Greetings Adventurer!

We would be happy to assist with your concern. We would ask of you to please try the following suggestions:
- Try switching to DirectX 11 by selecting the ‘Config’ button on the launcher. (Do you receive same error on DX9 and DX11?)
- Update and reinstall the drivers for your graphics card and sound drivers. (It seems the sound drivers may need to be updated as well.)
- Perform a clean boot once more by opening the task manager and select the 'Start up' Tab. Disable everything.
- Make sure that the Windows OS is fully updated.
- Try to install game on different drive. (Make sure game and Steam are installed on same drive)
- Verify installation files.

If you do not see an improvement, please feel free to respond to this thread for further troubleshooting.

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