Hello all, just a little catchup on some solutions that I've found.
For me, pressing the play button in gog causes no game window to ever pop up, just a crash window saying " whoa, cyberpunk has flatlined" etc. This is different from those who are able to start the game, then crash at various points, such as after character creation or some point during the nomad start.
just some random fixes that haven't worked for me.
1. disable GOG overlay, along with anything else with an overlay. Geforce, steam, discord seem to be common ones.
2. reinstall Nvidia graphics drivers ( or amd) It's not enough to just reinstall them, you need to use a display driver uninstaller first for a clean install. Here is a CDPR support link for the process:
Welcome to CD PROJEKT RED Technical Support! Here you will find help regarding our games and services, as well as answers to frequently asked questions.
support.cdprojektred.com
3. just disable everything with a clean boot, just to see if anything is interfering that you missed. google it i guess this post is already way too long.
4. Update windows. Some people claim that updating to current build fixed the issue.
5. You probably tied this already, but in case you haven't, validate game integrity, then reinstall cyberpunk, then reinstall gog/steam. Some people claim that installing the game on the same drive as your OS fixes the problem
there are more, but I've tried them all and no luck so far. The most compelling reason I've found is the required cpu instruction set AVX, missing on some old cpu's. There is a fix on Nexus:
https://www.nexusmods.com/cyberpunk2077/mods/34?tab=files
some claim It fixed the problem. If you see a fix saying to open the code of the cyberpunk .exe and change a bit to C5, this is same method, just done for you.
Apperently patch 1.04 is on the way:
https://updatecrazy.com/cyberpunk-2077-patch-notes-all-updates-official/
"Various game crashing issues. (Including a fix for an issue where Cyberpunk crashes after pressing “Play” in CD Project Red launcher. Players receiving
“Whoa! Cyberpunk 2077 Flatalined“ message." Who knows how many of the potential problems will be fixed, and if my specific problem will be fixed in this hotfix.
My rig is pretty old, and these last 2 days of hell were a pretty brutal reminder of my actual chances of playing this game anytime soon. I have some hope CDPR will fix this quick, but ultimately if my computer cant handle cyberpunk, I've grown to accept that