Windows 10 Issues

[SamBC]

Some users are experiencing problems with the game (and indeed lots of other games) after upgrading to Windows 10. The following steps have resolved it for most users:

Make sure you have the most up to date drivers available from the GPU maker. This means Intel, AMD or nVidia, not your system OEM. OEMs are rarely up to date with the drivers they provide.

Check that Windows hasn't mysteriously made parts of your user folder ("My documents" etc) read-only, for mysterious and unexplained reasons.

Either uninstall and reinstall the game, or verify game files.

Make sure the executable is not set to any compatibility mode, or run as administrator. If that doesn't work, try enabling those options instead (but they shouldn't be necessary).

Some people have reported needing to run one or more of the redists that come with the game affected (such as a vc redist); you may have to select a 'repair' option when you run them.

[Aerrin Longheart]

引用自 anna_rostik：

СУКИ ПОЧЕМУ ИГРА НЕ ЗАПУСКАЕТСЯ МРАЗИ!

Verify Enemy Within files. https://imgur.com/a/k1Gicrn

[EmotionallyBroken]

Just another reason not to downgrade to windows 10.... and to stop putting program files in separate directories.......
utterly disorganized.

[Aerrin Longheart]

I've been very happy with windows 10 so far. It's worked very well for me - better than any past windows products, and far better than linux and mac os. I still get the occasional nightmare of trying to do something with a mac file I can see but the mac os tells me it can't do anything to the file since it doesn't exist. :( You won't believe the horrors I had with linux because I was clueless.
I can be clueless with windows, and it does what I want very well anyways. <3

[MansoorAU]

I may have just donated my money to Xcom. Will read through comments for a fix. I've seen some videos missing with registry files. Do we need to do all the work? I want to play the game lol.
New MSI desktop with specs I'm pretty sure would run this but here we are reading about a fix!

[denn]

since i installed windows 10, my xcom game runs, but wont save to file. ive tried re installing the game but that did not resoleve the issue. xcom game workedfine in windows 7. very frustrating, microsoft need to look at this problem because other gamers are having simular issues with xcom game.

[Aerrin Longheart]

引用自 denn：

since i installed windows 10, my xcom game runs, but wont save to file. ive tried re installing the game but that did not resoleve the issue. xcom game workedfine in windows 7. very frustrating, microsoft need to look at this problem because other gamers are having simular issues with xcom game.

Since you upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10 (probably recently), the problem is you aren't the owner of the folder the save games are supposed to be in.
You can fix this by right clicking on the folder, properties, security tab, and making sure you have permission to read, write, and whatever else you plan to do in that folder.

[Termi]

Hello guys i have problem with sound in game i hear only music no dialoges and next problem i play mision and enemy have turn and stuck on hus turn and do nothing . Second i do step and i need more time click to button to do my step where is problém . I reinstal game and not help

[paul potts]

EDIT: Might be my Windows not the Xcom games
Edit 2: Ended up being WIndows. Had to reinstall using .iso file lol

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Looks like I'm NOT the only one!! ♥♥♥♥ this ♥♥♥♥. If anyone could give any ideas, here's my situation and the details copy and pasted. I just saw this huge thread so I might continue looking through it in more detail later. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hell.

New gaming laptop, cannot install this game.

Im sure I saw the initial install window pop up and say "installing %" like without any numbers then skip over. Now it goes straight into "Preparing to launch..." There has not been any installation but steam doesn't recognise that and tries to launch immediately.

Other details are that I've played this game like 3/4 years ago and have data stored in the steam cloud. Using an RTX 2060 and i7-9750h processor. Before trying this game I has only installed Dark Souls III which launched without issue.

What I've tried in rough order to fix it:

Fresh laptop, updated windows completely (version 1903)
Updated all drivers
Installed game twice
Verified game files many times
Disabled antivirus while launching, made steam an exception from anti-virus shield as well.
Re-installed Steam, redownloaded and tried to install game for the third time
Changed resolution before launching to something lower.
Cleared download cache, repaired library folder, disabled firewall, restarted computer.
Tried installing with non-windows services deactivated upon startup using msconfig following a guide
Tried above without any antivirus protection active.
Verified game files and restarted again with settings normal again, left steam as an exception to anti-virus.

