DON'T PANIC!

It seems this issue is widespread. DON'T PANIC! It is not just your GPU or CPU. AMD and Nvidia are both having problems, at all cost ranges, from a Nvidia 1070 to an AMD 5000 series

If you're crashing, come here and post your specs. Maybe we can figure something out.

Edit: We have 3 6 all people with a 6000 or 5000 series GPU crashing at hello games screen or white screen

EDIT 2: Hold E at the initialize screen!

EDIT 3: majority of people crashing have AMD GPUs, can anybody confirm it working with any AMD 5000 or 6000 series GPUs?

EDIT 5: Confirmed crash with GOG thanks to /u/iBeenie. This is not a steam issue, this is purely a game issue.

EDIT 6: I was planning on compiling all this info... but there literally is way too much. The setups are as widely varied as the planets in NMS and have no single thing in common. I guess we're waiting on the devs now

EDIT 7: Poll time! https://www.strawpoll.me/10976824 thanks to u/FishFruit14

EDIT 8: Changing graphics before starting the game: https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/comments/4xes1a/game_crashes_in_launch_how_do_i_change_settings/ Didn't work for me, but if you have a crappy computer, could help

EDIT 9: Potential FIX! But it didn't work for me. FML. Grab this and install it: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=26999

EDIT 10: Major keks https://twitter.com/NoMansSky/status/764144282609459200

EDIT 11: There was an update... it didn't fix it. Hello Games right now

But seriously, we preordered this game. It should be ready, but people make mistakes. You can return the game if you bought it within two weeks of release, and you haven't played it longer then 2 hours. Wait for a fix, play for an hour, and then return it. Might as well, right?

EDIT 12: Fix for openGL issue. https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/comments/4xene1/pc_crash_thread/d6ev01r?context=3

EDIT 13: confirmed gpu problem. https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/comments/4xene1/pc_crash_thread/d6esbhu

EDIT 14: We're the 1 percent. https://mobile.twitter.com/NoMansSky/status/764165793940516864

EDIT 15: Another wave of updates. No luck for me

EDIT 16: Check for openGL 4.5 I guess http://www.realtech-vr.com/glview/download.php

EDIT 17: Make sure your drivers are up to date. It's confirmed working, as long as you have at least 90% support of openGL 4.5 on the realtech glview software.

EDIT 18:

99% of the problems here are not driver issues, it's the game itself

EDIT 19: https://twitter.com/NoMansSky/status/764166088577851392

EDIT 20: Check this out: https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/comments/4xene1/pc_crash_thread/d6eyr23?context=3

(Maybe) Final EDIT: It seems the culprit is lack of SSE4.1 support. There are a few hackish ways of fixing it, as in edit 20, but at the end of the day, it's the fault of the devs. Give them time to check that out, and either tell us we're screwed or they have a patch. Please, this is not a reason to shit on PCs. The people who decided to refund the game can leave /r/nomansskythegame forever, the ones who are going to stick through can stay here. Please don't let this terrible release effect any of your views on any platform, it's really the devs fault.

/u/inform880 out

one more edit cause people are being stupid to me: I'm pissed too, and no SSE4.1 is not the only game breaking problem.