Loading "First Time Setup" redistribution files.

[immagikman]

It does this every time I run the game, Ive wiped it and reinstalled and it still dows this in all versions of the game.

[immagikman]

anyone?

[bloodraven43]

turn off sli

[Dogtown1]

go here:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Might & Magic Heroes VII"

you will see a file named "installscript.vdf"
delete it, I'm no pc pro but I think the game uses custom gpu settings that require admin rights to make the changes and if you are playing on a pc that you are flagged as a guest and dont have admin rights, the changes wont be made, deleting the file has no effect on the game

[Dogtown1]

its what I do on any game when that stupid window pops up
I think it did it on endless space as well

[Fiddle Gastro]

~ Search for the .exe file called 'MMH7Game-Win64-Shipping' (replace the 64 with 32 if you're only using a 32 bit system).

~ Right-click and select properties.

~ Set to 'Run as administrator'

This should then allow the DX and redist package to fully run, with uPlay opening up shortly after.

[immagikman]

Will do that, when I reinstall the game, Ive decided it was too broken to waste time with right now, over the holidays Ill have more time. Thanks for the suggestion.

[Fiddle Gastro]

Why uninstall it?

Who doesn't have a spare 20 Gb floating around these days?

[MONZUN]

Originally posted by Noidenous:

~ Search for the .exe file called 'MMH7Game-Win64-Shipping' (replace the 64 with 32 if you're only using a 32 bit system).

~ Right-click and select properties.

~ Set to 'Run as administrator'

This should then allow the DX and redist package to fully run, with uPlay opening up shortly after.

doesn't work. i think its a bug with the vcredist loading every time. my pc is an admin account already (because i'm the only one using it) and i had this vcredist ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ also from the very beginning. i'll try deleting installscript.vdf but your workaround didn't change anything

[immagikman]

You can see from my system config I have tons of space, however by the time I get back to it Id like a clean install with the latest updates :) Not like t disappears from my 200 steam games or my 300 GoG games lists :D

[Fiddle Gastro]

Originally posted by mOnzun:

Originally posted by Noidenous:

~ Search for the .exe file called 'MMH7Game-Win64-Shipping' (replace the 64 with 32 if you're only using a 32 bit system).

~ Right-click and select properties.

~ Set to 'Run as administrator'

This should then allow the DX and redist package to fully run, with uPlay opening up shortly after.

doesn't work. i think its a bug with the vcredist loading every time. my pc is an admin account already (because i'm the only one using it) and i had this vcredist ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ also from the very beginning. i'll try deleting installscript.vdf but your workaround didn't change anything

Are you running Win7?

If so, I then had to set the compatibility to Windows 7 as the last step. Strange, but it worked for me.

[Fiddle Gastro]

Full steps I took during the beta to get round this problem, that also worked for full version:

~ Activated MMHVII in uPlay using the CD key provided by Steam
~ Reinstalled DirectX using the setup file included in the game directory
~ Updated Windows 7 and reset the PC
~ Ran both the 32bit and 64bit game .exe files after setting admin and compatibility to Win7
~ Allowed the .exe files to pass through Windows Firewall

The firewall is probably your issue if uPlay is connecting fine.

[immagikman]

Doesnt that strike you as a bit too much work to get a game to function? most games, you just click the icon and whoosh into the game you go.

[Fiddle Gastro]

Originally posted by immagikman:

Doesnt that strike you as a bit too much work to get a game to function? most games, you just click the icon and whoosh into the game you go.

Just because Apple create plug and play devices for morons, doesn't mean you have to become one. Learning to think your way through these issues rather than complaining on a forum waiting for help is one of the best things you can do for yourself.

No, these are all things that various games may need in order to run first time, depending on your OS settings and whether your PC is running with all relevant software up to date.

For example, I personally don't let anything through the firewall or update unless I do so manually. Other people may be similarly inclined, thus the extra steps.

As the redist package was the key repeat point, each of the above were possible stumbling blocks. All in all, a grand total of 15 minutes trial and error.

[MONZUN]

Originally posted by Noidenous:

Originally posted by mOnzun:

doesn't work. i think its a bug with the vcredist loading every time. my pc is an admin account already (because i'm the only one using it) and i had this vcredist ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ also from the very beginning. i'll try deleting installscript.vdf but your workaround didn't change anything

Are you running Win7?

If so, I then had to set the compatibility to Windows 7 as the last step. Strange, but it worked for me.

yeah i'm on win7 but actually its not worth all the tweaking. its much easier to just delete the installscript.vdf file ;) it must be bugged anyway because vcredist is installed correctly. i've seen this happen in some games very rarely and i never had any problem with those games. deleting the installscript file is the better way to go in my opinion. if you encounter any problems you can install vcredist manually from the game folder.

[Heart]

Thanks for bringing this up immagikman. I will talk to the relevant people to see why this could potentially happen and find out how you can avoid it. As for now, let me know let me know if the advice from the guys above helps and fixes the problem.