I can't play hotline miami 1

[Alexandre Pato]

I'm traying to play the game but it won't start at all

[Skymirrh]

Hi, does it crashes with an error message or does nothing happen? Does the Hotline Miami launcher appear and it only fails to start when trying to start the actual game from the launcher, or does the launcher not even show up when you start from Steam?

In any case, I can check your configuration and see if I find something strange. Can you please give me your "DxDiag.txt", "debug.log" and "crash.log" files?
Thanks :)

How to find "DxDiag.txt", "debug.log" and "crash.log":

• DxDiag.txt: Hit "Windows + R" -> Run "dxdiag" -> "Save All Information...".
  
• debug.log: Navigate to "C:\Users\<username>\Documents\My Games\HotlineMiami".
  
• crash.log: Right-click on the game in the library -> Properties -> Local files -> Browse local files.

How to upload them:

• Open the files using Notepad.
  
• Select everything (CTRL+A), copy/paste to http://pastebin.com/ and submit.
  
• Copy/paste the link for each file.

[Alexandre Pato]

Originally posted by Skymirrh:

Hi, does it crashes with an error message or does nothing happen? Does the Hotline Miami launcher appear and it only fails to start when trying to start the actual game from the launcher, or does the launcher not even show up when you start from Steam?

In any case, I can check your configuration and see if I find something strange. Can you please give me your "DxDiag.txt", "debug.log" and "crash.log" files?
Thanks :)

How to find "DxDiag.txt", "debug.log" and "crash.log":

• DxDiag.txt: Hit "Windows + R" -> Run "dxdiag" -> "Save All Information...".
  
• debug.log: Navigate to "C:\Users\<username>\Documents\My Games\HotlineMiami".
  
• crash.log: Right-click on the game in the library -> Properties -> Local files -> Browse local files.

How to upload them:

• Open the files using Notepad.
  
• Select everything (CTRL+A), copy/paste to http://pastebin.com/ and submit.
  
• Copy/paste the link for each file.

debug is empty and crash.log is missing

[Alexandre Pato]

Originally posted by ᒲᔑリ⊣𝙹ꖎ𝙹ᓵ𝙹:

Originally posted by Skymirrh:

Hi, does it crashes with an error message or does nothing happen? Does the Hotline Miami launcher appear and it only fails to start when trying to start the actual game from the launcher, or does the launcher not even show up when you start from Steam?

In any case, I can check your configuration and see if I find something strange. Can you please give me your "DxDiag.txt", "debug.log" and "crash.log" files?
Thanks :)

How to find "DxDiag.txt", "debug.log" and "crash.log":

• DxDiag.txt: Hit "Windows + R" -> Run "dxdiag" -> "Save All Information...".
  
• debug.log: Navigate to "C:\Users\<username>\Documents\My Games\HotlineMiami".
  
• crash.log: Right-click on the game in the library -> Properties -> Local files -> Browse local files.

How to upload them:

• Open the files using Notepad.
  
• Select everything (CTRL+A), copy/paste to http://pastebin.com/ and submit.
  
• Copy/paste the link for each file.

debug is empty and crash.log is missing

And here is the DxDiag https://pastebin.com/zATCLjcG

[Skymirrh]

Thanks!

From your DxiDiag:

+++ WER0 +++:
Dep�sito con errores 2167490565670394126, tipo 5
Nombre de evento: CLR20r3
Respuesta: No disponible
Identificador de archivo .cab: 0
 
Firma del problema:
P1: hotlinemiami.exe
P2: 1.0.0.0
P3: 53034a7b
P4: mscorlib
P5: 2.0.0.0
P6: 5e75a26d
P7: 348a
P8: 26d
P9: System.IO.IOException
P10: 

An "IOException" in "hotlinemiami.exe" means the Hotline Miami launcher is not able to open/write the configuration file.

Can you check if the directory "C:\Users\<username\Documents\My Games\HotlineMiami" exists? If yes, can you check if a file named "hotline.cfg" is inside? Also check if either the directory or file are marked as read-only (right-click -> Properties), and if yes, unmark as read-only.

[Alexandre Pato]

Originally posted by Skymirrh:

Thanks!

