Win10 Laptop AoEDE runs on external display but not laptop display

Game Version: STEAM

  • Build ((28529))

Issue:

Game runs normally when running on my 4K TV (I did attempt to lower the resolution before switching back over to the laptop display) but the game simply has a black screen and crashes after a few seconds with nothing else popping up.

Reproduction Steps:

  1. Launch the game on laptop display.
  2. Watch it do absolutely nothing and crash.

Steps taken:

  • I am not running antivirus
  • Firewall settings are set to full permissions.
  • Attempted to force game to use GTX1650 via context menu.
  • Ran game on TV, set resolution to 1080p and attempted to run it on laptop display.
  • Tried all the fixes for the game.
  • Installed on secondary drive during one of several reinstalls.
  • Runs perfectly on an external display.
  • Cannot disable nVidia Optimus
  • Verified that Win10 and GPU Drivers etc are all up to date.

Running: ROG STRIX III Laptop with
9750H
GTX 1650
16GB of RAM
1TB nVME SSD
750GB HDD

Here are some relevant logs and my dxdiag: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AsxXzgCNdZ-Zn9kEO9ZqL6oCOphgZg

BTW, your mobile version of this site is kind of… completely unusable for all but just basic browsing.

Cheers.