launching can have several causes. Hence, it’s difficult to pinpoint one solution. There are a range of solutions you must try to root out the issue.
Play the game in Windowed Mode
One of the main reasons you could be having Hellish Quart crash at startup, won’t launch, and not starting issue is when the resolution of the game does not match your screens supported resolution. Either ensure that the game’s resolution is the same as the monitor’s or try to play the game in Windowed mode. Here is how to force the game to start in Windowed mode using the Steam Command Line. Follow the below steps.
- Launch the Steam client
- Go to Libraries and locate Nioh 2: The Complete Edition. Right-click on the game and select Properties
- Click on the General tab and click on SET LAUNCH OPTIONS
- In the field type or paste -windowed –noborder
- Press Ok and exit
Usually this is the cause of most crashing at startup problems with games. However, if the problem still occurs, you can try the other solutions.
Update the GPU Driver or Sound Card Driver
If the GPU drivers are outdated or corrupt, it can lead to Hellish Quart crash at startup and crash to desktop. But, we often fail to pay attention to sound card drivers. If you have installed an external or internal sound card that requires additional drivers besides the ones installed with Windows update, you will have to update the sound card drivers as well. Both NVidia and AMD regularly release driver update to provide day-one support for games. Check the respective GPU manufacturer’s website for a recent driver update. For NVidia users, if the game crashes on Game Ready Driver, try the Studio Drivers.
Play the game in a clean boot environment
Often games crash due to third-party software either interfering with the game’s process or consuming too many resources on the system. We will start the system in a clean boot environment with only the essential components to run the OS. Here are the steps you can follow:
- Press Windows Key + R and type msconfig, hit Enter
- Go to the Services tab
- Check Hide all Microsoft services
- Now, click Disable all
- Go to the Startup tab and click on Open Task Manager
- Disable one task at a time and restart the system.
Once the PC boots up again, launch the game and check if the crashing problem still occurs. If it does, proceed to the next solution.
Update or reinstall DirectX files
Another reason Hellish Quart crashes on startup or is not launching is the corruption of the DirectX installation. If there is a problem with DirectX, the game won’t launch and as soon as you try to launch it, the game will crash. To fix the issue, you need to update the DirectX to the most recent version. Follow the link to download the latest DirectX.
Disable overclocking or turbo boosting
If you are using third-party software like MSI Afterburner to overclock the CPU or GPU, it will be disabled when we launched the game after a clean boot, but certain overclocking or turbo boosting features need to be disabled from the BIOS. Ensure that the game runs without overclocking as it can cause the Hellish Quart crashing at startup.
Go to the computers BIOS settings and disable the ‘Intel Turbo Booster’ if you have it enabled. To prevent the game from crashing, you should reset the CPU and GPU to chipset manufacturer specifications.
Verify and repair game files
When the game files are corrupt, the game will crash, either at startup or mid-game. Steam has a feature that can repair corrupt game files. It’s quicker than reinstalling the entire game. Here are the steps you can follow.
Launch the Steam Client > go to Library > right-click Hellish Quart > Properties > Go to Local Files > click on Verify Integrity of Game Files
Wait for the process to complete and check if Hellish Quart crashes at startup, won’t launch, not starting issues still occurs.
Disable Steam Overlay
If the game crashes right after the intro video, the cause of the problem can be the Steam Overlay. This feature has been known to act up with some games. You can resolve the error by disabling the Steam Overlay. Launch Steam client. Click on Library and right-click on Hellish Quart. Select Properties and uncheck Enable the Steam Overlay while in-game.
Reboot Steam and check if the in-game crash or Hellish Quart crash at startup still occurs. If the problem still persists, disable the GeForce Experience and Discord Overlay.
Reinstall C++ Visual Redistributable
Follow the link to download the files
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40784
https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=48145
Download both the vcredist_x64.exe and vcredist_x86.exe versions for both. Once you have downloaded the 2013 and 2015 versions, install all four files.
That’s all we have in this guide, we hope that the Hellish Quart crash at startup, won’t launch, not loading issues are resolved. We will update the post when we know about specific settings or devices that are vulnerable to the problem. Meanwhile, you can let us know of other solutions or your problems in the comments.