Total War: Warhammer 3 is a delight for strategy game fans and after a long wait we finally have the game on our hands, but some players are not having the best experience. We ourselves had the game stuck for 30 minutes when running on a GTX 1650. Fortunately, the system with the RTX card offered better performance. Nevertheless, the 1650 should be able to run the game fine as it meets the minimum requirements to play the game. If you have run into a similar situation where Total War Warhammer 3 is stuck on splash screen, copyright screen, or logo screen, there are a few things you can do to fix the problem.
Total War Warhammer 3 Stuck on Splash Screen, Copyright Screen, or Logo Screen
If this is your first time launching the game, we suggest that you remain patient. Even on the RTX card, it took us a while to load into the game. Subsequent launches of the game was much smoother and faster compared to the first time we loaded the game. It does help to have the game installed on an SSD and preferably with the OS.
It’s not just us, a lot of players have reported that waiting on the splash, copywrite, or the logo screen eventually loads the game. Some players had to wait as much as 20 minutes before they could bypass the Total War Warhammer 3 is stuck on splash screen, copyright screen, or logo screen.
You would also want to ensure that the system has free resources so the game does not get throttled. For that purpose and to ensure that problem is not caused by a third-party application, we suggest you perform clean boot. Here are the steps. It’s important that you follow the steps exactly as instructed to avoid unnecessary hassle.
- Press Windows Key + R and type msconfig, hit Enter
- Go to the Services tab
- Check Hide all Microsoft services (very imp step)
- 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 this is done, try to launch the game and with some luck you should be able to launch the game.
If the above two solutions did not help, sadly there is nothing more you can do. This is a widespread problem and quite likely an issue with the game. The current status on the issue from the devs is that they are aware of the issue, but are still investigating and there is no ETA on fix. We will keep an eye on the situation and update the post when possible.