I have gone through everything in the "cannot start issue" compilation thread on the steam forum, and the linked troubleshooting thread. I've checked the registry for the screenmanager values they’re ok, made sure the .exe file runs on win7 compatibility mode, has admin priviledges, updated my codex... checked the .net framework installation, everything

 

I even manually checked that I can run the cutscene video files in the game directory - its just mp4 video files! Even fully re-installed the game.

 

why oh why can I not get my god damn cutscenes!?!? 

 

pc: AMD ryzen 9 5900xx CPU, 3gb ram,  Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 graphics card

 

dxdiag: https://pastebin.com/YtefJTKR


diagnostic: https://www.dropbox.com/s/9vruf9vyhg44zdt/Diagnostics%20-%202023%2702%2724%20%401124%2736%27%27.html?dl=0

 

output log https://pastebin.com/08T75VuY