OOTP Developments Forums - View Single Post - Game freezes on launch. Stuck "contacting servers"

palber · 04-28-2024, 02:52 AM

Every time I launch OOTP25 the game freezes and is stuck on the main menu where it says "contacting servers." I have tried everything listed in the following thread: https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...d.php?t=352824 . This is the first issue I have had with the game in my 145 hours on it. Performance has never been an issue and I know my laptop is more than capable to run the game.
Further information:

- I am on PC (Specifically a Lenovo Legion Slim 7 laptop.)
- I am using Windows 11 Home
- I downloaded the game through Steam
- The game freezes on startup every time, regardless of if I have opened other programs or not. There is no error message. Shortly before this started happening I set up an extra monitor so I thought the issue may be associated with that but the issue still exists when I disconnect the new monitor.
- I have created a trace file but I'm not sure how to include it in this thread. Also not sure how useful it would be given that this is an issue with the game freezing vs crashing but if there are other ways to send it, I'd be happy too.
- Any help at all would be much appreciated!

04-28-2024, 02:52 AM	#1
palber Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2024 Posts: 8	Game freezes on launch. Stuck "contacting servers" Every time I launch OOTP25 the game freezes and is stuck on the main menu where it says "contacting servers." I have tried everything listed in the following thread: https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...d.php?t=352824 . This is the first issue I have had with the game in my 145 hours on it. Performance has never been an issue and I know my laptop is more than capable to run the game. Further information: - I am on PC (Specifically a Lenovo Legion Slim 7 laptop.) - I am using Windows 11 Home - I downloaded the game through Steam - The game freezes on startup every time, regardless of if I have opened other programs or not. There is no error message. Shortly before this started happening I set up an extra monitor so I thought the issue may be associated with that but the issue still exists when I disconnect the new monitor. - I have created a trace file but I'm not sure how to include it in this thread. Also not sure how useful it would be given that this is an issue with the game freezing vs crashing but if there are other ways to send it, I'd be happy too. - Any help at all would be much appreciated!