Larian Studios released the Enhanced Edition of their critically acclaimed RPG, Divinity: Original Sin in October 2015. For those who are new, Divinity: Original Sin is a classic style RPG with multiplayer elements. It was highly praised by IGN and other major critics when it came out back in 2014. Now, the ones who have bought the Divinity: Original Sin – Enhanced Edition have reported a few issues while running it on their PC.
This guide provides fixes to the most frequent issues faced by the Divinity: Original Sin – Enhanced Edition users. Errors like crash, bugs, black screen on startup and more have been covered. Before that, please make sure that your rig meets the minimum system requirements to the run the game at least in the low settings.
Divinity – Original Sin – Enhanced Edition Official System Requirements
Minimum Requirements
- OS: Windows 7 SP1 64-bit or Windows 8.1 64-bit or Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core2 Duo E6600 or equivalent
- Memory: 2GB RAM
- Graphics: DirectX 11 Compatible GPU
- DirectX: Version 11
Recommended Requirements
- OS: Windows 7 SP1 64-bit or Windows 8.1 64-bit or Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel i5 2400 or higher
- Memory: 4GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 550 or ATI™ Radeon™ HD 6XXX or higher
- DirectX: Version 11
How to fix Divinity – Original Sin – Enhanced Edition Errors: Crash, Bug, Black screen more
1 Crash during startup/black screen/failed to launch fix:
Players who are having issues like the game crashing while launching or during gameplay should try updating their video card drivers to latest version. A clean install of the video card drivers by downloading them from the official website is the primary solution.
Another fix includes changing the desktop resolution to the game resolution and then launching the game.
2 Controller not working in Divinity – Original Sin – Enhanced Edition fix:
This kind of issue is frequent among Windows 10 users. What you need to do is follow the steps.
- Right click “This PC” and select Properties.
- Go to Device Manager from left column
- Now locate your controller under Human Interface Devices
- Right click that and click “Update Driver Software”
After updating, try playing the game. The issue will be resolved.
3 Game doesn’t start issue fix:
The following solutions apply to these kind of problems.
- Make sure you have DirectX and Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable installed
- Verify the integrity of game cache files through Steam
4 Black screen on startup in Divinity – Original Sin – Enhanced Edition fix:
Black screen at startup issue happens when your display driver is is not upto date. So you need to update them first. Next thing you do is go to
\SteamApps\common\Divinity – Original Sin\Shipping\
Run as administrator EoCApp.exe from there. The game should work fine this time.
New issues keep surfacing. If you are one of those who is still facing any errors running Divinity: Original Sin – Enhanced Edition, feel free to share your query in the comments section. We will try our best to fix it. This post will be updated with solutions to new issues and bugs.
