not working New notebook, FO4/SSE won't start

[Deetex]

Hello, Name's Deetex.

 

I recently bought a new laptop to replace my 6+ year old Dell.

The one I elected to buy was the Asus TUF FX505DT.

Ryzen 3750H + Vega 10.

GTX1650m

16Gb 2400Mhz (2x8) Kingston HyperX

Main SSD is a Samsung OEM specimen, 512Gb.

Secondary storage is provided by a seagate 2Tb 7.2K Harddrive.

 

Everything is running hunkydori, except neither Skyrim SE or Fallout 4 will actually play.

They run FINE on my Desktop, which is roughly speaking comparable to the notebook(1950x, RTX2080Ti, Samsung 970Pro, 8x8Gb Corsair 3K RGB).

 

I have them installed via Steam, Steam itself is installed to the default folder(C:/Program Files(x86)/Steam/, and the games were installed to the D:/ drive.

 

Upon launch, I get Steam's first-run prompt(DirectX apparently needs an install -EVERY- time, not just the first one)... then the splashscreen launcher comes in, it tries to detect the graphics hardware(and naturally fails)... setting said graphics option to High or Ultra, or even leaving it at low, does nothing.

 

Upon hitting [PLAY], the Splash loader disappears, but the game does not appear.

There is no process running, no EXE listed, my CPU is near enough running idle, and Steam indicates I'm doing nothing.

 

What I've tried so far;

-Checked BIOS and Drivers for updates; non applicable.

-Verified integrity of game cache files.

-Deleted and re-downloaded.

-Checked the Internet, but I'm having trouble summorizing this issue, as there isn't even a crashlog or message, my google-fu is left wanting.

-Compared the installation folders to those on my Desktop, which runs both games fine(both pancake and VR).

-Hard-set the nVidia control panel to run the games and launchers through the GTX instead of Vega.

*--Also tried this in Window's own GPU settings.

-Fullscreen, Windowed and Windowed_borderless make no difference(Thanks for the tip,williamcll)

-Unistalled the game, deleted the remaining folder, then reinstalled it. (Submitted by Intransigent)

-Installed the game to the Steam install folder(C:/Program Files(x86)/Steam.

 

 

I found something on NexusMods pertaining to nVidia Optimus Optimizing, but that requires the replacement of D3D9.dll, which I am unable to locate on either my Desktop or Notebook... so...

 

 

What I haven't tried so far;

-Hard-set the game and launcher to run through the VEGA instead of the GTX.

-Determine if I have the same issue with Skyrim/Fallout4 VR editions.

-Run either game in Compatibility mode. Shouldn't matter, my desktop is an RTX enabled Threadripper system...

-Copy over the configuration INI's from Desktop to notebook.

-Copy over installation folder from Desktop to Notebook.

-Completely reinstall Steam itself to closer match my Desktop's configuration; Steam in the C:/Steam folder, do away with the ProgramFiles...

 

 

Does anyone have any other ideas that might help me out?

[williamcll]

Set your game to run on borderless windowed mode.

[Deetex]

41 minutes ago, williamcll said:

Set your game to run on borderless windowed mode.

Alas, same results.

[Paul Rudd]

19 hours ago, Deetex said:

-Deleted and re-downloaded.

Have you tried uninstalling the game, then deleting the Skyrim Special Edition folder that should still remain on your computer, then reinstall the game and see if that does the trick?

 

Doing this will not delete your saved game files as they are in a separate folder in My Documents.

[Deetex]

2 hours ago, Intransigent said:

Have you tried uninstalling the game, then deleting the Skyrim Special Edition folder that should still remain on your computer, then reinstall the game and see if that does the trick?

 

Doing this will not delete your saved game files as they are in a separate folder in My Documents.

That didn't help either unfortunately.
 

[Deetex]

Well... seems Asus gave me a bad Factory install.

That'll show me to trust factory installs... should've stuck to the lessons learned after 7+ years working at Dell...

 

During my tests I noticed when running either game with either Adminstrative privilages or in Win7 Compatability mode, I would get an error stating a specific DirectX DLL was missing.

Trying to supplant said DLL from my desktop resulted in errors stating the application could not run.

So.... pulled the HDD and SSD, inserted a spare SSD and did a quick and dirty fresh install of WIn10 1903, Steam and SkyrimSE... and wouldn't you know it, it ran.
Following that I nuked the M.2 SSD I previously pulled and did a complete clean install, made sure all the nseesary drivers were present but none of the bloatware from the factory, installed Steam and the relevant games and indeed; works.

 

GUess this thread can be closed now.