Common causes of crashes I have noted: - Crash to desktop on startup - Check that you have the latest version of the loader - Check that you have the right version of the game - Try restarting steam
- Crash / Loading screen stuck *anytime* after that : Something is wrong with the mods you have installed, check the contents of your nativePC folder
- As of version 4.0 of the loader, the loader should stay compatible through minor updates, but I do keep an eye occasionally open for mhw updates just in case.
I am on version 5.11 and installed the coresponding files for that but then the game keeps crashing altghough when I install the minimal loader, everything seems to be fine even with the mods, my problem is that there is no quest loader for that specific file
i can't run the game with stracker's loader even without any mods installed, but after i deleted dinput8.dll, loader.dll, and the plugins, then i install the mods on nativePC, the game and the mods still load. i dunno why
07:41 ] [QuestLoader]failed to find unique function is_master_rank found 0 [ 18:07:41 ] [QuestLoader]failed to find unique function star_category_check found 0 [ 18:07:41 ] [QuestLoader]failed to find unique function get_category found 0 [ 18:07:42 ] [QuestLoader]failed to find unique function quest_checks_func found 0 ok so i got this error, i know its a questlaoder error that causes me to crash after a bit of playing, but does these errors mean? specifically the bottom 2 lines, ik i have to reach master rank first, but is there some other thing i would need to do
QuestLoader.dll can't find these functions at the expected memory addresses, that means your game is not the latest version. Verify your game files in Steam.
It is not about you personally reaching Master Rank, since the DLL hooking happens at game launch, before your save is loaded.
Using version 15.11.01 with the corresponding latest loader for that version: 1982-2-2-0-1622826334). Everything worked fine, with mods installed as well.
Updated NVIDIA drivers to Game Ready 572. Try to launch the game. The loader takes too long to start, the game goes fullscreen by the time the loader pops up (I've got it set to DEBUG), and everything crashes. (Under normal operation, the loader is supposed to execute the moment the game process executes, indicated by its window popping up before then going fullscreen/borderless)
I revert the drivers to my previous ones using DDU and reinstalling (Studio 561) and uninstall the NVIDIA App, basically undoing what I did, then restart Windows and try again. The problem persists.
I can't figure out why it suddenly doesn't want to hook the game process the instant it runs and it now delays for 5 seconds, and I can't figure out what to do to fix it.
2 previous reports on this page from mid-February suggested that the problem began with 572.42 (2025-02-13) and was fixed by 572.47 (2025-02-20).
Other comments since then have hinted at the problem continuing, but without any useful details. Please include the specific 572.xx version.
If I used Windows and Nvidia GPU and I had too much time (none of which are true), I would setup a system with Nvidia driver 561 (or 566.36, the last release before 572), backup/snapshot the system, use Sysinternals Process Monitor (procmon) to monitor in real time for file and registry changes, and run the 572 installer to try to find out what it actually does.
edit: and of course, testing MHW with and without Stracker's before and after
hello , i intalled it and downloaded other mods but it seems that the game dont detect stracker loader or something as the mods requiring this doesnt work
stracker's tries to load up on startup but nothing loads and then the game crashes before it even opens. yes both the game and stracker's are on the latest version and i have tried to restart steam. its not my mods cause ive deleted all other mods except for strackers and it still crashes on startup so idk what the issue is.
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- Crash to desktop on startup
- Check that you have the latest version of the loader
- Check that you have the right version of the game
- Try restarting steam
- Crash / Loading screen stuck *anytime* after that : Something is wrong with the mods you have installed, check the contents of your nativePC folder
- As of version 4.0 of the loader, the loader should stay compatible through minor updates, but I do keep an eye occasionally open for mhw updates just in case.
I am on version 5.11 and installed the coresponding files for that but then the game keeps crashing altghough when I install the minimal loader, everything seems to be fine even with the mods, my problem is that there is no quest loader for that specific file
i dunno why
edit: can't load mods that using plugin
[ 18:07:41 ] [QuestLoader]failed to find unique function star_category_check found 0
[ 18:07:41 ] [QuestLoader]failed to find unique function get_category found 0
[ 18:07:42 ] [QuestLoader]failed to find unique function quest_checks_func found 0
ok so i got this error, i know its a questlaoder error that causes me to crash after a bit of playing, but does these errors mean? specifically the bottom 2 lines, ik i have to reach master rank first, but is there some other thing i would need to do
It is not about you personally reaching Master Rank, since the DLL hooking happens at game launch, before your save is loaded.
Updated NVIDIA drivers to Game Ready 572.
Try to launch the game. The loader takes too long to start, the game goes fullscreen by the time the loader pops up (I've got it set to DEBUG), and everything crashes.
(Under normal operation, the loader is supposed to execute the moment the game process executes, indicated by its window popping up before then going fullscreen/borderless)
I revert the drivers to my previous ones using DDU and reinstalling (Studio 561) and uninstall the NVIDIA App, basically undoing what I did, then restart Windows and try again. The problem persists.
I can't figure out why it suddenly doesn't want to hook the game process the instant it runs and it now delays for 5 seconds, and I can't figure out what to do to fix it.
Other comments since then have hinted at the problem continuing, but without any useful details. Please include the specific 572.xx version.
If I used Windows and Nvidia GPU and I had too much time (none of which are true), I would setup a system with Nvidia driver 561 (or 566.36, the last release before 572), backup/snapshot the system, use Sysinternals Process Monitor (procmon) to monitor in real time for file and registry changes, and run the 572 installer to try to find out what it actually does.
edit: and of course, testing MHW with and without Stracker's before and after
Maybe installing the 572 drivers changed a driver-side setting with DLSS which does not work with MHW's DLSS 1.1.
I did move the two dll files out, the problem persists.
i hope a maj will come soon
the game crash once i open my save file. pls help
No support will be provided for pirated/cracked games.
Please be more specific than "didn't work". Does the game start or not start, does it crash, is there a log window with messages, etc.