The game Won't start | Windrose | Page 1

dawn rose Apr 19, 2026, 8:50 AM

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When I start the game, crashes inmediatly.

I try reinstalling, rebooting the PC, and repairing the Files.

Graphic Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Controller:    32.0.15.9621
Date of the controller:    13/04/2026
DirectX Version:    12 (FL 12.2)

CPU: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-12900K
Memory: 64,0 GB

dawn rose Apr 19, 2026, 12:17 PM

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It also crashes form Epic Store

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gray nest Apr 19, 2026, 12:22 PM

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Hey! Thanks for the report, it seems to be a problem with Steam cloud corrupting saves.
It can be fixed by disabling steam cloud and removing you "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\X1\R5\Saved\SaveProfiles" folder, but it will make you lose progress.

To try to save progress, we have only two solutions that aren't guaranteed, but helped in some cases.

Solution 1

Close the game, turn off steam cloud saves in game setting on the games page in your steam library.
Go to
C:\Users\YOUR USERNAME\AppData\Local\R5\Saved
Make a backup of this folder just in case, then delete it.
Launch the game - it should ask you to create the new character. Do it.
Close the game and enable steam cloud saves back.
When Steam finds a conflict in save files, choose the Steam Cloud version.

Soltion 2

Disable steam cloud saves
Go to %Localappdata%\Local\R5\Saved\SaveProfiles(profile-id-numbers)\RocksDB\0.10.0\Accounts(account-id-numbers)\CURRENT
Open with any text editor (notepad), it will contain text like MANIFEST-000005
In same folder look for file called MANIFEST-XXXXXX
If file name is not the same as from CURRENT step 3 - rename it to match step 3.

People report this solutions working for them, but we can't be sure they'll help you.

dawn rose Apr 19, 2026, 12:23 PM

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I never play the game

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I dont have the folder "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\X1\R5\Saved\SaveProfiles"

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I delted "C:\Users\manue\AppData\Local\R5\Saved\SaveProfiles\76561198889284231", and "C:\Users\manue\AppData\Local\R5\Saved\SaveProfiles" and nothing changes

loud tartan Apr 19, 2026, 12:30 PM

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dawn rose I dont have the folder "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\X1\R5\Save...

Not the correct folder, so again:
%LOCALAPPDATA%

You can paste it in your File Explorer like so

dawn rose Apr 19, 2026, 12:32 PM

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Also the folder "%Localappdata%\Local\R5\Saved\SaveProfiles(profile-id-numbers)\RocksDB\0.10.0\Accounts(account-id-numbers)\CURRENT" does not exits

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loud tartan Apr 19, 2026, 12:38 PM

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Did it create Logs directory in %LOCALAPPDATA%\R5\Saved\Logs
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dawn rose Apr 19, 2026, 12:39 PM

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No its doesn't

loud tartan Apr 19, 2026, 12:40 PM

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Go to your game's installation directory, in .\R5\Binaries\Win64
Launch the Windrose Shipping executable directly.
Are there any error message popups ?

dawn rose Apr 19, 2026, 12:41 PM

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No, no messages appears

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I'm launching this executable

loud tartan Apr 19, 2026, 12:42 PM

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Not that one, again please pay attention to the file paths :3

dawn rose Apr 19, 2026, 12:42 PM

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Oh, excuse me. Also no messages appears.

pale notch Apr 20, 2026, 1:04 AM

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Thanks for the report. If the game crashes even before it starts any logging its a PC/hardware related issue.
Update your graphics card driver
Make sure to reset the driver settings to default
Make sure you don't have any "performance increasing" software running.

haughty bear Apr 20, 2026, 7:30 AM

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pale notch Thanks for the report. If the game crashes even before it starts any logging its...

please solve this problem as many people have it.

haughty bear Apr 20, 2026, 7:40 AM

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loud tartan - Go to your game's installation directory, in .\R5\Binaries\Win64 - Launch the ...

I also run it directly and not any messages.

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Y:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Windrose\R5\Binaries\Win64

haughty bear Apr 20, 2026, 7:42 AM

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loud tartan - Go to your game's installation directory, in .\R5\Binaries\Win64 - Launch the ...

exactly the same problem and there are no logs either

loud tartan Apr 20, 2026, 7:42 AM

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haughty bear exactly the same problem and there are no logs either

Could you share your dxdiag report ?

haughty bear Apr 20, 2026, 7:43 AM

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loud tartan Could you share your dxdiag report ?

