So I've recently tried to start playing Borderlands 2 again but I've run into a giant issue.
When I try to open the game on my desktop PC, steam shows for a quick moment that I'm in a game, but nothing happens, after a short while I'm back to the "online" status in Steam.
So the launcher for Borderlands 2, which usually pops up first from where you start the Game, doesn't even open.
However when trying to play the game on my Laptop, it works perfectly fine.
I've tried everything I could find on the 2K support site and the internet in general, but NOTHING worked.
Here's a list of things I tried:
-restarting PC
-updating drivers, steam, Windows
-running the "BorderlandsInstaller.exe" to reinstall redists
-running the game and launcher as admin
-running steam as admin
-moving the game on steam to a different drive and back
-verifying game data on steam
-trying to launch the launcher via the borderlands.exe directly
The only thing that remotely worked was launching the games' .exe directly, however with this the game is permanently stuck in an unplayable resolution, as when you try to change the resolution in-game, the game just crashes immediately.
I've already asked the 2K Support for help but after trying several things they weren't able to help me and advised me to ask the Radeon Support for help.
They said that the only thing they noticed was a String called "PhysXDevice.dll" that could prevent the game from launching, but I have yet to receive an answer as to where they found it and how it could interfere with the execution of the program.
Things the 2K Support tried with me:
-running sfc/scannow to see if systemdata is alright
-trying to run the game after a "clean" reboot
-sending them a video showing what happens when I try to launch the games
-making a new user with admin privileges and trying to run the game on there
My guess is that it's maybe because of me using an AMD CPU and GPU? Since the only difference between my desktop PC and Laptop, is that my Laptop uses an Intel CPU and a NVIDIA GPU.
I would really appreciate your help if you have any ideas.
My desktop PC specs are:
OS: Windows 11
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
RAM: 32GB
For comparison my Laptops specs are:
OS: Windows 11
CPU: Intel Core i7
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
RAM: 32GB
