Ignite loader

Every Ignite product runs from the same loader and sets up the same way. The pages in this section cover it once, so your product page only has to tell you what is different about your game.

Ignite is the lightest setup in the catalogue. There is no overlay app to install for most products, no spoofer built into the loader, and no hypervisor work beyond turning two Windows features off.

Work through these in order

Which Ignite product do I have?

The short version

1. Defender and any other antivirus off.
2. TPM and Core Isolation off.
3. Game closed.
4. Loader open as administrator, key entered, press Load.
5. Loader closes itself. Check Task Manager that its process is actually gone.
6. Launch the game, not in fullscreen.
7. Press Insert for the menu.

Two things that catch nearly everyone

Fullscreen hides the menu. Ignite cannot draw over an exclusive fullscreen game. Borderless or windowed, every time. If your setup went perfectly and there is simply no menu, this is almost always why.

The loader has to be gone, not just closed. The window disappearing is not the same as the process ending. Open Task Manager after the window closes and confirm the loader is not still listed. Launching the game while it lingers is the second most common cause of a ban on this product line.

Your licence starts when you load it, not when you buy

Ignite keys begin counting down the first time you enter the key into the loader, and then run continuously whether or not you play. Extending means buying another licence. See Licences and keys.