Today, a huge number of people play Dota 2, because this project offers them a great opportunity to choose one of the many characters, pump it according to their own scheme and fight with other players, while forming an alliance with their friends. One of the main advantages of games of the MOBA genre, to which Dota 2 belongs, is that each session does not exceed two hours of time, which today is becoming increasingly important. People refuse MMORPG projects, which make them sit for hours in the game in order to achieve at least some progress in it. "Dota 2" offers you a completely different mechanics, which, however, you may not appreciate if this game will not turn on on your computer. A similar problem occurs quite often, so you should know all the possible solutions. If Dota 2 doesn’t start, then you should try all the methods that will be offered in this article until you find one that works. It is advisable to carry them out in order, because the last of them will be the most radical.
Video Card Drivers
The first thing you should think about if Dota 2 does not start up is reinstalling the drivers for the video card. Very often, both in this project and in other games, a similar problem arises precisely because the most up-to-date drivers are installed on the computer, and because of this, the game conflicts with the software, and therefore does not start. You can update through the software service of the video card, if the appropriate software is installed: then you will not have any problems at all. You just need to go into the desired program and click on the only button that allows you to check for updates for your video card. If they are available, you can download and install them with one click.
However, not everyone has such software installed, so you may have to do everything manually. Go to the official website of the manufacturer of your video card, look for your model there and download the latest drivers. After the download is complete, you will have to manually launch the installer and install them in order to be able to play Dota or any other game that has not been launched before. However, there is a possibility that this method will not help you. If after installing fresh drivers you still don’t start Dota 2, you need to move on to more serious measures.
Restarting Steam
99% of gamers who are addicted to DotA launch it through the Steam platform. And if your Dota 2 does not start, then you should turn off Steam and then turn it back on. If you wish, you can accompany this process by restarting the computer to increase the likelihood that the process will lead to success. It is only important that you complete all the processes that were currently running. If you exit Steam, call the task manager and check if there are any running services associated with this program, for example, the Steamwebhelper application. Uncheck all the relevant tasks and only after that launch Steam again. This may very well help you start playing again.
But what if even after that you do not start Dota 2? Steam offers you one great opportunity that you should definitely use if any game stops working for you.
Check cache integrity
Game cache - this information about the game that is available on your computer. Therefore, if the Dota 2 game does not start , you need to use a very useful feature from Steam to check the integrity of the cache. You can do this in the settings of any of the games, including DotA 2. The process may take some time, but it often brings results. Firstly, it will detect absolutely all inconsistencies of your client as it should be, and secondly, it will fix all these errors, download the missing files and update the outdated ones. As a result, you can safely restart DotA 2 without any problems. This feature can be used not only when your game refuses to turn on at all - you can use it also when Dota 2 or another game starts and crashes . However, as in other situations, there is no absolute guarantee that this will help: checking the integrity of the game cache can show that everything is in order. Then you need to go to the next item.
Reinstalling the game and Steam
So, if you have already tried all the previous methods, but none of them helped you, then you need to get down to business seriously. Try reinstalling Dota 2, and if that doesn’t help, uninstall and reinstall the Steam platform itself. Such drastic measures can help if other options do not work.
Extreme measures
However, if even reinstalling Steam did not help you, then the only thing left for you to do is reinstall the operating system, because the error is really serious. On a clean OS, you can already install both Steam and DotA. Do not forget about the drivers and the necessary distribution.