Despite owning the full game, it keeps launching Friend Pass verions

[Sir Nuhrii]

just as it says, I'm no tech wizard so other than verifying files I don't really know what else to try. Saw someone talk about disabling Full Entitlement in dlc in properties, then verify files, then re-enable the FE in dlc, then it worked for them. This did nothing for me, still getting Friend pass version. I have over 130 hours and most achievements, got it all BEFORE the friend pass update but now it's ♥♥♥♥♥♥. Second time this game gets ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up and I can't play it, first it was the weird thing where save files wouldn't launch but it was thankfully fixed, so I didn't lose my 80+ hours of progress and item collection.

Also, as a side note, I keep needing to launch the executive file as administrator, how do I change that?

Got it fixed, steps in an answer below, try what Nuko G. Helgwen did first.

[AggroBuLLeT]

Originally posted by Sir Nuhrii:

Also, as a side note, I keep needing to launch the executive file as administrator, how do I change that?

is your steam/game folder in program(x86) ? if yes then change that immediately. this can cause all kind of problems, not just with this game. Just create a folder directly on the drive, call it Games or whatever and put all your games there instead

[Psionic_SG]

Yup, same.. Launching as ad min and friend pass version only....

[Sir Nuhrii]

Originally posted by AggroBuLLeT:

Originally posted by Sir Nuhrii:

Also, as a side note, I keep needing to launch the executive file as administrator, how do I change that?

is your steam/game folder in program(x86) ? if yes then change that immediately. this can cause all kind of problems, not just with this game. Just create a folder directly on the drive, call it Games or whatever and put all your games there instead

Never done stuff like that before, does steam still find the game and launch it like normal? Just move the whole thing manually in a folder and it works fine?

[Only Human: Comrade Stalin]

Same issue, folder not in "Program Files (x86)", that's not what causes this issue. Developers borked something when turning off deluxe edition 67% off.

[jimmiqt]

Same issue, i mailed to them. Waiting for response

[mayhem523]

Not sure if this is the same issue but just in case...

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1501750/discussions/0/591770110121790218/

[Sir Nuhrii]

That didn't work. It did work when I moved the files to another drive, but that's not the main one and I experienced far too much frame drops to use D/ drive. I've read that having games installed in Programfiles (x86) can cause issues, so I'll be trying to move the entire steam installation out of it and directly on the C/ drive instead. Don't know how long that's gonna take but it's sort of my last option for now.

[shattered wrist]

bumping this because I am having a similar issue

[ggbrother]

i've been following this post because I've been having the same issue, and I just cleared my download cache and now the game is working.

[Nuko G. Helgwen]

Originally posted by Sir Nuhrii:

just as it says, I'm no tech wizard so other than verifying files I don't really know what else to try. Saw someone talk about disabling Full Entitlement in dlc in properties, then verify files, then re-enable the FE in dlc, then it worked for them. This did nothing for me, still getting Friend pass version. I have over 130 hours and most achievements, got it all BEFORE the friend pass update but now it's ♥♥♥♥♥♥. Second time this game gets ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up and I can't play it, first it was the weird thing where save files wouldn't launch but it was thankfully fixed, so I didn't lose my 80+ hours of progress and item collection.

Also, as a side note, I keep needing to launch the executive file as administrator, how do I change that?

Fixed it after doing the following steps
1. Goto properties of the game on steam and remove the DLC LOTF - Full entitlement
2. verify the game files
3. go back into DLC and Enable the DLC LOTF - Full entitlement
4. go to the file folder and disable run as administrator on the games executable
5. enjoy the game.

[Sir Nuhrii]

Originally posted by Nuko G. Helgwen:

Originally posted by Sir Nuhrii:

just as it says, I'm no tech wizard so other than verifying files I don't really know what else to try. Saw someone talk about disabling Full Entitlement in dlc in properties, then verify files, then re-enable the FE in dlc, then it worked for them. This did nothing for me, still getting Friend pass version. I have over 130 hours and most achievements, got it all BEFORE the friend pass update but now it's ♥♥♥♥♥♥. Second time this game gets ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up and I can't play it, first it was the weird thing where save files wouldn't launch but it was thankfully fixed, so I didn't lose my 80+ hours of progress and item collection.

