BO2 not launching

JommyTarvis

Few days ago I was playing bo2 zombies when after leaving a match the game didn't load back to menu so I closed it and it never opened back so (as I was told) I bought it legally on steam so it would get fixed but it still won't open, it gets stuck on the black screen of the launcher and says all this (what shows in red is: couldn't exec plutonium_zm.cfg, ai_corpseCount is cheat protected and '0' is not a valid value for dvar 'r_brightness') so I'm hoping that a fix exists or I'm just doomed..:

Bound DW addr to 192.168.0.12:3074
Bound DW port to 3074
--- Cmd Initialization Complete ---
Loading fastfile code_pre_gfx_zm
Built adjacency info for IPaks 0ms
[STEAM] 1 calls ready, running...
[STEAM] running call 1
----- FS_Startup -----
Searching for iwds in C:\Program Files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\Call of Duty Black Ops II/players
Searching for iwds in C:\Program Files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\Call of Duty Black Ops II/main_shared
Searching for iwds in C:\Program Files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\Call of Duty Black Ops II/main
Searching for iwds in C:\Users\Guillermo\AppData\Local\Plutonium\storage\t6/main
Searching for iwds in C:\Users\Guillermo\AppData\Local\Plutonium\storage\t6/players
Searching for iwds in C:\Users\Guillermo\AppData\Local\Plutonium\storage\t6//
Searching for iwds in C:\Users\Guillermo\AppData\Local\Plutonium\storage\t6/raw
Searching for files required to download mod: "" map: ""
Build r4906
logfile opened on Thu Aug 28 18:55:44 2025
no files required for mod download.
Current language: english
Current search path:
C:\Users\Guillermo\AppData\Local\Plutonium\storage\t6/raw
C:\Users\Guillermo\AppData\Local\Plutonium\storage\t6//
C:\Users\Guillermo\AppData\Local\Plutonium\storage\t6/players
C:\Users\Guillermo\AppData\Local\Plutonium\storage\t6/main
C:\Program Files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\Call of Duty Black Ops II/main
C:\Program Files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\Call of Duty Black Ops II/main_shared
C:\Program Files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\Call of Duty Black Ops II/players
execing default_mp.cfg
execing default_statversion.cfg
completed execing default_statversion.cfg
execing thumbstick_default.cfg
completed execing thumbstick_default.cfg
execing buttons_default.cfg
completed execing buttons_default.cfg
completed execing default_mp.cfg
couldn't exec plutonium_zm.cfg
execing default_mp_controls_english.cfg
completed execing default_mp_controls_english.cfg
ai_corpseCount is cheat protected
r_aaSamples will be changed upon restarting.
r_fullscreen will be changed upon restarting.
r_monitor will be changed upon restarting.
r_texFilterQuality will be changed upon restarting.
execing ragdoll.cfg
completed execing ragdoll.cfg
'0' is not a valid value for dvar 'r_brightness'
Domain is any number from 0.5 to 1.5
Plutonium r4906 >

Ahrimdon

First of all, I'm a clown.

Second of all, please format your logs and code inside codeblocks using backticks.

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[INFO] like this.

Third of all, the issue is with Pluyonium not being able to execute you config file. Either rename your players directory in your Plutonium/storage/t6 and then relaunch the game to generate a new config, or use a batch file to manually specify the location of your Plutonium install. If you are already using a batch file to start the game, then try using the executable. Somehow your config got deleted. This is the answer to you issue.

JommyTarvis

Ahrimdon Thank you for the help but I have no idea which logs and code you mean or where to find them, and i don't know how to format them, could you help me?

Xerxes

JommyTarvis said in BO2 not launching:

C:\Users\Guillermo\AppData\Local\Plutonium\storage\t6/players

Try to delete that folder, it will reset, your config.

Did you do any funny business to your Plutonium folder like setting it read only?

JommyTarvis

Xerxes Thanks but I don't have "players" folder in t6 also I didn't set it read only and also deleted the plutonium folder various times hoping that would fix it...

Xerxes

Can you check if you can create a new text file in there without admin rights?

JommyTarvis

Xerxes Yes I can (create text without admin)

Xerxes

Do you have anything that hooks directx? overlays, recording software etc enabled ?

JommyTarvis

Xerxes Sorry for the late response, about the overlay stuff I believe I just have steam overlay and discord (not sure if that’s what you’re asking) and I don’t really have recording softwares, in general I believe I don’t have anything weird…