Wuthering Waves players are running into another performance issue where the RPG is stuck on the “verifying file integrity” progress bar and not being able to log in. The error occurs while you are trying to launch the title or while repairing its files after the game crashed.
When the bug happens you will be stuck on the verifying progress bar. The bar will reach a certain percentage and will stop moving and it can be stuck there for hours.
It’s one of the more annoying errors to deal with in Wuthering Waves, however, there are a few things you can try in order to solve it.
How to fix the “Stuck on Verifying File integrity” error in Wuthering Waves
1) Set the Wuthering Waves launcher on High Priority
The first solution to the problem will be to set the game’s launcher on high priority. You can do this by:
- Opening the Task Manager. You can do this by ctrl+alt+delete or by right-clicking on the Task Bar (make sure that the game and client are closed before starting).
- In the Task Bar head to the Details tab and look for:
- wuthering waves launcher.exe
- KRInstallExternal.exe
- Now right-click on them and in the “Set Priority” option, click on High
- Repair the game file once more by clicking on the “Repair” option located at the top right of the client.
- Restart our computer and launch Wuthering Waves again. This will likely fix the “Stuck on Verifying File Integrity” error.
2) Update your GPU drivers
Outdated graphics drivers might also cause the “Stuck on Verifying File Integrity” error in Wuthering Waves. You can update your GPU by either automatically downloading the latest version through the respective desktop applications or manually downloading the recent patches from the official websites.
3) Re-install the game
Re-installing the game worked for many in the community. Not only will it help tackle the file verification issue but also help in dealing with errors like “Program not responding” and “vcruntime140_1dll was not found”.
4) Keep closing and reopening the game
Although it may not seem like much of a solution, constantly closing and opening Wuthering Waves can help fix the “Stuck on Verifying File Integrity” error. Many in the community have stated that by spamming the game to open they were able to by-pass the problem on their systems.
5) Wait for a patch and reach out to customer care
If the above solutions fail, then the next best thing will be to wait for a patch. There are a lot of fixes that Kuro Games needs to introduce in the title hopefully they will address the ones around file integrity.
Additionally, you can reach out to the Wuthering Waves Support Team for additional help.
What causes the “Stuck on Verifying File Integrity” error in Wuthering Waves
The file integrity error can occur if there are some corrupt files in the game’s installation directory. It can also be caused if your graphics drivers are not updated to the latest version.
Sometimes it can also be a reporting issue and the game can open in the background even if the verification progress bar is stuck.
