Issue with launching WaW on Plutonium
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I'm having an issue when launching the game through plutonium. It works if i launch through steam but not through the plutonium launcher. It displays a message in the bootstrapper that says:
Followed further down with:
Saying that it couldnt load certain materials.Help would be greatly appreciated
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Hey,(0xC0000005 Access Violation). The main issue in your log is this line:
WARNING: Could not find zone '...\zone\english\localized_common.ff'
That missing .ff file is what's causing the bootstrapper to die. Here's what fixed it for me / what you should try:- Verify game files on Steam (right-click WAW → Properties → Local Files → Verify integrity)
- Run Plutonium as Administrator
- Temporarily disable your antivirus — it sometimes quarantines .ff files silently
- Reinstall the Plutonium bootstrapper from plutonium.pw (don't touch your WAW install)
- If none of the above works, full reinstall of WAW
The material errors (zombie_electric_shock_overlay, water_droplet, etc.) are just cosmetic warnings and not the cause of the crash, don't worry about those.
Hope this helps, let us know what worked!
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