NEXT DAY

when trying to run XComGame.exe from
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\XCom-Enemy-Unknown\Binaries\Win32:

"C:\Windows\System32\D3DCOMPILER_43.dll is either not designed to run on Windows or it contains an error."
"C:\Windows\System32\X3DAudio1_7.dll is either not designed to run on Windows or it contains an error."
"C:\Windows\System32\XAPOFX1_5.dll is either not designed to run on Windows or it contains an error."
msvcm100.dll missing at first before running one of the below exes

(Next step is to find out how to resolve the above errors but I've had it for the day.)

From C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\XCom-Enemy-Unknown\VCRedist I ran vcredist_x86
From C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\XCom-Enemy-Unknown\DirectX I ran DXSetup
I made sure .Net Framework 3.5 was installed and 'turned on'
DirectX12 (presumably up to date)


"My Game" files under documents folder is locked into "read-only" but I'm not sure if that matters..

To be continued

EDIT: Xcom 2 not working either. I think there's a problem with my windows

[Henry]

Why the ♥♥♥♥ isn't the game playing?

[Henry]

I've read and applied a lot of comments about this problem, and I've solved them. I installed a flaw check direct vc and other files in some folders, and I also stopped the anti-virus program for a while and ran it, and I checked that Enermi Unnoun and Widin were running normally. There are a lot of people who have problems with the sound, but I think I'll know when I play the game. Cheer up, everyone.

[paul potts]

引用自 Henry：

I've read and applied a lot of comments about this problem, and I've solved them. I installed a flaw check direct vc and other files in some folders, and I also stopped the anti-virus program for a while and ran it, and I checked that Enermi Unnoun and Widin were running normally. There are a lot of people who have problems with the sound, but I think I'll know when I play the game. Cheer up, everyone.

Can you post exactly the steps you took so people like us who're trying to install it fresh in the future can have an easy place to go to instead of reading a lot of random unconnected comments? Before Windows updates again and the game breaks even harder anyway

[Henry]

引用自 Bozo：

引用自 Henry：

I've read and applied a lot of comments about this problem, and I've solved them. I installed a flaw check direct vc and other files in some folders, and I also stopped the anti-virus program for a while and ran it, and I checked that Enermi Unnoun and Widin were running normally. There are a lot of people who have problems with the sound, but I think I'll know when I play the game. Cheer up, everyone.

Can you post exactly the steps you took so people like us who're trying to install it fresh in the future can have an easy place to go to instead of reading a lot of random unconnected comments? Before Windows updates again and the game breaks even harder anyway

제시되어있는 해결방법과 같아.
도움을 청하니 알려줄게
스텝1 나는 무결점검사를 했어

스텝2 그리고 엑스컴이 설치되어있는 폴더에서 다이렉트와 VC레지스트
amd dual core optimazing(이 파일이 무엇인지 모르지만 방법을 찾기위해)을 설치했어

스텝3 안티바이러스 프로그램을 잠시 중단하였다.

그 후 게임을 실행했는데 정상적으로 플레이가 가능했다.
이 방법이 도움이길 바란다.

translation

It's the same solution as suggested.
I'll let you know when I ask for help.
Step 1 I was a complete inspector.

In the folder where Step 2 and Xcom are installed, direct and VC Registrar
I set up amd dual core optimizing to find a way.

Step 3 Anti-Virus programs have been suspended for a while.

After that, I played the game and it was possible to play normally.
I hope this method will help.

[cbrinkmann1981]

引用自 Non 15：

Bcause the XCOM 2 IS TRASH

And the reward for stupidest, least helpful comment goes tooooo *opens envelope* NON 15!!!!!

[Insert Name]

引用自 cbrinkmann1981：

引用自 Non 15：

Bcause the XCOM 2 IS TRASH

And the reward for stupidest, least helpful comment goes tooooo *opens envelope* NON 15!!!!!

Bah hah, second place goes to........ YOU!

Do make sure to go directly to the site you want drivers from. Be cautious with driver downloads!

Make SURE it is your GPU manufacturer's site. Good luck.

[kittyboi]

when i click something at the version select(enemy within/unkown) its restarting