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[DATA EXPUNGED] Jun 28, 2014 @ 6:45pm
Can't launch the game
What does this game want me to do at this point?
Originally I could at-least get the launcher to show up. Now whenever I start it up from Steam the launcher won't appear. The program takes up space on the task manager so it's doing something.

What does this game need to run? I just updated my NVIDIA drivers, so physx and everything should be fine.
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jdkunya Jun 28, 2014 @ 9:35pm 
ok, go to wherever your DP is installed, ie your steamapps/common/Deadly Premonition now find and double click on the 'redist' folder, scroll down to the bottom and double click 'PhysX_SystemSoftware' and run the REPAIR option. Now Try!

I tried everything on these forums to fix my startup crash problem, nothing worked untill i did this and fixed my problem,
note : You WILL have to run this repair again if installing new games that use PhysX

thanks to steam user 'Sapper Wang'!

I saw this on a post. Worked for me and about 40 others. Hope it works for you.
Last edited by jdkunya; Jun 28, 2014 @ 9:35pm
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[DATA EXPUNGED] Jun 29, 2014 @ 3:50am 
Much appreciated; unfortunately every time I try this it brings up a Windows Installer window stating that "This action is only valid for products that are currently installed."

Then when I go to "Install", it says in an NVIDIA PhysX window that "The currently installed version of the drivers is newer than what you are trying to install, aborting the installation" which I have to cancel out of.

Do I have to sacrifice a goat or something first SWERY65?
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Glaicer Jun 29, 2014 @ 5:30am 
Originally posted by jdkunya:
ok, go to wherever your DP is installed, ie your steamapps/common/Deadly Premonition now find and double click on the 'redist' folder, scroll down to the bottom and double click 'PhysX_SystemSoftware' and run the REPAIR option. Now Try!
Well. it's helps for me. Thanks

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InvisiblesMode Jun 29, 2014 @ 5:38am 
I'm having a similar problem, the launcher isn't showing up and can't do anything to "PhysX_SystemSoftware".
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[DATA EXPUNGED] Jun 29, 2014 @ 4:53pm 
Glad I'm not the only one suffering from this issue, Modedude.
Hopefully a solution pops up soon.
More hopefully Valve and SWERY get together to make better patches for this game one day. Puts "fun" back in "functionality"
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Lü Bu Pursuer Jun 29, 2014 @ 6:23pm 
Originally posted by Drift Man D-LUCKS:
Glad I'm not the only one suffering from this issue, Modedude.
Hopefully a solution pops up soon.
More hopefully Valve and SWERY get together to make better patches for this game one day. Puts "fun" back in "functionality"

Try uninstalling PhysX and then run the installer on the redist folder, see if that does anything. Or maybe you already tried and this advice is useless lol.
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FizzyBoar Jun 30, 2014 @ 11:03pm 
Can't start it up either. Uninstalling and trying again later. :summermoon:
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InvisiblesMode Jul 1, 2014 @ 5:36am 
Originally posted by Lü Bu Pursuer:
Originally posted by Drift Man D-LUCKS:
Glad I'm not the only one suffering from this issue, Modedude.
Hopefully a solution pops up soon.
More hopefully Valve and SWERY get together to make better patches for this game one day. Puts "fun" back in "functionality"

Try uninstalling PhysX and then run the installer on the redist folder, see if that does anything. Or maybe you already tried and this advice is useless lol.
I've tried that, no luck sadly.
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CaptainOlimar26 Jul 2, 2014 @ 10:03am 
mine crashes also when i try to start it from the launcher or steam, i have tried the repair and that hasnt worked. i would really like to play this but it doesnt look like anytime soon i guess.
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Freakinoutanames Jul 3, 2014 @ 4:49pm 
This is brutal, why isn't valve offering refunds for this completely unplayable game?
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Komachi Akiha Jul 8, 2014 @ 1:43am 
Originally posted by CrumBum:
mine crashes also when i try to start it from the launcher or steam, i have tried the repair and that hasnt worked. i would really like to play this but it doesnt look like anytime soon i guess.
You should try to directly run the DP.exe, at least I can play the game by this way, but I can't launch it through steam or launcher
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InvisiblesMode Jul 8, 2014 @ 5:56am 
Originally posted by Komachi Akiha:
You should try to directly run the DP.exe, at least I can play the game by this way, but I can't launch it through steam or launcher

No luck with that either.
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[DATA EXPUNGED] Jul 13, 2014 @ 5:22am 
What does it take to run this game, Steam?

And moreover, will people be refunded for this defective product?
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Freakinoutanames Jul 13, 2014 @ 6:49am 
Has anyone got it working on Windows 8.1 or is that a pipe dream?
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k Jul 13, 2014 @ 8:30am 
Originally posted by Komachi Akiha:
Originally posted by CrumBum:
mine crashes also when i try to start it from the launcher or steam, i have tried the repair and that hasnt worked. i would really like to play this but it doesnt look like anytime soon i guess.
You should try to directly run the DP.exe, at least I can play the game by this way, but I can't launch it through steam or launcher
I had the same problem. When I click Play in the launcher it just closes and nothing happens.

What works for me is this: I run DP.exe directly with Win XP compatibility (this fixes an error message about a missing PhysX DLL). It's windowed because for some reason adding -fullscr (the way the launcher runs it) makes it hang before the first intro video, but you can use dpfix to get fullscreen working.

(I'm on Win 8.1 if that information helps anyone)
Last edited by k; Jul 13, 2014 @ 8:30am
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