Menu does not open (Client.dll issue).

[Veratosian]

After opening the launcher executable file (with administrator rights) and launching the game pressing INSERT in the game menu does nothing.

I've checked some things to see why wouldn't it work:

1. Checked my DirectX version (DirectX 12)
2. Checked my firewall settings (Mirror's Edge.exe and the launcher.exe both have permissions)
3. Checked whether my INSERT key even worked at all.

I can't figure out what is causing the issue. I tried compiling the project instead of downloading the launcher.exe, but I can't compile the Client project file (Client.dll is missing error), although I can compile the Launcher project file. I tested it and the result was the same. I would greatly appreciate if someone could help me or comment whether they're having the same issue.

[btbd]

@Lambrovski The issue is most likely the client DLL not being loaded into the game at all. I'm assuming you don't see any chat message come up when the game starts saying something along the lines of "connected."

Can you run Mirror's Edge then run the launcher and see if any message boxes show up indicating an error with loading the DLL? Or does the launcher never close at all and just stay open?

[Veratosian]

@btbd Okay, I ran Mirror's Edge, then the launcher with administrator rights in that order. The message box just disappears and nothing else happens.

[btbd]

@Lambrovski The initial message box should have never appeared - I should've been more specific, launch Mirror's Edge to the main menu and then run the launcher.

Either way, does the launcher remain running in the background or does the process fully terminate? Check task manager.

[Veratosian]

@btbd The process fully terminates.

[btbd]

Hmm, that would indicate the DLL is being loaded into Mirror's Edge. Do you see this appear after running the launcher?

[Veratosian]

No, I don't.

[btbd]

So there's only a few reasons why that would happen and this will narrow it down. Can you try this:

1. Start Mirror's Edge and go to main menu
2. Run this modified launcher - MMultiplayer_Launcher.zip

And then can you tell me the new message box that appears? It should be either:

• The DLL was successfully loaded
• The DLL was not successfully loaded but this process could load it
• The DLL was not successfully loaded and this process could not load it: (error code)

[Veratosian]

The DLL was not successfully loaded but this process could load it

[btbd]

That indicates you have all the dependencies for the DLL yet something blocked it from being loaded into Mirror's Edge - do you have an antivirus running?

[Veratosian]

The closest thing I have to an antivirus is Windows Defender. I did turn off an option called "Real time protection".

[btbd]

Unfortunately I'm not sure what else would cause it to fail besides an AV - maybe ME doesn't have permissions to load the DLL? However, you can try this launcher (run Mirror's Edge to main menu then start launcher) and tell me what error code it spits out: MMultiplayer_Launcher.zip

[Veratosian]

0x5

[btbd]

That's access denied, which is what I was expecting. I'm not sure why Mirror's Edge wouldn't have access to load a DLL from your temp directory, but you could try loading Mirror's Edge as admin too since the launcher can load it just fine.

[Veratosian]

Okay, it works! The message is now 0xb7. I guess it was just the administrator rights issue. You may close the issue now or I'll do so in an hour. Thanks for helping me.

[btbd]

Well, the error code should be 0. That error indicates the DLL was already loaded and it got loaded again, but the original launcher should work fine now.

[ThatFlint]

My friend has the same issue and got an error code 0xe1, do you know what the cause could be?