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Crash on startup

aHooli2 · 9 Sep 2026 at 20:02 · permalink

I just bought this game a few minutes ago, and when I try and launch it from Steam it gives me the following error;
"WolfSP.exe has stopped working" (with a gray background and a spinning mouse pointer)
This exact problem occurred to me when I purchased "Quake II" on Steam, and nothing online seems to fix it. Help?

ddafafaf4 · 9 Sep 2026 at 20:02 · permalink

Hey, just so you know, this sub is pretty barren. If you don't get some help here you may want to try over at /r/enemyterritory or /r/wolfenstein. /r/techsupport may even be a good option, those guys are super helpful.

paglu · 9 Sep 2026 at 20:03 · permalink

Try running it in compatibility mode. Win xp sp3 should do.

aHooli2 · 9 Sep 2026 at 20:03 · permalink

How exactly would I go about doing that?

paglu · 9 Sep 2026 at 20:04 · permalink

Right click executable or shortcut to the executable, go to properties, select compatibility, set it to win xp sp3.

Don't forget to actually run the application after doing the above ;D

aHooli2 · 9 Sep 2026 at 20:04 · permalink

I've had it on Windows XP SP3, and no difference.

:(