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📎 DxDiag.txt

loud tartan Apr 20, 2026, 7:44 AM

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haughty bear

Your issue is probably different since :

Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Gold G5420 CPU @ 3.80GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.8GHz
This is below minimum hardware requirements, missing AVX instruction set.

haughty bear Apr 20, 2026, 7:45 AM

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loud tartan Your issue is probably different since : > Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Gold G...

and there are no launch options at all?

loud tartan Apr 20, 2026, 7:46 AM

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Nope

haughty bear Apr 20, 2026, 7:47 AM

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and how do you know what percentages support AVX

dawn rose Apr 20, 2026, 7:47 AM

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Hello, I tried to debug the exe and the debugger says that vpxor is a illegal instruction

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haughty bear Apr 20, 2026, 7:48 AM

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can they do something with the update that doesn't have to be AVX?

loud tartan Apr 20, 2026, 7:48 AM

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haughty bear and how do you know what percentages support AVX

I know desktop CPUs pretty much by heart at this point.

You can check on ark.intel.com or on TechPowerUp CPU database for your specific CPU and see for yourself, there won't be AVX nor AVX2.

loud tartan Apr 20, 2026, 7:48 AM

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haughty bear can they do something with the update that doesn't have to be AVX?

The game was already updated from requiring AVX2 to AVX(1), so who knows.

haughty bear Apr 20, 2026, 7:49 AM

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6600k будет работать

loud tartan Apr 20, 2026, 7:49 AM

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dawn rose

Did you somehow disable AVX on your specific CPU ?
I heard anecdotally that it can be enabled/disabled on some BIOSes ?

vpxOR is an AVX instruction.

haughty bear Apr 20, 2026, 7:50 AM

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6600к

loud tartan Apr 20, 2026, 7:51 AM

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haughty bear 6600к

Intel Core i5-6600K ? Yes.

dawn rose Apr 20, 2026, 7:51 AM

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Oh, I didnt touch the bios settings, but maybe the problem. I will check and tell you. Thanks

haughty bear Apr 20, 2026, 7:52 AM

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loud tartan Intel Core i5-6600K ? Yes.

and judging by the website, the percentage supports Intel(R) Pentium(R) Gold G5420

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loud tartan Apr 20, 2026, 8:00 AM

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haughty bear

That's not your CPU.

This is:
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/135456/intel-pentium-gold-g5420-processor-4m-cache-3-80-ghz/specifications.html

Instruction Set Extensions
Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel here lists highest (newest) supported instruction set, it would also list AVX/AVX2 if it would be supported.

Intel

Intel® Pentium® Gold G5420 Processor (4M Cache, 3.80 GHz) - Produ...

Intel® Pentium® Gold G5420 Processor (4M Cache, 3.80 GHz) quick reference with specifications, features, and technologies.

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Intel "Celeron" as well as Intel "Pentium" brandings are budget/low end CPUs and none of them have AVX (even the new ones), Intel does this to segment market, i.e. "if you want AVX, pay more money"

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Honestly even the G5400 doesn't support it as expected. No clue where the TechPowerUp made mistake 😮

This is present for Core i5-6600k on ark.intel.com:

Instruction Set Extensions
Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2

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One more check from cpu-world.com

loud tartan Apr 20, 2026, 8:13 AM

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dawn rose Oh, I didnt touch the bios settings, but maybe the problem. I will check and tel...

One thing, if you could also share dxdiag, as it shows the BIOS version in there.

dawn rose Apr 20, 2026, 8:14 AM

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📎 DxDiag.txt

loud tartan Apr 20, 2026, 8:22 AM

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Ohm, I can't find any BIOS version matching "H.70", which board is that exactly ?

System Model: MS-7D98
Should mean MSI PRO B760-VC WIFI, is that correct ?

dawn rose Apr 20, 2026, 8:23 AM

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B760 GAMing plus wifi (MS-7D98)

loud tartan Apr 20, 2026, 8:25 AM

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Classic MSI naming them differently on their website.

H7 is potentially outdated so maybe update BIOS ? It should also ensure your CPU runs at actual stock default settings.

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This should be the one you have. There are 6 additional BIOS revisions (excluding Beta builds) so yea.

dawn rose Apr 20, 2026, 9:01 AM

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Hello, now its working. I update the BIOS to the newest version. Thanks you.

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