DotA 2 crash on start

[Hellsucker]

Hello,
today i received the invitation to DotA 2 from Steam and installed it.
But when i start the game i just see a blackscreen and nothing else happens.
I have to press CTRL+ALT+DEL to close the not-responding-DotA 2-task.
My pc specs are:
Intel i7-2600k
AMD 6970
Asrock P67 extreme4
Windows 7 64bit

I tried to solve it with starting it in windowed mode or directly executing the dota2.exe from the games folder but no solution.

Help would be nice.

Edit: As mentioned in this thread http://www.playdota.com/forums/57293...-after-update/ i try to reinstall Steam.

[parawarrior]

reinstall and download dota 2 again.
Once you uninstall steam, dota 2 will also be uninstalled. when you install back steam you will have to download dota 2 again. That will fix the problem.

[Basqat]

You have a pretty beastly pc so there must be another problem for you...but cant think something about that...
Someone that is in the beta can help you more accurate than me.

[Hellsucker]

Originally Posted by parawarrior

reinstall and download dota 2 again.
Once you uninstall steam, dota 2 will also be uninstalled. when you install back steam you will have to download dota 2 again. That will fix the problem.

No solution for me :-(
Windows Firewall allows Dota2 so this shouldn't also be a problem.

[Basqat]

Have you tried to update your pc drivers?
Maybe there could be a problem...

[Hellsucker]

All Drivers are uptodate because of Battlefield 3 ;-)

[dofeer]

Some PM me.. He says just switch off you firewall... it do the trick..

[Hellsucker]

Dota2 is allowed in the firewall so switching off wont change anything, but i did turn it off. No change. Still blackscreen after i klick on play.

[studnicka.m]

I have the same problem

[Hellsucker]

I solved the problem by starting Dota2.exe with compatibilitymode on XP SP3. My luck that i have Win7 Pro with real Win XP compatibility. :-)
Hope it works for you too and thank you all for you help.

[felparabioso]

Guys you have to run dota 2 from SteamApps... in c: /program.... etc. Change the resolution and then open the normal dota 2. Try

[Rosenzweig]

Didn't you just post this on /v/?

[Shzi]

Crash to desktop when loading up the game
1.go to steamapps/common/dota2 beta/ dota.exe (run this)
2.it'll load up the game with closed doors (not connected to steam network) but will allow you to change settings
3.change ALL the video settings to lowest, including screen res (not sure if this has to be lowest? sarkastik used 800x600) + set it as windowed mode.
4.Close game.
5.Launch game from steam client.
6.edit settings back to normal (not sure if this causes a crash after? - can someone confirm?)
Crash to desktop and not being able to load game after recieving a party invite
For some reason the invite is still valid after you have crashed, which causes the game to crash on booting up, if this has happened do the following:
1. Get whoever sent you the invite to restart their client
2. Load up the game
3. Ask them not to send another invite
4. goto graphic settings
5. change screen ratio from 4:3 to something else

Crash to desktop after MM queue (Finding a game)
1. Load game
2. goto graphic settings
3. change screen ratio from 4:3 to something else (or try playing around with the screen res, reports that 1024x768 causes crashes)

edit: again, i've not actually experienced these problems myself but have been on the forums all night helping people get it working

[scoRRRp]

Originally Posted by Shzi

Crash to desktop when loading up the game
1.go to steamapps/common/dota2 beta/ dota.exe (run this)
2.it'll load up the game with closed doors (not connected to steam network) but will allow you to change settings
3.change ALL the video settings to lowest, including screen res (not sure if this has to be lowest? sarkastik used 800x600) + set it as windowed mode.
4.Close game.
5.Launch game from steam client.
6.edit settings back to normal (not sure if this causes a crash after? - can someone confirm?)

I followed these directions, and this solved my crashing on startup issue, you really have to set your resolution to the lowest that the game lets you, and use windowed mode. Close DotA2 and then launch it through Steam afterward, and it should work.

It crashed once when I tried speccing a live game, but then I started it up again and it fixed itself somehow. GLHF.

[pakinrhymes]

I tried running from steam apps but it still crashes..

[bloodyredd]

Run steam as administrator that should do the trick

[pakinrhymes]

Nope that doesn't work either...

So far I reinstalled, ran from steam apps, tried in windowed/no border mode, ran as admin, turned off firewall..

WHAT TO DO?!?!

[melvinwky]

Have you tried changing launch options directly from steam? Thats what i did to get mine to work.

[slugonice]

Congrats! Go to Dota2 Dev

[ALL_CAPS_GUY]

MAY BE A BIT LATE, BUT I'M SURE IT'LL HELP OTHERS.

REMOVE THE CFG FOLDER.
NEW WILL BE CREATED WHEN YOU RESTART THE GAME