Article ID: 000097972 Content Type: Error Messages Last Reviewed: 07/31/2024

Left 4 Dead 2* Is Crashing with High or Very High Shader Details on Intel® Arc™

Environment

Windows 11* Family, Windows® 10 family

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Summary

When setting the shader detail to high or very high in the game configuration, the game Left 4 Dead 2 crashes after the loading screen when running on Intel® Arc™.

Description

Left 4 Dead 2* is crashing when Shader settings are set to High or Very High in game settings on Intel® Arc™.

Resolution

​​​​Add this line to the Steam launch options of the game:

-force_vendor_id 0x1002 -force_device_id 0x6810