Sacred 2 Gold

Sacred 2 Gold

Enternight 7. aug. 2013 kl. 8:02
Failed to start game (app already running)
Hello,

I just got Sacred 2 Gold and I can play it with the latest community patch without a problem. However, whenever I launch the game, it stays in some kind of "launched" state for Steam, even though I don't see it anywhere in my processes. Steam pops an error window saying "Failed to start game (app already running)" when I try to start it again.

I can't even close Steam, as it asks me to close Sacred 2 first, which isn't running. I have to kill the Steam process manually.

What can I do ? I have already tried putting the game (and its patcher) in XP compatibility mode and it didn't help...

Thanks in advance !
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Ferns 7. aug. 2013 kl. 9:11 
1.Go to your steam library \steamapps/common/sacred gold 2/redist/physx
and install: PhysX_9.10.0513_SystemSoftware

(Even if you have a radeon card)

2. Reboot your computer

3. Run Sacred 2 gold as you would run any other game from Steam.

4. Enjoy

(This worked on my system. CPU: AMD 8320FX, GFX: MSI R7950 3GB, OS: Win 8)
Enternight 7. aug. 2013 kl. 10:13 
Thank you for your answer.

The thing is, I don't get any kind of error about PhysX, which was probably already installed by a few dozens games.

I will still give it a try. I'll let you know if it worked !

Edit : scratch that, when I try to install the PhysX driver, it says it won't, because my current version is more recent.
Sidst redigeret af Enternight; 7. aug. 2013 kl. 10:14
Ferns 7. aug. 2013 kl. 10:38 
Sorry to hear it didn't work.

I didn't get the error either - When starting the game from the Steam launchbar.
But when I launched the game from its folder it gave me the physX error. Maybe it will give you a hint about what is wrong, in your case,, if you try to launch it the same way.

I hope you'll succeed :)
Enternight 7. aug. 2013 kl. 13:42 
Nothing seems to work ! I have tried disabling the in-game overlay, crashing the game on purpose, etc.

I'm sure someone out there knows how to fix this !
peterrandle 7. aug. 2013 kl. 14:36 
You dont have tracks eraser do you.That caused my game to do that same thing had to launch it from the game folder.Another one was games for windows was out of date.Or read post how to fix startup errors thats got some good info
Sidst redigeret af peterrandle; 7. aug. 2013 kl. 14:42
Enternight 7. aug. 2013 kl. 16:28 
To clarify, launching the game from its folder still launches it via Steam. It doesn't give me any kind of error. The only problem is that I end up with the game leaving Steam in a state that makes it believe Sacred 2 is still running... indefinitely.
AnimeTiddays 7. aug. 2013 kl. 23:37 
I have this same problem :(
Letozeth 8. aug. 2013 kl. 20:06 
CTRL+ALT+DEL > Kill Sacred 2 application.
Enternight 9. aug. 2013 kl. 7:19 
Thank you Zethell, but neither of your answers apply to the problem I am having.
Foyrexjr 9. aug. 2013 kl. 9:30 
i think it is a very big problem
Zacletus 10. aug. 2013 kl. 13:24 
Is it trying to run the game as administrator? I know that when I was trying to get Bioshock to run in XP compatibility mode it ran into a similar issue as what you're saying.

Easy fix though, if that's the case. Just run steam as administator and then it should work.

Edit: ah, never mind. Seems that that's the first thing on the bug hunter guide.
Sidst redigeret af Zacletus; 10. aug. 2013 kl. 13:30
Hyde 11. aug. 2013 kl. 23:13 
Took a while to download, but after it said "performing first time set-up", the box disappeared, and the game failed to start. I also have the "app already running problem", and bought it from the recent Deep Silver Humble Bundle (like most everyone else recently). It also doesn't show up in the Task Manager. Even though both me and my brother bought it, it only works on his computer, but fails on mine. Hope this gets resolved soon... :squirtyay:
Mt. Dewid 12. aug. 2013 kl. 1:15 
I have the same problem, I wish they could fix this
ajdean 13. aug. 2013 kl. 19:59 
Same problem here... tried everything I can come up with
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