If you don't want to wait for an official GOG patch, you can just binary edit the common.dll file located in the Life is Strange/Binaries/Win32 directory:

replacing all (3) occurences of the hex-values string "C5 FD EF" with "66 0F EF"

The starting issue should be now fixed (well, at least for me!)

P.S.: To make the change, open common.dll with your favorite hex editor, then search/replace.

it work for me.
Thanks! :)

But Before the Storm is still crash. :'(

Works for me too. But I did not test Before storm

Hi all, this worked for me!

gazdi, which hex editor do you use for this? And out of curiosity, how did you figure out what needed to be changed?

Thanks! Worked like a charm.

I hav eno occurence of c5

Hi Dr.Chaos, what hex editor are you using? I'm using HxD. Make sure when searching you're searching on the Hex-values tab and not the Text-string tab (or whatever similar construct your hex editor has). I've attached an image to show what I mean.

This worked for me too! Thanks!

No dice, allso only have 2 occurences of C5 FD EF in my common.dll, same for install via client as standalone.

Dice:

I think my visual code plugin is a bit crappy, works with an other hex editor. \o/

I can also confirm that this worked for me but the controls, where you select what actions to take is still kinda buggy. They only appear when the player character is standing in view of them. This cant be intentional is it? As it would make the game a nightmare to play. Shame the same method wont work with the pre-equal tho.

There is a topic for everything.

https://www.gog.com/forum/life_is_strange_series/some_gfx_issues

Hi Gazdi,

I was about to return the game, because I was really stuck.
And than your advice came, I gave it a shot, and it works for me.

Are you a magician? Great work! Awesome!

Best regards
Wolfgang
Looks like it will be a long night, as this game is so cool!

Thank you! I received support from GOG and followed all their troubleshooting recommendations and nothing worked, but I followed the steps you gave and the game launched!

My gut was very tense there as I installed a hex editor and made the changes.

I have no idea why it worked, but I'm very glad you do gazdi,thank you for working out this fix and letting us know!

Thanks! Works for me.

FWIW, if anyone reading doesn't have a binary editor, I used is sourceforge.net/projects/frhed/ because I prefer stuff that comes with the source code.
The search syntax for *that* editor isn't obvious. Use: <bh:c5><bh:fd><bh:ef>

This did not fix the issue for me.