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Steam News5 September 20223y ago

Fix for Espire 1 failing to launch

Hello Espire Agents! We are aware that a number of steam users have encountered a very frustrating issue where the game fails to launch.

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Full Espire 1: VR Operative update

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Hello Espire Agents! We are aware that a number of steam users have encountered a very frustrating issue where the game fails to launch. After a lot of investigation we believe we may have determined the issue causing it, and a potential fix for steam users.

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changedHello Espire Agents! We are aware that a number of steam users have encountered a very frustrating issue where the game fails to launch. After a lot of investigation we believe we may have determined the issue causing it, and a potential fix for steam users.
addedA lot of games made with Unreal Engine are experiencing this issue. Newer CPUs automatically use a new version of OpenSSL that is unfortunately incompatible with older versions of Unreal Engine. The below launch options force the game to use a more stable version of OpenSSL.

Espire 1: VR Operative changes

changedHello Espire Agents! We are aware that a number of steam users have encountered a very frustrating issue where the game fails to launch. After a lot of investigation we believe we may have determined the issue causing it, and a potential fix for steam users.
addedA lot of games made with Unreal Engine are experiencing this issue. Newer CPUs automatically use a new version of OpenSSL that is unfortunately incompatible with older versions of Unreal Engine. The below launch options force the game to use a more stable version of OpenSSL.

A lot of games made with Unreal Engine are experiencing this issue. Newer CPUs automatically use a new version of OpenSSL that is unfortunately incompatible with older versions of Unreal Engine. The below launch options force the game to use a more stable version of OpenSSL.

STEPS

  1. Open your Steam library, right click “Espire 1: VR Operative” and select “Properties”

  2. Under “General” tab, copy the following into the “Launch Options” field

cmd /c "set OPENSSL_ia32cap=:~0x20000000 && %command%"

  1. Close the Properties window

  2. Launch the game

  3. NOTE: A restart of your PC may be required

We encourage anyone who has had issues launching the game to try this fix and let us know if it works!

If you need any other help with the game, or this fix does not work, you can let us know in our Discord.

We apologise to anyone who has experienced this issue, and we hope that by implementing this fix you are able to launch Espire 1 successfully!

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Steam News / 5 September 2022

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