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John9000

May 31 @ 5:11pm

Severe Artifacting, Infinite Loading Screens, and E_INVALIDARG message

I have been trying for some time now to play Monster Hunter world on my new Desktop (now a year or two old). However whenever I try to play it the game would either begin Artifacting badly ( https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3736611207 ), completing a hunt then crashing or have an infinite loading screen forcing me to shut down the game using task manager. When I try to boot the game up immediately after I get the following error message "E_INVLIDARG: IDX11Device -> CreatePixelShader(pcode,code_size,nullptr,&pps)". I have tried online options, capcom support and other tech support places and yet still have no answer.

Last edited by John9000; May 31 @ 6:05pm

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Mr. September has Monster Hunter: World

Jun 1 @ 5:24pm

What does the Event Viewer say?

John9000

Jun 2 @ 7:44pm

Could You elaborate on Event Viewer?

EDIT:
Never mind I found it.
There are 2 sets of error and MHW are apart of:
1:
Source: Application Hand
Event ID: 1002
Task Category: Hanging Events
2:
Source: Application Error
Event ID: 1000
Task Category: Application Crashing Events

If you need anything specific let me know

Last edited by John9000; Jun 2 @ 8:43pm

Mr. September has Monster Hunter: World

Jun 3 @ 1:59am

Can you let it crash, copy the latest Event Viewer entry for MHW and paste it here? It contains no identifiable information, so you don't need to worry about that. Usually, such crashes point to a .dll or some other file in the Event Viewer entry, so that can give us an idea, at least. Maybe it's some driver (such as your GPU driver) disagreeing with the game. Considering the artifacting you mentioned, there's a high chance that's the issue somehow.

John9000

Jun 3 @ 1:06pm

This is the latest crash

Faulting application name: MonsterHunterWorld.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x66d13cb6
Faulting module name: MonsterHunterWorld.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x66d13cb6
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x000000000231f86d
Faulting process id: 0x3964
Faulting application start time: 0x1DCF38F75E9359C
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Monster Hunter World\MonsterHunterWorld.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Monster Hunter World\MonsterHunterWorld.exe
Report Id: c1528eab-9afc-4f7f-bb00-c48e19f42c27
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:

AppName MonsterHunterWorld.exe
AppVersion 0.0.0.0
AppTimeStamp 66d13cb6
ModuleName MonsterHunterWorld.exe
ModuleVersion 0.0.0.0
ModuleTimeStamp 66d13cb6
ExceptionCode c0000005
FaultingOffset 000000000231f86d
ProcessId 0x3964
ProcessCreationTime 0x1dcf38f75e9359c
AppPath C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Monster Hunter World\MonsterHunterWorld.exe
ModulePath C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Monster Hunter World\MonsterHunterWorld.exe
IntegratorReportId c1528eab-9afc-4f7f-bb00-c48e19f42c27
PackageFullName
PackageRelativeAppId

Last edited by John9000; Jun 3 @ 1:08pm

Mr. September has Monster Hunter: World

Jun 3 @ 1:35pm

You'll have to do some shooting in the dark by the looks of it. The error isn't pointing at a specific file, so it's hard to tell what's causing it.

First, try this method (this will nuke all mods, loose files and ReShade, if you have any). It will restore your game to the default state without having to redownload everything.

Delete everything in the game directory EXCEPT the "chunk" folder (to not redownload the entire game), the "chunkhipc" folder (if you use High Res textures, to not redownload them), and "graphics_option.ini" (to keep your graphics settings). Then verify the game via Steam to redownload the "missing" files. It will download a bunch of files. You now have a clean installation.

Secondly, considering the other error mentioned Directx 11, you might want to uproot your GPU driver and install the latest version. The artifacting is also a big sign that the GPU driver is causing issues.

If you got an Nvidia GPU:

1. Download "DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller)" and download "NVCleanInstall".
2. Boot your PC in "Safe Mode With Networking" and run DDU. Remove your driver and restart.
3. Once you boot again, run NVCleanInstall and just pick the latest driver. Install the latest driver.
4. Restart and boot normally, without Safe Mode.

If you got an AMD GPU:

1. Download "AMD Cleanup Utility" and "AMD Auto-Detect Tool (Adrenalin)".
2. Boot into "Safe Mode With Networking", and remove your GPU driver with the Cleanup Utility. Restart your PC if prompted.
3. Boot into safe mode again. Run the tool to get the latest driver.
4. Restart and boot normally.

John9000

Jun 5 @ 3:56pm

I have tried both options and Neither of them work.

Mr. September has Monster Hunter: World

Jun 5 @ 9:45pm

Good luck figuring it out then

Kat

Jun 17 @ 2:07am

Still having issues?

John9000

Jul 6 @ 8:57pm

Yes

John9000

Jul 6 @ 8:59pm

More so when it comes to it crashing then the other problems

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Kat

Jul 6 @ 9:01pm

I'm not a tech expert, but the issue sounds like a similar issue that I've known others to have with DirectX 12 API being set to "off". If you can access the options menu, then you can simple enable it from there and see if it works.

#11