GAME isn't properly installed please reinstall program

[是吾唉]

sad
how can I open the game ? I just want to play, but it just told me "GAME isn't properly installed please reinstall program", : ( anyone can help me ? my PC don't use NVIDIA, that is the reason? or there really is something installed wrong? I really check the game integrity by steam. so sad and urgent, help! please! thanks

[SRediess]

Have you installed all redistributions in the game folder? VC Redist, DirectX 9c, PhysX? If you are sure to have that propperly installed without a break from the installer side (because a newer Version is installed. They won't get the game to launch. Newer isn't better here.) After this is done, have you started the game with Radeon support? The drop-down menu when you click in the game, will show you more starting options, than clicking on the start button. If nothing forther helps, please play with the administrative mode and the compatibility support (Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 - first one is the best choice).

Steam doesn't tell you the correct installation process. Steam tells you, that the installation is finished.
Installation can be finished
1. Newer version is installed, older is not needed
(Poorly this is wrong, because newer versions doesn't have the old functions in it, so they won't run the game)
2. Installation routine is corrupt
(Bad donwnloaded, hardware crash, PC shut down annormal, .....)
3. Installation is done
(Hurray, the installation had been gone through, the files are copied.)

Only the last (3.) is the option we want,
with other options we can't do anything, because nothing is copied and no libraries from the old version is installed.

For further help post in this thread, so we can follow your steps better. To know, that you had this problem before and you act further, we have this thread as a history.

One help I can give you for now. Some games have problems with the new drivers of the HDD / SSD / M.2. If you use an internal drive with HDD or SSD, you are better served, than having a SSD extern on an USB port.

[是吾唉]

thanks, all i have done. useless. but really thank you for your help( so many words, really moved) , thanks. have a good time with games.

[Iceira]

only installer folder and EAX folder at game root, and that is PhysX and Creatives EaX i think.

and PhysX can be update to newest with fresh install , but you dont have nvidia, so EAX is left
and most people dont even have creative soundcard anymore, they use onboard.

maybe you should update that pc at Brand name support site or if custom build pc then its Brand mortherboard support site.

and dont OC and try safe mode this is pretty much standard, if you have something that interference with game. typical discord or other apps not need ingame ( could be overlay from so many apps today that screw things up even Nvidia has overlay., and game is not the fault here its all the other apps that have made issue with older games, seen so mnay times. even security app has folder permission MS defender can also do this today. ( access rights need to documents )