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SS2

Dec 3, 2013 @ 6:05pm

Game won't start because of missing steam_api.dll (RESOLVED)

I just got a my computer back from being repaired (it had a fan problem) today and I went to play new vegas, upon starting the game how I normally do it stopped working so I tried loading it through the normal launcher and I get a dialogue box telling me it cannot start because of a missing Steam_api.dll file. I asumed this was for theg ame because other games started up fine, fallout 3 for example. So far the problem persists and i've tried veryifying the game cache and i've completly uninstalled the game and redownloaded it. Anybody got any clue whats happened because I would imagine completly redownloading the game would fix most if not all problems with the game. I'm a loss for what to do now.

Last edited by SS2; Dec 4, 2013 @ 4:16pm

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HUNKmeSideways has Fallout: New Vegas

Dec 3, 2013 @ 6:12pm

Run as admin. Should work.

Blackmage Backshots has Fallout: New Vegas

Dec 3, 2013 @ 6:16pm

that should be fixed by what HUNK said

SS2

Dec 3, 2013 @ 6:21pm

I ran one more verification and it managed to recover the file however appently now its missing the binkw32.dll. Also I believe i'm already running it as an admin but I will double check to see if maybe that sovles the new problem.

HUNKmeSideways has Fallout: New Vegas

Dec 3, 2013 @ 6:23pm

I had the same problem, minus that second error. Launching as admin fixed it but so did restarting my computer. Haven't had the issue since.

SS2

Dec 3, 2013 @ 6:27pm

Hm guess i'll try restarting as well. Also curiously before I did that second verification for the game I found the steam_api.dll file in the games files and I removed it before and saw it had created a compeltly new one. after I removed the old one from my desktop (where I had put it temporaily) I got the old message again. Appently my steam_api.dll must be on my desktop for that to work. Kind of odd. Anyway I'll keep trying anything I can think of in the meantime.

HUNKmeSideways has Fallout: New Vegas

Dec 3, 2013 @ 6:33pm

Steam just doesn't recongnize it sometimes. No idea why this happens. Make a direct shortcut to the falloutnv.exe and right click, run as admin. Maybe a direct desktop shortcut will help.

SS2

Dec 3, 2013 @ 6:37pm

Its doing a lot of not recognizing I did that following a list of files until I got an application load error. i'll try that shortcut thing to.

SS2

Dec 3, 2013 @ 6:51pm

Well the shortcut didn't work, and i'm left an the application load error 3:000005432. This is quickly becoming a nightmare to fix. I appriciate the help everyone has offered, especily hunk's. I'll just have to hope I can find some way to get the game to recognize the files and figure this out.