Game won't install

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So I purchased the game and am excited to play it, but every time I try to install it, after a few minutes of nothing happening at the preparing files for install, a message pops up saying "an error occured while installing (files not reachable)" anyone know what the problem is?

[beebarb]

If it's a retail copy, it could be a bad disc. Take it back to the store you bought it from and exchange it.

If it is bought off of Steam, it could be a bad download. You may have to remove the downloaded installation files and try again.

Other things that could cause this are missing or outdated runtimes. Always make sure Windows is up to date, and you have installed the following essential components for many games or their installers, and ensured they are up to date:

MSXML 4.0 (may not be necessary on Windows 7/8/8.1)
MSXML 6.0 (may not be necessary on Windows 7/8/8.1)
Microsoft C++ 2008
Microsoft C++ 2010
Microsoft DirectX 9.0c End-User Runtime
Microsoft .NET Framework 4 (usually is pre-installed on Windows 8/8.1, may be pre-installed on Windows 7)

Some antivirus programs and third party firewalls can disrupt installers, disable them temporarily, making sure to re-enable them after installation.

Some installers are fiddly and may complain throwing up a 'files not found' error if the installer is run from a disk other than the system disk or a CD/DVD.

Hope something written here helps.

[Red Shift]

If its retail and wont load of the disc, you can enter the code manually and DL it.

[Parzival]

Can I play this game on a Mac? I haven`t found anywhere that says I can`t, but when I try and download it, it says Invalid Platform.

[LW6W]

Originally posted by www.juanfgort:

Can I play this game on a Mac? I haven`t found anywhere that says I can`t, but when I try and download it, it says Invalid Platform.

This game is only for pc and consoles not mac.

[beebarb]

Originally posted by www.juanfgort:

Can I play this game on a Mac? I haven`t found anywhere that says I can`t, but when I try and download it, it says Invalid Platform.

I am running the game on a Mac. You don't run it directly. You have to install both Steam and then the game, under an implementation of WINE.

The one I use is Wineskin. http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php

It can get a bit technical, and can take a while to configure the bottle properly for the game, but it works.

I configured the bottle using Winetricks to install the following components:
MSXML 4.0
MSXML 6.0
DirectX 9
Microsoft C++ 2008
Microsoft C++ 2010
Steam

Then I was able to install South Park into the bottle. SteamGuard will treat the WINE bottle as a seperate machine, so you have to allow it before you continue.

Make sure to delete the reference to the system disk's root level, by deleting the "Z:\" 'drive' from the bottle using winecfg. The one thing we don't want to do is to give Windows apps access to the root level of the system disk.