Game Does not even start on Steam

[Simmie]

No matter what I try the game doesn't even give me the barest hint that it starts. I've tried everything from making sure my drivers are fully updated, resetting my pc, uninstalling and reinstalling the game, reinstalling steam, resetting my windows, deleting specific files, verifying the integrity of the games files, running the game as administrator, and even running it through the 32.bat and the 64.bat files. I dont understand the issue, but everytime I press 'Play' it runs for a couple seconds(without any pop up or indication that the game is going to start) and then it stops running.

 

This is the batch of error codes I get when running it through the Alternate Launch Option:

 

 

 

Please help me out if you can

[Beard]

You can try going to your main ProjectZomboid folder and delete both the "jre" and "jre64" folders found there.
After that, verify your game files through Steam and then start the game again, as Steam sometimes does not install those folders right.

[Simmie]

That did not work. Thank you for your hard work.

 

[Beard]

Could you check your Windows Defender settings and see if you have Controlled Folder Access enabled? It should be Disabled by default, as it may cause issues with certain applications such as PZ.

[Simmie]

Sorry for the long wait, I'll be trying that now.

[Simmie]

That worked, I was able to actually play the game.

[Simmie]

Yea, that did not work. I did that already as well earlier. Nothing I've been trying has worked.

[Simmie]

Ill try this now. Sorry for the late reply I was not home.

[Simmie]

This might sound stupid, but its telling me I must be an administrator running a console session in order to use that. 

[Beard]

You might need to run the console as an administrator in that case, do you have administrative privilege on your current account?

Here is a simple guide on how to start the console as admin, you would just need to right click it and select Run As Administrator:
https://www.educative.io/answers/how-to-run-cmd-as-an-administrator

[Simmie]

I checked and it isn't enabled.

[Beard]

Could you try placing the attached file in the main game folder and try running this new .bat and see if that helps in that case?
If it does not, could you share the logs again? Since it still seems like the changes I sent did not apply in your last log for some reason.

 

 

ProjectZomboid64Temp.bat

[Beard]

I am fairly out of the generic responses in that case, we might need some more debug logs which I can then forward to the developers.

Just as a last question though, you did try moving it to the C drive as well right? Since some PCs have weird permissions with drives, so the game can have issues there if installed on the non Windows drive.

ProjectZomboid64DebugLogs.bat

I attached the new .bat file for you to try running, after you do that, can you share the new logs again? Since I added a command that should give us more information about the game + error that you are getting.

Thank you for your patience as well, I am sure this is frustrating that the game refuses to run, even if by all accounts your computer should be able to run it perfectly without issues.

[Simmie]

So, it didn't work.  here is the logs, but I am pretty sure its the exact same as the last time.

Project zomboid newest.txt

[Beard]

Those logs are unusual, since they show that you likely did not use the .bat file above to run the game, since it is missing the important command added to it.
Are you sure you placed the file linked above in the main game folder and then ran it? I added the "Temp" text at the end to distinguish it from the original ProjectZomboid64.bat file
 

[Simmie]

Okay so I ran the scan and it found nothing wrong.

[Beard]

You could try to check if it is an username error as mentioned before by creating a new username and then installing / running the game on that username.
The error that you get basically just means that the game fails to load the necessary files / libraries from the "win" folders. File reading errors can be caused by many things, though they would usually be related to some strong Windows security settings preventing the application using the files, or other problems like having special characters in the username or in the application install path, which would prevent the application from loading the files as well.

[Simmie]

I have moved it to the C drive before and nothing changed. I've attached the new error logs from running that file. It is frustrating, but thank you for all of your help!

PZ errors 918.txt

[Beard]

Thanks, could you try going to the ProjectZomboid folder again and delete the win64 and win32 folders? After that, verify your game files through Steam and have it redownload them.

[Simmie]

Wait i just realized i ran the game like normal. My fault I will try it again now.

[Simmie]

This is the what i got from running it through that file

actual newest pz errors.txt

[Beard]

It seems like the errors from the Alternate Launch did not get attached to your message. Can you send the output again? As it should contain the errors that are preventing the game from launching.

[Simmie]

Yea, you got it.

 

ERROR: General     , 1693987755118> [LWJGL] Failed to load a library. Possible solutions:
        a) Add the directory that contains the shared library to -Djava.library.path or -Dorg.lwjgl.librarypath.
        b) Add the JAR that contains the shared library to the classpath.
ERROR: General     , 1693987755119> [LWJGL] Enable debug mode with -Dorg.lwjgl.util.Debug=true for better diagnostics.
ERROR: General     , 1693987755119> [LWJGL] Enable the SharedLibraryLoader debug mode with -Dorg.lwjgl.util.DebugLoader=true for better diagnostics.
ERROR: General     , 1693987755120> Exception in thread "main" ERROR: General     , 1693987755120> java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: Failed to locate library: lwjgl.dll
ERROR: General     , 1693987755120>     at org.lwjgl.system.Library.loadSystem(Library.java:162)
ERROR: General     , 1693987755121>     at org.lwjgl.system.Library.loadSystem(Library.java:62)
ERROR: General     , 1693987755121>     at org.lwjgl.system.Library.<clinit>(Library.java:50)
ERROR: General     , 1693987755121>     at org.lwjgl.system.MemoryUtil.<clinit>(MemoryUtil.java:97)
ERROR: General     , 1693987755122>     at org.lwjgl.system.Pointer$Default.<clinit>(Pointer.java:67)
ERROR: General     , 1693987755122>     at zombie.gameStates.MainScreenState.loadIcons(MainScreenState.java:710)
ERROR: General     , 1693987755123>     at zombie.gameStates.MainScreenState.main(MainScreenState.java:131)

[Beard]

Is that the whole output? Since there should be a lot more in the console file.
Only with this error, it would seem as if there is an issue with the game files. I would recommend just reinstalling the game or moving it to a different hard drive.

[Simmie]

I'm not allowed to post the whole thing so I'll attach it in a note. Reinstalling hasn't worked and neither has moving it to a new hard drive.

PROJECT ZOMBOID ERROR.txt

[Beard]

Can you put the attached file to your main game folder and replace the old one with it? Then try running the game again.
If it for some reason still fails, can you share the log again?

ProjectZomboid64.json