Hello thieves of the sea,
I know there is currently a thread that also deals with client startup issues, but I believe my problem is different.
Problem:
Upon launching Sea of Thieves, the SoT logo shows up for a few seconds (not even the Rare logo), then the window closes again. If I start it again afterwards, absolutely nothing happens. The SoT logo shows up again when launching after a computer restart. The issue first arised yesterday, when I wanted to launch the game after updating. It worked perfectly fine a few weeks ago.
I don't know if it's related, but the event log spits out the following:
"Ein DCOM-Server konnte nicht gestartet werden: Microsoft.SeaofThieves_2.92.2201.2_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe!AthenaClientShipping als Nicht verfügbar/Nicht verfügbar. Fehler:
"2147942405"
Aufgetreten beim Start dieses Befehls:
"C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SeaofThieves_2.92.2201.2_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Athena\Binaries\UWP64\SoTGame.exe" -ServerName:AthenaClientShipping.AppX1tppsmwxvf2km3jd8xq57zc8r6c65hfj.mca"
which roughly translates to:
"A DCOM-Server couldn't be started: Microsoft.SeaofThieves_2.92.2201.2_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe!AthenaClientShipping as not available/not available. Error:
"2147942405"
Occurred when executing command:
"C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SeaofThieves_2.92.2201.2_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Athena\Binaries\UWP64\SoTGame.exe" -ServerName:AthenaClientShipping.AppX1tppsmwxvf2km3jd8xq57zc8r6c65hfj.mca"
Things I did already:
- Updated Windows
- wsreset.exe
- app reset of Sea of Thieves
- app reset of Xbox Companion
- a lot of computer reboots
- in services.msc, set Plug & Play to automatic start in properties
- uninstalled several programs/apps I installed recently, one of them the only VPN client I had installed
- change region and language to USA and English (USA)
- downloaded a random free app from the microsoft store
- started Sea of Thieves from Desktop, Microsoft Store, Xbox Companion
- unticked/ticked automatic timezone recognition
- sync'ed time anew
- updated NVIDIA graphics driver
- disabled NVIDIA Geforce overlay
- disabled "Gaming" mode
- disabled game bar to record videos, screenshots etc
- disabled "record in the background" option
- executed some powershell commands I can't recall
- no such program as a Sonic Radar or Studio installed on my computer
I probably tried more but I'm working on it since yesteday, so I can't recall every single measure. I don't know if the error code I posted above is connected to my problem, but I thought it might help identifying the issue.
If you have an idea how to fix, please take a moment and tell me. I'd like to play again ASAP :D