Also, as a side note, I keep needing to launch the executive file as administrator, how do I change that?

Fixed it after doing the following steps
1. Goto properties of the game on steam and remove the DLC LOTF - Full entitlement
2. verify the game files
3. go back into DLC and Enable the DLC LOTF - Full entitlement
4. go to the file folder and disable run as administrator on the games executable
5. enjoy the game.

Doing step 1 through 3 did nothing for me, tried it twice.

[Nuko G. Helgwen]

Originally posted by Sir Nuhrii:

Originally posted by Nuko G. Helgwen:

Fixed it after doing the following steps
1. Goto properties of the game on steam and remove the DLC LOTF - Full entitlement
2. verify the game files
3. go back into DLC and Enable the DLC LOTF - Full entitlement
4. go to the file folder and disable run as administrator on the games executable
5. enjoy the game.

Doing step 1 through 3 did nothing for me, tried it twice.

same step 1 to three did nothing , but then i remembered that i had changed the exe file to run as admin before the latest update - so i went to steam , browsed local files , and right clicked the executable application - went to compatibility , and unchecked the run as admin option - that fixed it for me
cant be to sure that this was the sole reason it fixed for me , so i posted all the previous steps i did ( perhaps it helped )

[Sir Nuhrii]

Please try what the previous post did first.

That said, I got it working, though I wouldn't say I know what truly caused this issue.

I moved my entire Steam installation out of Progamfiles (x86) and into a new file that was directly in the C/ drive, just called it steam games (though any name that isn't already in use seems to work fine).

Again, I'm no tech wizard and found someone else talking about it.

That said, for those that want to try and move the steam installation out of Programfiles (x86) or anywhere else for that matter:

Foreword, note that you'll need to log in as if it's a new machine that steam is loading from when everything is done. Also, I needed sync all my save data for each game after I was done, though it all worked fine.

1. Exit the Steam app

2. Go into the main Steam file installation, keep only steamapps (where the games are installed) and the steam.exe itself, then delete everything else, though if you delete these two you'll need to restore them from the bin or even redownload everything.

3. Open a new folder in the drive you want to move the Steam installation into, just call it Steam Games (or any name that isn't in use elsewhere on the drive)

4. Cut (not copy) the Steam file (that now only has steamapps and the steam.exe inside it)

5, Paste the Steam/ file into this new folder.

6. Launch the steam.exe file, this should then download and intall everything like normal in this new place.

7. Log in.

Every setting that you had from before (like if you changed what button is needed to bring up the steam overlay) will need to changed again, and at least for me, any desktop shortcuts will need to be made anew.

If you're unsure about this, then please look this up on google or whatever and confirm that someone else already had a written guide or something. I know I read one (in a post about skyrim modding or something), but I can't find it again even though it was like an hour ago.

[AggroBuLLeT]

Originally posted by Sir Nuhrii:

Originally posted by AggroBuLLeT:

is your steam/game folder in program(x86) ? if yes then change that immediately. this can cause all kind of problems, not just with this game. Just create a folder directly on the drive, call it Games or whatever and put all your games there instead

Never done stuff like that before, does steam still find the game and launch it like normal? Just move the whole thing manually in a folder and it works fine?

No. go to steam settings -> storage. there you can add new installation folders and drives and stuff. after that, rightclick on the game ->properties-> installed files -> move installation folder
then move it to the new folder or drive

[Sir Nuhrii]

Originally posted by AggroBuLLeT:

Originally posted by Sir Nuhrii:

Never done stuff like that before, does steam still find the game and launch it like normal? Just move the whole thing manually in a folder and it works fine?

No. go to steam settings -> storage. there you can add new installation folders and drives and stuff. after that, rightclick on the game ->properties-> installed files -> move installation folder
then move it to the new folder or drive

Didn't even see that when I looked for solutions. Might be safer and even easier. Still, everything turned out fine for me.