Batman Arkham City Fatal Error Qa Approved Build January Verified !!hot!!

The message "Fatal error! QA_APPROVED_BUILD_JANUARY_2011" is a generic crash notification in Batman: Arkham City

Verified Fix: Force the game to ignore PhysX via BmLauncher.exe.

Navigate to: Documents\WB Games\Batman Arkham City GOTY\BmGame\Config\BmEngine.ini

Find bDisablePhysXHardwareSupport=False → Change to True.

Set PhysXLevel=2 to PhysXLevel=0.

Save and set the file to "Read-only" (right-click -> Properties). This prevents the launcher from reverting the change.

CPU affinity limiting,

DXVK Vulkan translation,

Disabled PhysX,

And the INI poolsize tweak,

5. Advanced Fixes (For Persistent Crashes)

🛠️ Disable Steam/Epic Overlay

Steam: Settings → In-Game → Uncheck “Enable Steam Overlay”

Epic: Settings → Scroll to Batman: Arkham City → Uncheck overlay