NicolaosK

Rockstar launcher. It doesn’t make logs

I also did these steps 😣

System: Lenovo Legion Pro 5, RTX 5070 + AMD Ryzen 9 iGPU (hybrid graphics), Windows 11 GTA V Legacy v1.0.3788.0 (fresh reinstall) RAGE Plugin Hook v1.130.1406.17682 PUBLIC (bundled with LSPDFR 0.4.9) SYMPTOM: Launching RAGEPluginHook.exe directly causes the Rockstar Games Launcher to restart/reconnect to servers instead of launching GTA5.exe. RPH overlay gets stuck indefinitely on "This is taking longer than usual...". No RagePluginHook.log or Logs folder is EVER created, even with -log commandline argument (via commandline.txt and "Restart with logging" button). Using the alt-tab method (launch game normally via launcher, alt-tab during loading screen, then launch RPH) DOES get the game to fully load in-game with the RPH overlay rendering visually on top (so the DirectX hook itself appears to work), but the overlay still gets stuck forever with no log file created. Once got a "Grand Theft Auto V Legacy exited unexpectedly" crash via RPH after reinstalling the launcher, but reverted to the stuck-launcher symptom on subsequent attempts before I could fully test Safe Mode. ALREADY TRIED (no success): - BattlEye disabled (confirmed multiple times; it reset itself once after reinstalling the launcher, re-disabled it) - Norton 360 fully disabled (real-time protection + firewall both off/allow) - Windows Core Isolation / Memory Integrity disabled + restarted - Smart App Control confirmed already Off - -nodx commandline flag (Disable DirectX Hook) - Game files verified via launcher "Verify Integrity" - Rockstar Games Launcher fully uninstalled + reinstalled (incl. rescanning for existing installs) - NVIDIA App in-game overlay disabled - "Disable fullscreen optimizations" compatibility flag on both RAGEPluginHook.exe and Launcher.exe - Firewall/antivirus exclusions added for the full game folder + RPH.exe Root cause not yet identified. All standard fixes exhausted. Any help appreciated