Hello, I am experiencing a launch failure with ReShade in Euro Truck Simulator 2. Description of the issue:
- When ReShade is installed, ETS2 does not launch at all.
- In Steam, I click Play, it shows Launching, and then it immediately returns to Play.
- No game window appears.
- When ReShade is completely removed, the game launches and works normally.
Important details:
- This happens even with a clean ReShade installation, without loading any preset.
- The preset is not the cause.
- The issue occurs with ReShade installed alone.
- The only time the game reached the main menu was when forcing OpenGL (test only).
- Even in OpenGL, the game crashes when loading a save (entering the 3D world).
- Using DirectX 11, the game does not launch at all with ReShade.
Additional context:
- I initially noticed this issue while testing the Project Next-Gen (PNG) graphics mod.
- However, the problem persists after removing PNG and all other mods.
- Therefore, PNG does not appear to be the cause.
Steps already tested:
- Clean reinstall of Euro Truck Simulator 2
- No mods installed
- DirectX 11
- OpenGL (test only)
- Renaming dxgi.dll to d3d11.dll
- Clean ReShade install (no preset)
- GPU drivers up to date
Result:
- Without ReShade → game launches normally
- With ReShade → game fails to launch (Steam returns to “Play”)
This appears to be a compatibility issue between ReShade and ETS2’s rendering pipeline on my system. Thank you for your time.