Greetings Adventurer!

We would like to apologize for the inconvenience you are experiencing. We would ask of you to please attempt the following to see if these suggestions can help with the issue you are experiencing.

- Try switching to DirectX 11 (as you have already attempted DirectX 9) by selecting the ‘Config’ button on the launcher to see if this changes anything.
- Update and reinstall the drivers for your graphics card and sound drivers. (Please note that the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 does have a newer update which became available on 01/05/2023.)
- Perform a clean boot by opening the task manager and select the 'Start up' Tab. Disable everything.
- Please be sure to disable or remove any overlays (Discord, Steam, NVIDIA etc.) as they may interfere with startup.
- Make sure that the Windows OS is fully updated.
- Try to install game on different drive.

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

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