hotline launcher has stopped working...

[Dikfur]

I just bought the original Hotline Miami and I can get it to work. I get the prompt "HotlineLauncher has stopped working." I have NVIDIA GTX 680.

I tried launching the game from steam.

I tried launching HotlineMiamiGL from the folder.


I looked at the troubleshooting threads. I updated my NVIDIA driver. I tried launching the game from steam. I tried starting the game locally by opening HotlineMiami.exe and got the same result. I tried manually launching HotlineMiamiGL.exe and it doesn't even open at all. Hotline Miami Original plays until the the second level and then it crashes. Hotline Miami 2 plays fine so far.

I opened the Nvidia Control Panel and manually added the game folder to the program files.

I originally installed Hotline Miami and Hotline Miami 2 on another drive other than my C drive but once Hotline Miami could not work, I uninstalled it completely and re-installed it in the C drive.

I have tried disabling all the startup apps temporarily, restarting my computer and launching the game again.
I could not find a debug.log in the documents folder.

Here is my system specs. http://pastebin.com/KPzGniKR

[Skymirrh]

Hello, can you try this:
Right-click on game in library -> Properties -> Local files -> Browse local files -> _CommonRedist -> install all the .exe in there (you should find 4).

[Dikfur]

Thanks for your reply. Installed all the applications. It still won't run. Something different does happen though. If I open HotlineMiamiGL.exe now, my screen will briefly change resolution, freeze and then abort. Before, it did nothing. Any other ideas? I also noticed steam.exe was installed on my F drive, and not on my C drive. I have steam games installed in two locations, both my F drive and my C drive. Could this be a problem?

[Skymirrh]

I don't think it is a problem. HotlineLauncher still crashes on startup?

[Dikfur]

Hotline Launcher, yes. And I tried holtineMimai GL also

[Skymirrh]

Damn, it sucks cause your computer should be able to run the game without any trouble. There is someone else who had the same problem, just like you, with the launcher crashing; he also tried everything like you did, and he finally solved the problem by reinstalling Windows. So I'm almost sure there must be something on your computer interfering with Hotline Miami dependencies, because the launcher should never crash.

Now as for detecting what is it, I have no clue...

[overboard]

same problem... balls

[Skymirrh]

Originally posted by OveRBoarD:

same problem... balls

Hi! Go to "C:\Users\<username>\Documents\My Games\". Right-click on "HotlineMiami" -> "Properties" and make sure it is NOT "read-only".

[overboard]

Originally posted by Skymirrh:

Originally posted by OveRBoarD:

same problem... balls

Hi! Go to "C:\Users\<username>\Documents\My Games\". Right-click on "HotlineMiami" -> "Properties" and make sure it is NOT "read-only".

I removed the tick from the read-only , but it did not help :( But thanks anyway

[Skymirrh]

Originally posted by OveRBoarD:

I removed the tick from the read-only , but it did not help :( But thanks anyway

Go to "C:\Users\<username>\Documents\My Games\HotlineMiami".
Create new text file and rename it to "hotline.cfg".
Open "hotline.cfg" using Notepad, copy/paste the following:

4
width=1920
height=1080
windowed=0
language=0
alienware=0
rumble=0
vsync=0
triggerswap=0
joystick=0
version=0

Edit "width" and "height" with your screen resolution. Change "language=0" to "language=4" if you want the game in Russian language.

Then try again to start the game. If it still doesn't work, right-click on game in library -> Properties -> Local files -> Browse local files -> launch "HotlineGL.exe".

[AndrewKane]

Hello! Help me please, hotlinelauncher has stop worcked! http://pastebin.com/NBT2xypn

[Skymirrh]

Originally posted by AndrewKane:

Hello! Help me please, hotlinelauncher has stop worcked! http://pastebin.com/NBT2xypn

Hi! From the FAQ:

When I launch the game from Steam, it immediately crashes ("HotlineLauncher.exe has stopped working")
This can be caused by two things.

If you're lucky, then it's simply because your .NET framework is corrupted: you must reinstall the dependencies. Right-click on game in library -> Properties -> Local files -> Browse local files -> _CommonRedist -> There are 3 folders:

• DirectX
  
• OpenAL
  
• vcredist

In DirectX there is DXSETUP.exe, in OpenAL there is oalinst.exe, and in vcredist there are vcredist_x64.exe and vcredist_x86.exe. You need to install all ".exe" files., then try again and see if it works.

If you're not lucky, it didn't fix the problem. This is a rare issue on non-English Windows, and I don't know how to fix it. Fortunately, there is a workaround that will let you play the game even without the launcher:

• Go to "C:\Users\<username\Documents\My Games\"
  
• Create a new folder named "HotlineMiami" (no space) if it's not already there
  
• In that folder, create a new text file, and rename it to "hotline.cfg"
  
• Open the file using Notepad and copy/paste the following:
  

  4
  width=1920
  height=1080
  windowed=0
  language=0
  alienware=0
  rumble=0
  vsync=0
  triggerswap=0
  joystick=0
  version=0

• Change "width=1920" and "height=1080" to your resolution
  
• (Optional) Change "language=0" (English) to the value of your choice:
  
  1. French
     
  2. Brazilian Portuguese
     
  3. Spanish
     
  4. Russian
     
  5. German
     
  6. Polish
     
  7. Japanese
• Save file

Example in this picture: link[i.imgur.com].
You need everything EXACTLY the same, in particular file must be "hotline.cfg" and not "hotline.cfg.txt" (make sure Windows displays file extensions to check file type).

Then try you can manually launch the game: right-click on the game in your library -> Properties -> Local files -> Browse local files -> launch HotlineGL.exe. Make a shortcut to "HotlineGL.exe" if you want, it will be easier :)

[Edmond]

hello, the original version of game dosen't work for me. i've tried everything, but nothing has helped. i get this message upon attemting to launch it:

ERROR in
action number 1
of Create Event
for object objDevolver:

Error defining an external function.

___________________________________________
ERROR in
action number 1
of Create Event
for object objDevolver:

Error defining an external function.

[Skymirrh]

Originally posted by I'm bored:

hello, the original version of game dosen't work for me. i've tried everything, but nothing has helped. i get this message upon attemting to launch it:

ERROR in
action number 1
of Create Event
for object objDevolver:

Error defining an external function.

___________________________________________
ERROR in
action number 1
of Create Event
for object objDevolver:

Error defining an external function.

Hi, please open a separate thread and include the following information:
"DxDiag.txt"
"debug.log"
"crash.log"
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.