Can't run Godot games or the game engine

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Hey there, I’m new here and made this account to hopefully get some help on this issue.

Recently I had gotten WEBFISHING through Steam, a game made on the Godot engine. Once I boot up the game it shows up for a few seconds on my task manager and then it crashes (no game window ever pops up).

I’ve tried several things, from verifying the integrity of game files, running the .exe from the local folder, uninstalling and re-installing the game, using Windows cmd, restarting both Steam and my laptop, and even using different game settings from my AMD Radeon settings. Neither my firewall nor anti-virus are blocking the game so I don’t believe that’s the issue.

I tried then to run the first version of WEBFISHING from itch.io, and was also unable to launch it. Then I downloaded the most recent Godot game engine to see if that was the issue, and it seems to be, cus it won’t launch either.

(As a side-note, I remember trying to run PNGTuber Plus a while back and had the same issue, I do believe it was made on the Godot engine as well?)

Here are my laptop specs:

  • OS: Windows 10 Home (64 bit)
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-6200U CPU @ 2.30GHz
  • RAM: 8GB
  • Graphics card: Intel HD Graphics 520
  • Graphics card: AMD Radeon R5 M330
  • OpenGL Version 6.14.10.13447 (AMD)
  • Vulkan Driver Version 9.1.0.10.13.0 (AMD)

Both my graphics cards are up to date by the way.
I’m kind of at a loss here and don’t really know what else to try. Any help is super appreciated! Thank you for your attention. (Apologies if I used the wrong tags!)

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This sounds like a vulkan driver issue. And it may be trying to run on the intel graphics card where that cards needs a specific intel driver for Vulcan to function.

First, can you run the game from Windows Terminal and post the output here?

If you need help launching from terminal, please let me know.

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Thanks for the reply!

Okay so, I’m not super tech savvy but Windows Terminal is different from cmd right? If so, I believe what I have is Windows PowerShell (admin)?

Bit of an issue there, the directory is set to “C:\WINDOWS\system32>” and I can’t seem to change it, the game files are in a different folder. Lemme know what I can do from here.

EDIT: So I was able to change the path to run the game but I didn’t get any output except for:

“Godot Engine v3.5.2.stable.custom_build.170ba337a - https://godotengine.org”

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Okay, it’s running on godot v3.5, so it’s not a vulkan issue.

Can you run the game again, but with the --verbose flag? It would look something like this:

C:\path\to\game\exe --verbose

For example:

C:\Users\jasbiskus\Desktop\TheGame.exe --verbose
Some tips for powershell
  • Go to the start menu and search for powershell.
  • Use cd to change the folder you’re in:
cd path\to\folder
  • You can drag and drop a folder from File Explorer into the powershell window. This will populate the line with the path to that folder.
  • Remember each character matters! Any spaces, capital, or lowercase characters change the command.
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Thanks for the tips, much appreciated! (And sorry for the delayed response)

So I tried it and it didn’t work, didn’t even pop up in the task manager or anything.