Return of Reckoning

I did a Windows Update: 2025-09 Cumulative Update Preview for Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5065789) (26100.6725) and now the game won't start with the Sildurs-launcher.bat. The .bat black window will open with the message:

Starting RoR-Launcher..
Setting up Directx 11 and Reshade..
Waiting for Warhammer..

but the game doesn't load. Nothing happens. If I take the Sildurs files out of the main folder, the game will start. Short of doing a system restore, any ideas why the game won't run following the Windows Update? Thanks in advance for any replies.

Abrafo wrote: Tue Oct 14, 2025 8:42 am I did a Windows Update: 2025-09 Cumulative Update Preview for Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5065789) (26100.6725) and now the game won't start with the Sildurs-launcher.bat. The .bat black window will open with the message:

Starting RoR-Launcher..
Setting up Directx 11 and Reshade..
Waiting for Warhammer..

but the game doesn't load. Nothing happens. If I take the Sildurs files out of the main folder, the game will start. Short of doing a system restore, any ideas why the game won't run following the Windows Update? Thanks in advance for any replies.

Not sure why a windows update would cause issues like that, your folder should look something like this:

Sildur wrote: Tue Oct 14, 2025 7:00 pm

Abrafo wrote: Tue Oct 14, 2025 8:42 am I did a Windows Update: 2025-09 Cumulative Update Preview for Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5065789) (26100.6725) and now the game won't start with the Sildurs-launcher.bat. The .bat black window will open with the message:

Starting RoR-Launcher..
Setting up Directx 11 and Reshade..
Waiting for Warhammer..

but the game doesn't load. Nothing happens. If I take the Sildurs files out of the main folder, the game will start. Short of doing a system restore, any ideas why the game won't run following the Windows Update? Thanks in advance for any replies.

Not sure why a windows update would cause issues like that, your folder should look something like this:

Spoiler:

Thank you for your help. Since the day I started having problems, there have been other Windows Updates to .NET and MS Runtimes. I installed them and cleaned out my RoR root folder using your image. I reinstalled your mod folder and it's working again! I'm not exactly sure what caused the issue. The mod was working just fine and after a Windows update it stopped working. I wasn't playing around with the folder and hadn't added other mods or updated Reshade. Regardless, it's working again and I am very happy with the mod. I've been using your visual mods for years and appreciate your help and work. Thanks again!

Hello i got the same problem after a Windows Update dunno how but everything worked fine yesterday, first ive got a message "data cannot be found" or something then i uninstalled RoR and reinstalled it started without shader worked fine but now when i reinstalled the shader and try start it with the Sildur launcher it keep telling me the same.


EDIT: i found a solution for my Problem i got a file named D3D9.dll after deleting it it started working again.

NeroBlood wrote: Thu Oct 23, 2025 1:01 pm Hello i got the same problem after a Windows Update dunno how but everything worked fine yesterday, first ive got a message "data cannot be found" or something then i uninstalled RoR and reinstalled it started without shader worked fine but now when i reinstalled the shader and try start it with the Sildur launcher it keep telling me the same.


EDIT: i found a solution for my Problem i got a file named D3D9.dll after deleting it it started working again.

So, I've had this happen a few times now in the past month. I noticed that after the game fails to load and I close the launcher down, sometimes it leaves an RoR service running which I have to manually shut down via Task Manager. I've also found that it leaves the file D3D9.dll in the Warhammer root folder when the file in the Sildur's folder is named D3D9.dll.load. I'm not sure what process is happening where the file name gets changed. So, after shutting down any remaining running RoR services, you can rename D3D9.dll to D3D9.dll.load and the game should load assuming everything else is in order.