Shadow Warrior 2 is a captivating game, but not yet perfect. Many users complain that sometimes the game won’t load, they can’t save their progress,  and VSYNC doesn’t work properly. Fortunately, the game developers already offered a series of workarounds for common issues reported on Xbox One and Windows PC. They also promised to push a patch as soon as possible since not all the issues can be solved using quick workarounds.

Fix frequent Shadow Warrior 2 issues

SLI/Crossfire, Freesync/GSYNC or HDR displays don’t work

To fix this bug, you should enable exclusive full screen. Go to Options > Video > Display Mode > set to Full screen.

Stuttering or VSYNC issues

These issues should be fixed when full screen and full screen window are enabled

Shadow Warrior 2 won’t start

First, launch the game without Steam and see if it shows a missing DLL error. If this happens, install either the Media Feature Pack for Windows 10 or Visual Studio Redist 2012. This type of issues was mainly reported by users running Windows 10 N editions.  If you’re running the Windows 10 Anniversary Update OS, you should then download cumulative update KB3133719 which installs the Media Feature Pack for N editions of Windows 10 version 1607. More specifically, here are the steps to follow to install Redist: However, if you installed the programs, but the game still won’t start, proceed with the following steps: If the game won’t start, you can also create a new Windows user account and then start the game. Shadow Warrior 2 won’t work if two user accounts are active at the same time.

Error “DX11 Device not found”

If this error appears on the screen, go to C:\Users*\Saved Games\Flying Wild Hog\Shadow Warrior 2\profiles\steam_*/config.cfg Find the line r_fullscreen_monitor 1 and change it to r_fullscreen_monitor 0. If you can’t find this line, you can simply add it. Shadow Warrior 2’s developers are actively working on a first quick patch to fix the issues listed above, as well as other minor issues. Shadow Warrior 2 Patch 1.1.1.0 is expected to land on October 18 and will fix the following issues:

Cutscene FOV, when playing with non standard FOV Game stuck on loading on 2 core CPUs Safe mode will be added. This will allow gamers to disable AlienFX and other videos that cause the game to crash on startup PAX MP avatar skin issues.

As a quick reminder, NVIDIA recently updated its drivers for Gears of War 4, Mafia 3 and Shadow Warrior 2. Install the latest drivers to make sure your system is properly configured to run Shadow Warrior 2. RELATED STORIES YOU NEED TO CHECK OUT:

Fix: Gears of War 4 hitching issues on Xbox One Fix: Game Audio Stops Working On Windows 10 Quick Fix: Games Crash in Windows 10

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