Fix HELLDIVER 2 GameGuard Initialize Error/Fatal Error/Error code 114 On PC

hello guys welcome to my Channel today in this video I'm going to show you how to fix game God initialize error fatal error or error code 114 so if you're receiving these error with hell divers 2 game on your Windows computer then please follow the step shown in this video now first of all open windows settings and then go to prevy and security and then click on Windows security if you have Windows 10 you will have an option update and security and then click on Windows security and then click on virus and threat protection scroll down and then click on over here manage settings and then scroll down and now click on add or remove exclusion click on yes to allow click on add an exclusion and then select folder and then go to the game installation folder so open the game folder and then open the bin folder select the game guard folder select folder and then once added again click on folder and this time go back uh select the complete bin folder now go back and then over here you can see manage control folder access click on it now click on allow an app through control folder access click on yes to and then click on ADD and allow browse all apps and then again select the game EXC file over here open again browse all apps select this open now click on add in low app browser apps now open this go back and then open the tools folder select this game God setup and then select game got uninstall and now type in control panel in Windows search box and then click on control panel system and security Windows Defender Firewall allow an app or feature through Windows Defender Firewall click on change settings on the top click on allow another app browse and then open the select the game exe file click on open add in my case it is already added again click on browse and then select this click on Open click on ADD again click on allow another app browse and then open the game guard folder if you have anything added so once added now try to launch the game still you're facing the problem in that case you can uninstall and reinstall game guard now for this you can make our right on the game select manage browse local files it will straight away to to the game installation folder open the bin folder I'm sorry open the tools folder here you can see GG uninstall make a right click then click on run as administr Ator click on yes to allow and click on yes okay now try to install it once again make right click click on run as administrator click on yes to allow and Now launch the game still you're facing the problem then uninstall it once again run is administrator click on yes click on yes once you uninstall game God Now launch the game it will reinstall the game guard so here you can see it's reinstalling once the reinstall is done it will launch the game but still you are facing the error message in that case please follow rest of the steps shown in this video now the first step is to restart steam now this has worked for many players so it might work for you so go to steam exit Steam and then relaunch steam once again and then launch the game and then check if that does not work restart your computer this has also worked for many players so do not ignore this step just restart your computer once and after the system restart try launching the game now the next step is to Run the game as an administrator from the game installation folder now this has also worked for many players so try this so make a right click on the game select manage then click on browse local files it will straight away take you to the game installation folder now open the bin folder now over here you can see H divers 2 folder make a right click and then go to properties and go to this tab and then put a check on the box which says run this program as an administrator click on apply click on okay make a double click over here so instead of launching the game from Steam you launch the game from here so make a double click over here and Run the game as an administrator and this has worked for many players so it might work for you now still you're facing the problem in that case make a right click once again select properties and then this time put a check over here select Windows 8 from the list click on apply click on okay make a double click launch the game if that does not work go to properties once again and this time you can select Windows 7 and then put a check on disable full screen optimization click on apply click on okay make a double click launch the game so if this is not working in that case if checking all these boxes is not working in that case you can uncheck the boxes and then follow the next step now the next step is to run Steam as an administrator now this has also worked for many players so you can close steam first so if steam is running you can close the steam exit and then you have to launch the steam as an administrator so click on run as administrator and then launch the game if that does not work you can again try to run the game as an administrator from the game installation folder next step is to install visual C++ files so this has also work for many players so copy this link the link is provided in the video description open this link in a browser it will take you to Microsoft website and over here you will see Visual Studio 2015 17 19 and 22 so download x86 and x64 you have to download both x86 and x64 file click on it now if you see the repair option click on repair if you see the install option click on install click on yes to allow and download x64 as well and and then run x64 as well again if you see the repair option click on repair if you see the install option click on install click on yes to allow and let both the installation complete now once both the installation are complete restart your computer make sure that you restart your computer once this is done you will see a restart option restart your computer and then launch the game now the next step is to so just ignore this error message because I've already installed so I'm reinstalling it that's why I received setup fi but in your case it will install successfully and once that is done you will see a restart option so restart your computer after this and after the system restart launch the game now the next step is to disable steam overly now for this go to steam make a right click on the game select properties and then turn off the option which ISS enable the Steam overl while in game turn it off now launch the game now the next step is to disable overlay in Discord so if you're using Discord you can go to Discord settings and disable overlay if you are using GE Force experience then you can go to GE Force experience on the top right click on the settings icon and then turn off overlay turn off in-game overlay and then launch the game now if so if you're using any other overlay application make sure that you close all the overlay application now if you have image scaling on in