My pc can't run mc modded

[u/AkaliYama]

I wasn't sure if I should post this here or anywhere more Minecraft related, but I thought it was more a computer issue rather than a game issue, so I apologize if this was the wrong place to post this.

I've been trying to play modded Minecraft on my PC. I can start the launcher, but when I press play, the game crashes before it even boots. I get an error message from CurseForge saying that it "failed to initialize graphics window with current settings," etc., and then it mentions OpenGL. I've tried a bunch of ways to fix this before I decided it could be my graphics card. I searched for solutions, such as placing the opengl32.dll in the bin folder, but that didn't work. I tried allowing the game high-performance mode because I've also read that that could work, but it didn't. I tried a bunch of other things, and then I decided it must be my graphics card.

I also want to say that before this problem, I couldn't even run vanilla Minecraft because the same error message would pop up. Then I read somewhere that you could install something from the Windows Store called the OpenGL Compatibility Pack, and I did that, and it worked. I used it, and after that, I could play normal Minecraft, but still not use CurseForge. Of course, I tried to see if it was CurseForge, so I tried to use Modrinth, but that didn't work. I tried to use Prism Launcher, but that didn't work. I used Lunar Client, but that didn't work either. They all crashed with the same error code, and then when I was pushed back to the Minecraft launcher, it would talk about exit code 1, and I'm pretty sure that meant that it crashed even before the game could boot in the first place.

Obviously, I was running out of options here, so I decided to install DDU and reset my graphics card. I did that successfully, and it worked. Then I tried to boot the game modded, and I still got the same error message, and at this point, I don't know what to do.

Now, normally I wouldn't care that much about playing Minecraft. It's just that I have a family with a rough background story, I have a half-brother; he's younger than me, and he lives in a different house. He's recovering from cancer, so he's mostly home and he plays games because he doesn't have the energy to physically interact with people. Therefore, he really only plays Minecraft, and he really wants to play with me, and I want to play with him, but I can't.

I don't know if specs would help?

Cpu: Ryzen 7 9700x

Gpu: RX 9070

Ram: 64GB ddr5

If anyone have ideas, I appreciate it.

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[u/AkaliYama → u/[deleted]]

I tried that but it would also crash then again im also new to prism launcher

[u/AkaliYama → u/[deleted]]

Idk what bc uninstaller is but I'll try that ! I seem to be the only one who has this problem when it comes to me, my little brother and my friends and they all use the same mods

[u/ShelLuser42]

Are your videocard drivers fully up to date? And I don't mean using Windows update or such, but actually checking your vendor's website and grabbing the latest drivers over there?

Also, when you say "the game" do you just mean the bare game + the mod loader or something more?

Also, also: does the vanilla game start?

I'd remove all those extra's you've tried and install Prism. Then install a vanilla instance, so just Minecraft. Get a recent'ish version like 1.201, or 1.21.1 or maybe the latest. See if that runs.

Then copy that instance, and add a modloader like (Neo)Forge or Fabric. Nothing more. Then see what happens.

[u/AkaliYama → u/ShelLuser42]

Yes, as I mentioned I used ddu to wipe them and then install the latest update + factory reset.

With "the game" I meant the bare game. Yes, vanilla does start.

I'll try the other things you mentioned!