Overview
An infinite loading screen is unfortunately experienced in Killer is Dead by PC users who have a dualcore CPU without hyperthreading (or less). This has still not been addressed by an official patch but a recent solution was posted on the internet and involves hex-editing the game’s .exe file: KidGame.exe.Because of this, I decided to hex-edit “KidGame.exe” and make the pre-edited .exe file available for everyone else to download (should you not want to install a hex editor or find the process time consuming). I personally don’t need this fix but it’s here for PC users that need it and want an easy solution to this frustrating issue.What the fix, or more accurately workaround, does is that it skips the conditional part of the following instructions in the game’s .exe:(number_of_logical_processors < 8) {DO_SOME_STUFF}For those who think the file contained in this guide may be a virus:https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/84c088248ea5c92c362e43c42f7c757ef481d3bcbfadecfc022f01d46723e164/analysis/* Credit goes to Steam user Gabe Newell Ate My Username ( http://steamcommunity.com/id/dopefish69 ) for the hex-edit method, Steam user Misha ( http://steamcommunity.com/id/asoggytoaster ) for the above explanation of what the fix does and Steam user Naked Raiden ( http://steamcommunity.com/id/Hayachan ) for making minor corrections to this community guide!!
Pre-edited .exe
This section contains a KidGame.exe file that’s already been hex-edited. If you would prefer to hex-edit the .exe yourself: please visit the “Do-It-Yourself” section in this Steam guide.
With that out of the way — I’ve put the .exe in a compressed .zip folder and the download link is here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6ibeoq3wb123or1/KiD%20.exe%20%28edited%29.zip?dl=1
All you need to do, once you’ve extracted the downloaded file, is to then move it into: C:Program Files (x86)SteamSteamAppscommonKillerIsDeadBinariesWin32
Do-It-Yourself
For those of you who want to hex-edit the KidGame.exe file yourself, I’ll gladly point out the steps:
1. Download a free hex-editor (I recommend HxD which is what I’ll link below):
[link]
2. Extract the HxD .zip file, run its “setup.exe” file and then install the HxD program.
3. Open HxD and a new window should appear.
4. From here, click the “File” menu and then click “Open…”.
5. Locate and select the “KidGame.exe” file, which can be found in this directory-path:
C:Program Files (x86)SteamSteamAppscommonKillerIsDeadBinariesWin32
6. Next, click the “Search” menu and select “Find”.
7. A new window will come up. Next to “Datatype:” is a dropdown bar. Click it and choose “Hex-values” instead of “Text-string”.
8. In the same window, paste in the “Search for:” bar the following: C67D088BF03BC7 , and hit the “Enter” key on your keyboard.
9. You should’ve located the line shown in the below screenshot. Make sure that it matches the same Offset on the left hand side like the screenshot too. Now change the “7D” portion of the line that’s highlighted to “EB”.
10. Once done, click the “File” menu and then click “Save”.