drake127

You can try my workaround I described here: https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/82949-203-the-game-refuses-to-start-runtime-error/?do=findComment&comment=1745528

First, sorry for duplicating the topic. It should be noted that the game works fine if you never install Galaxy client. There seems to be a bug in Galaxy's uninstaller that does not remove all of its libraries and as a result, the game tries to load them. This caused the crash as my libraries were rather old (July 2015). The alternative solution (for those who do NOT have Galaxy installed) is to explicitly delete directory C:\ProgramData\GOG.com\Galaxy.

After a clean installation I get immediate crash with CRT runtime error. The cause is an unhandled exception with following callstack: 00 00eded48 71a1872d e06d7363 00000001 00000003 KERNELBASE!RaiseException+0x48 01 00eded80 5a50f287 00eded90 5a9f831c 5a9581b8 msvcr100!_CxxThrowException+0x48 *** ERROR: Symbol file could not be found. Defaulted to export symbols for GalaxyCSharpGlue.dll - WARNING: Frame IP not in any known module. Following frames may be wrong. 02 00edee44 5b4239d2 06aedb20 06a11568 00000000 0x5a50f287 03 00edee58 5b425a5d 06aedb20 06a11568 0ffd1c78 GalaxyCSharpGlue!CSharp_IFriends_GetPersonaName+0x1785 04 00edee78 0419b0b0 06aedb20 06a11568 0c79ae30 GalaxyCSharpGlue!CSharp_IFriends_GetPersonaName+0x3810 05 00edeeb8 0419ae0c 0ffd46c8 0ffd1c78 00edeecc 0x419b0b0 06 00edeed8 0419a7d8 0ffd46c8 0ffd1c78 00edef38 0x419ae0c 07 00edef38 0413f541 02ed23f0 00000000 00edef68 0x419a7d8 *** ERROR: Symbol file could not be found. Defaulted to export symbols for mono.dll - 08 00edef80 100f0566 02ed23f0 00edf0cc 00edf04c 0x413f541 09 00edefb0 1005d7fa 0c4c5e30 02ed23f0 00edf0cc mono!mono_set_defaults+0x22cb *** ERROR: Symbol file could not be found. Defaulted to export symbols for PillarsOfEternity.exe - 0a 00edefd4 002b531e 0c4c5e30 02ed23f0 00edf0cc mono!mono_runtime_invoke+0x51 0b 00edefec 00354e09 0c4c5e30 0985fd01 02ed23f0 PillarsOfEternity!Behaviour::Transfer<StreamedBinaryWrite<0> >+0x28fbe 0c 00edf02c 0035503e 00edf04c 00000000 00edf050 PillarsOfEternity!Behaviour::Transfer<StreamedBinaryWrite<0> >+0xc8aa9 0d 00edf03c 003550dc 00edf04c 02ed23f0 00000000 PillarsOfEternity!Behaviour::Transfer<StreamedBinaryWrite<0> >+0xc8cde 0e 00edf050 002a5452 108d64bc 00a2757c 0c4c5e30 PillarsOfEternity!Behaviour::Transfer<StreamedBinaryWrite<0> >+0xc8d7c 0f 00edf124 002a5649 0c4c5e30 0985fd01 108d64bc PillarsOfEternity!Behaviour::Transfer<StreamedBinaryWrite<0> >+0x190f2 10 00edf140 002a8102 02ed23f0 108d64bc 0028ceae PillarsOfEternity!Behaviour::Transfer<StreamedBinaryWrite<0> >+0x192e9 11 00edf158 002a7c21 00000004 00000004 00000003 PillarsOfEternity!Behaviour::Transfer<StreamedBinaryWrite<0> >+0x1bda2 12 00edf178 0036bef7 00000004 00000007 00edf1e4 PillarsOfEternity!Behaviour::Transfer<StreamedBinaryWrite<0> >+0x1b8c1 13 00edf1a8 0036c10e 02df0774 ffffd8b8 00000004 PillarsOfEternity!Behaviour::Transfer<StreamedBinaryWrite<0> >+0xdfb97 