unable to load materialsystem.dll

[Gourmet]

releasing a broken game

good job, valve

[-3xA'Lu©κy the disappearing act]

Fixed by doing the following:


Copy the files from
c:\program files\steam\steamapps\common\vampire the masquerade - bloodlines\bin

and paste it into

c:\program files\steam\steamapps\common\vampire the masquerade - bloodlines\vampire

[Gourmet]

No dice, pal.
Nothing has changed.

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If nothing else works - install the patch in conjuction with this guide (follow ALL the instructions):

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=113161476

[Twist]

Do you have Intel G33/ G31 graphics card? If so, using 3D Analyzer was the only thing that worked for me. It's a big hassle though, so if you don't have my horribad intel graphics card might as well look for an easier solution.

[-3xA'Lu©κy the disappearing act]

Yeah most games won't work on intel graphics but I'm glad you got it working still :P

Enjoy the game >>>

[Gourmet]

I do have an intel graphics card, but it is a very good (and overpriced) one. It runs new-age games, but it doesn't seem to want to run this.
Worst case, I can just go to my nearby Best-buy and play it there, cause this is complete and utter bogus

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Originally posted by Gourmet Newell:

I do have an intel graphics card, but it is a very good (and overpriced) one. It runs new-age games, but it doesn't seem to want to run this.
Worst case, I can just go to my nearby Best-buy and play it there, cause this is complete and utter bogus

An intel graphics card can't play this game - period. It doesn't matter how "good" it is. That should've been the first thing you mentioned to me!

There is another solution, because someone had an intel graphics card like you, and found a way to play it: 3D-Analyze (as said above). Use that tool; otherwise I can't offer any further help.

P.S. All intel graphics cards are not good for gaming. Some are pricey but not necessarily meant for gaming. You could probably get a decent one at the same cost of that card (if you looked at sites like newegg, etc.).

[Gourmet]

How would I use the 3D analyze tool to fix my game?

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Originally posted by Gourmet Newell:

How would I use the 3D analyze tool to fix my game?

From what I've seen it's not too complicated:

http://www.3dfxzone.it/dir/articles/3d_analyze_user_guide/


P.S. My mate's got a rather expensive intel card so don't feel bad about not being able to play this game right from the get-go. I'm confident that this will get your game working -- provided I can't think of anything else right now.

[Gourmet]

Thanks for your help, I'll get working on it.

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Originally posted by Gourmet Newell:

Thanks for your help, I'll get working on it.

No worries. Wish I could be of more help but yeah, a few of my friends have used that tool for different games and it works well from what they tell me. Not too complicated either - whic his a plus.

[Gourmet]

I give up. I downloaded 3D analyzer, did everything the instructions asked me to do, I and I get an error saying CreateProcess Failed. VTMB is running on DirectX 9.0 so I did what it told me to do, which was to check skip pixel shader version 2.0. Regardless, I got the CreateProcess Failed error AND another error saying "Error while injecting dll into target process"

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Originally posted by Gourmet Newell:

I give up. I downloaded 3D analyzer, did everything the instructions asked me to do, I and I get an error saying CreateProcess Failed. VTMB is running on DirectX 9.0 so I did what it told me to do, which was to check skip pixel shader version 2.0. Regardless, I got the CreateProcess Failed error AND another error saying "Error while injecting dll into target process"

Maybe add Twist and ask how he did it? He had an intel card and got it running... :>

[NoMoreGames]

game works fine just ran it on 7/8.7 was compatability xpsp2 .And with 8 i ran steam as administrator same compatability fixed failed to find steam error.
the win 8 used an intel hd 4000 gfx card i had no issue

[WaterMan-888]

OK. I have this problem too. Any ideas? Patch and copy-past didn't work.
Win7 x64, GeForce 9600GT.