From your DxiDiag:

+++ WER0 +++:
Dep�sito con errores 2167490565670394126, tipo 5
Nombre de evento: CLR20r3
Respuesta: No disponible
Identificador de archivo .cab: 0
 
Firma del problema:
P1: hotlinemiami.exe
P2: 1.0.0.0
P3: 53034a7b
P4: mscorlib
P5: 2.0.0.0
P6: 5e75a26d
P7: 348a
P8: 26d
P9: System.IO.IOException
P10: 

An "IOException" in "hotlinemiami.exe" means the Hotline Miami launcher is not able to open/write the configuration file.

Can you check if the directory "C:\Users\<username\Documents\My Games\HotlineMiami" exists? If yes, can you check if a file named "hotline.cfg" is inside? Also check if either the directory or file are marked as read-only (right-click -> Properties), and if yes, unmark as read-only.

The directory exists yes and i have that file (hotline.cfg) and it was in read only

[Skymirrh]

Originally posted by ᒲᔑリ⊣𝙹ꖎ𝙹ᓵ𝙹:

The directory exists yes and i have that file (hotline.cfg) and it was in read only

Did unmarking as read-only work, and the game starts now? If not, can you open "hotline.cfg" with Notepad and copy/paste its contents here or to http://pastebin.com/?

[Alexandre Pato]

Originally posted by Skymirrh:

Originally posted by ᒲᔑリ⊣𝙹ꖎ𝙹ᓵ𝙹:

The directory exists yes and i have that file (hotline.cfg) and it was in read only

Did unmarking as read-only work, and the game starts now? If not, can you open "hotline.cfg" with Notepad and copy/paste its contents here or to http://pastebin.com/?

I did that and now hotline.cfg is a empty notepad

[Alexandre Pato]

Originally posted by ᒲᔑリ⊣𝙹ꖎ𝙹ᓵ𝙹:

Originally posted by Skymirrh:

Did unmarking as read-only work, and the game starts now? If not, can you open "hotline.cfg" with Notepad and copy/paste its contents here or to http://pastebin.com/?

I did that and now hotline.cfg is a empty notepad

and now is a word file for some reason

[Skymirrh]

Did you open with Word instead of Notepad, perhaps? Try deleting it and restarting the game to recreate it.

[Alexandre Pato]

Originally posted by Skymirrh:

Did you open with Word instead of Notepad, perhaps? Try deleting it and restarting the game to recreate it.

I can't delete it (Error 0x8007016A)

[Skymirrh]

Thanks for the error message: it seems you have an issue with OneDrive storage. Are you actively using OneDrive for storing your documents? If not, I suggest you try to disable it:

Right-click on OneDrive in notification area -> "More" -> "Settings" -> "Auto Save" tab -> "Update Folders". This displays a window "Set up protection of important folders" -> make sure "Documents" are NOT protected.

[Alexandre Pato]

Originally posted by Skymirrh:

Thanks for the error message: it seems you have an issue with OneDrive storage. Are you actively using OneDrive for storing your documents? If not, I suggest you try to disable it:

Right-click on OneDrive in notification area -> "More" -> "Settings" -> "Auto Save" tab -> "Update Folders". This displays a window "Set up protection of important folders" -> make sure "Documents" are NOT protected.

I already disable OneDrive because was very anoying to login on my computer and onedrive was already doing stuff i don't want to

[Skymirrh]

I see! Well, I'm not quite sure how you disabled OneDrive, but it seems the error 0x8007016A is quite clear and means OneDrive still controls the "C:\Users\<username\Documents\My Games\HotlineMiami" directory. As long as OneDrive controls it, Hotline Miami will not work :/

I would suggest you try to re-disable OneDrive properly.

[Alexandre Pato]

Originally posted by Skymirrh:

I see! Well, I'm not quite sure how you disabled OneDrive, but it seems the error 0x8007016A is quite clear and means OneDrive still controls the "C:\Users\<username\Documents\My Games\HotlineMiami" directory. As long as OneDrive controls it, Hotline Miami will not work :/

I would suggest you try to re-disable OneDrive properly.

I disable it and now I can see the "launcher" and I can finally play. Thank you so much for the help my friend