14 00edf1cc 0028e99f 00000004 038a15b0 108d3360 PillarsOfEternity!Behaviour::Transfer<StreamedBinaryWrite<0> >+0xdfdae 15 00edf298 0028f636 ffffd8b8 0c6e2e58 626f6c47 PillarsOfEternity!Behaviour::Transfer<StreamedBinaryWrite<0> >+0x263f 16 00edf2dc 0040aafd 0bd5b3b8 00edf328 04159df8 PillarsOfEternity!Behaviour::Transfer<StreamedBinaryWrite<0> >+0x32d6 17 00edf2e8 04159df8 038a15b0 03895968 0c6e2e58 PillarsOfEternity!Behaviour::Transfer<StreamedBinaryWrite<0> >+0x17e79d 18 00edf328 04159d7c 038a15b0 038b8d20 00edf33c 0x4159df8 19 00edf348 04155ef2 038a15b0 0388a4b0 00edf378 0x4159d7c 1a 00edf378 04154387 1006056f 00edf6a4 00edf3c8 0x4155ef2 1b 00edf388 0413f541 03895968 101108f2 03820000 0x4154387 1c 00edf3c8 100f0566 03895968 00edf5d0 00edf6a4 0x413f541 1d 00edf3f8 1005d7fa 0c4895d8 03895968 00edf5d0 mono!mono_set_defaults+0x22cb 1e 00edf41c 002b531e 0c4895d8 03895968 00edf5d0 mono!mono_runtime_invoke+0x51 1f 00edf434 00354e09 0c4895d8 0985fd01 03895968 PillarsOfEternity!Behaviour::Transfer<StreamedBinaryWrite<0> >+0x28fbe 20 00edf474 0035503e 00edf6a4 00000000 00edf668 PillarsOfEternity!Behaviour::Transfer<StreamedBinaryWrite<0> >+0xc8aa9 21 00edf484 002a6958 00edf6a4 03895968 00000000 PillarsOfEternity!Behaviour::Transfer<StreamedBinaryWrite<0> >+0xc8cde 22 00edf668 002a6ccb 0c4895d8 0985fd01 00000000 PillarsOfEternity!Behaviour::Transfer<StreamedBinaryWrite<0> >+0x1a5f8 23 00edf6a8 002a7070 0c4895d8 0985fd01 00000000 PillarsOfEternity!Behaviour::Transfer<StreamedBinaryWrite<0> >+0x1a96b 24 00edf6c8 0028de1e 0d130e50 00000000 e079ee88 PillarsOfEternity!Behaviour::Transfer<StreamedBinaryWrite<0> >+0x1ad10 25 00edf734 0031f9f0 00000004 00000000 00000000 PillarsOfEternity!Behaviour::Transfer<StreamedBinaryWrite<0> >+0x1abe 26 00edf824 0039bc9b 00000000 00000001 00000000 PillarsOfEternity!Behaviour::Transfer<StreamedBinaryWrite<0> >+0x93690 27 00edf860 0039d785 00644ca3 00000000 fe956000 PillarsOfEternity!Behaviour::Transfer<StreamedBinaryWrite<0> >+0x10f93b 28 00edf978 0060fd78 001a0000 00000000 01003d9d PillarsOfEternity!Behaviour::Transfer<StreamedBinaryWrite<0> >+0x111425 29 00edf990 00644c50 001a0000 00000000 01003d9d PillarsOfEternity!Behaviour::Transfer<RemapPPtrTransfer>+0xb3158 2a 00edfa20 75fe7c04 fe956000 75fe7be0 46f3bc8f PillarsOfEternity!Behaviour::Transfer<RemapPPtrTransfer>+0xe8030 2b 00edfa34 77dcad1f fe956000 4719d9cf 00000000 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0x24 2c 00edfa7c 77dcacea ffffffff 77db023b 00000000 ntdll_77d70000!__RtlUserThreadStart+0x2f 2d 00edfa8c 00000000 00644ca3 fe956000 00000000 ntdll_77d70000!_RtlUserThreadStart+0x1b It is certainly C++ exception but I was unable to retrieve its name because it occured in GalaxyPeer.dll which has been already unloaded. However, I found out I had Galaxy uninstalled but old GalaxyPeer.dll remained in ProgramData directory from which it was loaded. So, the solution was to install/update GOG Galaxy again (and perhaps uninstall it later).