Game crashes just after splash screen every time.
Since yesterday skate. has been crashing on launch every single time. What happens is I launch the game through Steam. I get the small splash screen and see the green loading bar, after that completes the screen goes black and looks like the game is about to run but then I hear a Windows chime and the game crashes to a small white window and the only way to get rid of it is force quit through the Task Manager. No error messages or warnings.
Every time I verify the integrity of the files through Steam after this it tells me it found 3 missing files and required them. Game still wont launch.
I've reinstalled the game, Ive rebooted the computer, i've updated drivers, updated BIOS, repaired the Javelin anti-cheat, checked for DirectX updates, Windows updates, tried forcing windowed mode through the Steam launch options, tried forcing to start with DirectX 11 and 12 also through Steam launch options. Nothing has worked. This is the only game on my computer that has this behavior, even other EA games like NFS Unbound and BF2042 launch without problems.
Before yesterday I had this same problem maybe once every 4 launches, but could still ultimately get the game to launch. Now it wont launch 100% of the time I try. What is going on, is this a game problem or a me problem?
If relevant system specs are:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix X570-E Gaming
GPU: Asus TUF Gaming OC RTX 3080 10GB
32GB RAM