"Bye for now" message popping up when i try to launch The Outer Worlds

Nicholasstrydom · Oct 31, 2019

Hi,

I downloaded The Outer Worlds and i've been playing it since it released, but today when i tried to launch the game i got a message saying "bye for now" and "we are getting out of our way to optimize performance". Nothing happens after that. I have tried
reinstalling the app and the game, updated my windows and i have tried running it as admin from the exe file. Nothing seems to work. My brother is also playing The Outer Worlds and he does not have any issues with launching the game? Is there anybody else
that has the same problem or might have found a fix?

Would appreciate any feedback on this issue.

Thanks.

:)

michaeltreu

I get the same error but in general when i ask about this someone just copy pastes the same reponse about they know it must be frustrating and then i am get given very simple advice like " try restarting your comp or checkign for updates " lol.

Onyx Is Here

Sorry to hear it. Please check the game to see if there are any pending updates for it. You can do the same for your PC. Another thing to try would be to restart your PC to see if that helps.

Fuzzy Noices

I tried to launch outer worlds on my pc but it just exits out without launching the game.

Thé Game Outer Worlds will launch Friday. Then you can launch it.

TastySammich

This has gotten completely and utterly absurd.

I did a clean reinstall of windows 10, and yet somehow The Outer Worlds

STILL. DOES. NOT. LAUNCH.

I give up.

butteredonion

Just wanted to say that I am having the exact same issue. Also with Outer Worlds. I have not found a solution yet. My experience was the following.

I had been playing Outer worlds for a few weeks without issue. About a week ago it suddenly refused to open. The other game I had installed, Age of Empires II, also would not open (previously it did open). I then uninstalled both games.

When trying to reinstall Outer Worlds the download refused to work. It simply does not start the download. No error message is displayed. The UI changes to the progress bar but then back to the install button immediately.

I then reinstalled the xbox game pass application. The Outer Worlds download still did not work.

I then tried to download Subnautica. This worked and is playable.

But I downloaded the gamepass for Outer Worlds so...

"Bye for now" message popping up when i try to launch The Outer Worlds