Norlandis the latest medieval colony sim to join the ever-growing genre on PC, and it has launched into early access, published by Hooded Horse. Since this is an early access release, there are plenty of bugs and technical issues that players are running into, and thankfully, the developers are interacting with the community. If Norland is crashing at launch for you, here is how you can fix that.
Fixing the Norland Crash at Launch Issue
If you’re using Avast as your default antivirus, then you need to add the Norland folder to its list of exclusions and exceptions to fix the crash at launch issue. Apart from that, verify Steam isn’t running in administrator mode.
Add Norland to Avast’s Exceptions
For some reason, Avast is flagging Norland as a threat, which means players who have the antivirus service will not be able to launch the title. You need to add the game’s main folder to the list of exceptions byfollowing the instructions on their support page.
After that, it shouldn’t be a problem, and the game should launch as normal.
Verify Game Files
We still recommend verifying game files just in case to restore anything the antivirus might have potentially deleted.
Don’t Run Steam as an Administrator
For some reason, users have confirmed that running Steam as an administrator causes a crash at launch. This could be related to some permissions rule, but for now, if you aren’t using an antivirus like Avast, try launching Steam without administration privileges. This would only apply to players who regularly run Steam as an administrator.
Apart from that, you may try the following generic solutions that could potentially work:
Norland just launched in early access, so you can expect similar issues, at least for a few weeks. We recommend joiningtheir discordto report any problems you find as well.
Ali Hashmi
Ali has been writing about video games for the past six years and is always on the lookout for the next indie game to obsess over and recommend to everyone in sight. When he isn’t spending an unhealthy amount of time in Slay the Spire, he’s probably trying out yet another retro-shooter or playing Dark Souls for the 50th time.