GE Force experience so when you go to GE Force experience uh just below in-game overlay in case of desktop I have a laptop so I don't have this option if you have a desktop then you will see this option which says image scaling so if this is on turn this off and then launch the game this has also worked for many player so it might work for you close all other overly applications so if that does not work if Discord is open just close Discord if G Force experience is open you can close g4ce experience make sure that you close g4ce experience from here and then launch the game also close all the unnecessary all the third party applications so if you have any third party application running just close it also close all the overclocking applications so if you have MSI After Burner running make sure that you close it if you have Reva tuner running uh if you have Reva tuner running close Reva tuner so make sure that you close all the close all the overclocking application and then launch the game also close browser for many players closing browser has worked so close Firefox Chrome or any other browser so make sure that you close everything if OBS is running make sure that you close OBS and then launch the game also close all the third party application now for many user closing this zero tier has worked so if you have this software close it unplug all the external devices which are not using so if you're using these devices disconnected any kind of USB adapter connected to the computer if you have any additional controller connected to the computer disconnected try launching the game on single Monitor and if you have any third party application or software running any Services running in the task manager close it also if you have underw voled your computer remove the underwat and then launch the game to perform clean boot type in system configuration in Windows search box and then click on system configuration and then go to the services Tab and then put a check on the box which says hide all Microsoft services and then click on disable all in in my case this option is grade out I already did it in your case this would be highlighted so make sure that make sure that you put a check on hide all Microsoft Services first and then click on disable all and then click on apply click on okay you will see a restart option restart and then launch the game next step is to uninstall and reinstall and protect game game guard now for this you can make a right click on the game select manage then click on browse local files and then go to the game installation folder and then open this bin folder game god um sorry go back open this tools folder so open the tools folder and over here you can see GG uninstalled so make a right click and then click on run as administrator click on yes to allow click on yes uninstall complete now reinstall it so run this game guard setup file make a right click click on run is administrator click on yes and then now you can launch the game and if that does not work you can uninstall it once again make a right click run as administrator click on yes and then click on yes and click on okay once once uninstall is done now launch the game now this time when you launch the game it will reinstall game guard so here you can see it's reinstalling so it will reinstall the game guard and then it will it should be able to launch the game so let me close the game for now now still you're facing the problem the next step is to uncheck DLC in Steam let me close the game now now to uncheck the DLC make a right click on the game select properties and then go to the DLC tab now uncheck everything over here so if if anything is checked over here uncheck it and then close it and then launch the game now if you want to check it you can later on you can always check it so later on if you want to check it you can go and check it but for now if the game is not launching you can uncheck the box and then launch the game and then check next step is to verify the game files now to verify the game files make a right click on the game select properties and then go to the local files tab sorry go to the installed files tab and then click on verify Integrity of game files after the verification is complete Now launch the game next step is to do a clean installation of your graphics driver so if you have Nvidia card go to Nvidia website if you have AMD card go to AMD website I'm showing for NVIDIA so go to Nvidia website and then select your graphic card for the list so select the right product type and then select the right Series so I'm and then select your graphic card so I'm selecting my graphic card make sure that you select your graphic card over here now if you have Windows 10 select Windows 10 if you have Windows 11 select Windows 11 and then click on start search now once you click on start search scroll down the latest GeForce game ready driver right now is driver version 55123 so click on get download and then click on download now now once the download is complete run this exe file now once you run the exe file you will see the screen click on agree and continue and then select custom over here make sure that you select custom over here then click on next and then put a check on the box which says perform a clean installation make sure that you put a check on the box which says perform a clean installation now click on next and let the installation complete and once the installation is complete restart your computer and then launch the game now the next step is to now this is for laptop users with dual graphic card make sure that you run the game on dedicated graphic card now for this type in graphic settings in Windows search box and then click on graphic settings now click on browse over here and then go to the game installation folder if the game install in C drive open C drive program file 686 now open the Steam folder and now open the steam apps folder now open the common folder and then open the game folder and then open the bin folder select the game exe file and then click on ADD once the game is added over here click on options select high performance now click on Save and now check now the next step is to allow the gamee file to your antivirus program so if you have any third party antivirus just make sure that you allow the game exe file to your antivirus program now if you're using Windows security then open Windows settings and then go to previous and security if you have Windows 11 and then click on Windows Security in Windows 10 you will have an option update in security then click on Windows security now click on virus and thread protection now scroll down at the end you will see manage Ransom protection click on it now click on allow an app through control folder access click on yes to allow now click on add an allowed app now click on browse all apps now go to the game installation folder and then open the game folder bin folder select the game ex select the game exe file and now now click on open once the game is added over here now type in control panel in Windows search box and then click on control panel now go to the system and security Windows Defender Firewall now click on allow an app or feature through Windows Defender Firewall click on change settings at the top click on allow another app and then click on browse and then again go to the game installation folder open the game folder bin folder select the game exe file and then click on open once the game is added over here in my case the game is already added so once the game is added over here now you can click on okay and then launch the game and then check now the next step is to try these in launch options so go to the game in Steam make a right click select properties in the launch option type in- dx11 and then launch the game and then check if that does not work make a right click once again and then type in dash DX 12 Now launch the game and then check if that does not work you can remove this so if this is not working remove it and then follow the next step next step is to rename or delete the save game files now when you delete the save game file you will lose all the game progress you have to start everything from scratch so if you agree you can delete the save game file so open file explore and then go to this PC open C drive now open users folder now open your your username folder now open app data if you don't see app data on the top click on view select show and then put a check on hidden items and then open app data folder now open the roaming folder and open Arrowhead folder and here you can see held divers 2 folder you can make a right click on H divers and then click on delete once this is deleted now you can launch the game but you will lose all the save games and the graphics settings now the next step is to update Windows 10 or 11 to the latest version now this is important so open Windows settings go to Windows update or update and security and then click on check for update once all the updates are installed over here then restart your computer and after the system restart launch the game next step is to increase the virtual memory so to increase the virtual memory type in view Advanced system settings in Window search box and then click on view Advanced system settings and then then click on the first settings and then go to advance Tab and then click on change over here and then select the drive so uncheck the box which says automatically manage paging file size for all drives uncheck this box and select the drive where the game is installed so select the drive and then once you select the right drive now put a check on custom size and for initial size it's 1.5 into total Ram so you can check the total Ram in Windows settings you can go to system and then go to about and total Ram in my case is 16 GB so you can calculate accordingly in my case it's 16 GB so I will calculate as per 16 GB so and first of all we have to convert 16 GB into megabyte so we will open calculator so type in calculator in run box and then click on okay and over here uh it's 16 1.5 into total Ram total Ram in my case it's 16 Ram 16 GB so 1 16 into one24 1024 is actually 1 GB is equal to 1024 megabyte so 16 GB in megabyte will be 16 384 into 1.5 1.5 into total Ram this is my total Ram in megabyte now 1.5 into total Ram total Ram that is into 1.5 so in my case initial size is 24576 24576 and maximum size is 3 into total Ram now total Ram in my case that is 16 GB I have 16 GB of RAM so 16 into 1024 I've have converted this in megabyte megabyte now that is three into total Ram so total Ram is this much into three that is 49152 49152 4 9151 52 one now click on set over here then click on okay okay apply okay okay now restart computer make sure that you restart your computer after this now the next step is to now if you're able to launch the game uh you can disable the crossplay for some time and then switch to Window mode and load on Graphics settings so if you're are able to launch the game you can launch the game now go to options and then go to display now over here turn off high dynamic range if this is on turn it off now over here if the resolution is set to 4K you can try 1920 into 1080p you can even lower down more now if render scale is set to ultra quality you can set it to Quality I will set it to Quality over here and you can switch to Window mode turn off vyncs so if the vsync is on turn it off and then apply the settings and then go to Graphics now over here if the graphic preset is set to ultra you can set it to high you can even go for medium or you can even go for low quality I'll set to medium for now motion blur you can just lower it down I'll keep in 60 uh depth of field I will turn it on and you can turn off the bloom texture quality now if this is set to high uh you can set it to medium you can set these to medium I will set it to medium now apply the settings and then check the performance so go to options and then if crossplay is on turn it off and then check if you want to enable the crossplay you can enable it later but now you can disable crossplay and then check now if you can also disable this screen space Global illumination if this is on you can turn this off and then apply the settings and then check the performance now the next step is to update system bios to update system bio bios go to your system manufacturer website so if you have a Dell computer go to Dell website if you have Lenovo computer go to lenov website if you have HP computer go to HP website so go to your system manufacture website and then select your model number make sure that you select your computer and then find the latest bios update available now in case of laptop before you update the system bios make sure battery on your computer is more than 10% and the AC adapter is connected to the computer now during the BIOS update your system will restart do not unplug the power cable when it's updating the system bios after the BIOS update log into the computer and then launch the game so if nothing is working the last step is to uninstall and reinstall the game so you can uninstall the game now after you uninstall the game go to the game installation folder and then delete the game folder and then restart your computer and then reinstall the game to C drive so if the game is installed to another drive you can reinstall the game to C drive and if the game is already installed in C drive in that case you can try install the game to another SS and then check so one of the steps shown in this video should help you to get the game running on your Windows computer so that'll be all thank you so much for your time and please like this video And subscribe to my channel

Channel: AarohanTechSol

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Keywords: Fix HELLDIVER 2 GameGuard Initialize error/Fatal Error/Error code 114

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Length: 24min 12sec (1452 seconds)

Published: Fri Feb 09 2024