BLACK HAWK DOWN ERROR PLEASE HELP!!

[ÇHÚÇKŸ]

Hi

I have had this game on steam for quiet a while, but hadn't played for a while, but went to play a game of bhd, now everytime i click to play it, it comes up with - An error occurred while updating Delta Force: Black Hawk Down ( app running ) see steam for more info, i have looked n looked and still not working

Things ive done already are: restart pc 3 times, uninstalled both BHD's and reinstalled 2 or 3 times, and i've clicked on it, went to properties, local files, and verified game and still nothing, steam says its running but nothing is happening :(

Thanks ÇHÚÇKŸ

[Rubenjackson]

Originally posted by ÇHÚÇKŸ:

Hi

I have had this game on steam for quiet a while, but hadn't played for a while, but went to play a game of bhd, now everytime i click to play it, it comes up with - An error occurred while updating Delta Force: Black Hawk Down ( app running ) see steam for more info, i have looked n looked and still not working

Things ive done already are: restart pc 3 times, uninstalled both BHD's and reinstalled 2 or 3 times, and i've clicked on it, went to properties, local files, and verified game and still nothing, steam says its running but nothing is happening :(

Thanks ÇHÚÇKŸ

Have you also checked the drivers of your graphics card?
If you do not update them, the games will not guarantee their execution on your PC.

[ÇHÚÇKŸ]

Hi Ruben thanks for your message, im not good with pc's besides playing

I have managed to get into the game twice now, but when i restart the pc, i have the same problem all over again.. this is what keeps happening " and " what i gotta do to join..

I double click BHD to play a game...nothing pops up.. and steam says its playing which its not. so i go to the windows tab and press on " restart " to force BHD to stop running without a full restart.. then i click on BHD again then it loads up..

Really annoying and never had this problem

[Rubenjackson]

Originally posted by ÇHÚÇKŸ:

Hi Ruben thanks for your message, im not good with pc's besides playing

I have managed to get into the game twice now, but when i restart the pc, i have the same problem all over again.. this is what keeps happening " and " what i gotta do to join..

I double click BHD to play a game...nothing pops up.. and steam says its playing which its not. so i go to the windows tab and press on " restart " to force BHD to stop running without a full restart.. then i click on BHD again then it loads up..

Really annoying and never had this problem

There is an option in which you have to activate a box to make this type of games run without problem. I do not remember what it was, but if I'm not wrong, I think it's in the control panel. Search the Internet, sure you can find the solution.

[ThreeSon]

If you are using Windows 7 or Windows Vista, the tl;dr in this guide will fix the problem:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1806187477

Most of the other Delta Force games are also affected by this bug.

The reason the game will start for you if you kill the Delta Force exe using the task manager is because the rundll32 process is still running. But then when you restart your PC, that kills the rundll32 process and now you have the same probelm.

[4sng_Respawnz]

What 'WORKED' for me, and this Win7 laptop:

1 Open Task Manager & Windows Explorer
2 Open Game-Directory for DFBHD
3 Start the 'Lan-Client version'
4 Then start DFBHD itself
5 Close the 'LAN-Client version' in Task Manager
6 Close both Windows Explorer, and Task Manager
7 Commence with the lethal 'Toe-Shots'

[ThreeSon]

Originally posted by 4sng_Respawnz:

What 'WORKED' for me, and this Win7 laptop:

1 Open Task Manager & Windows Explorer
2 Open Game-Directory for DFBHD
3 Start the 'Lan-Client version'
4 Then start DFBHD itself
5 Close the 'LAN-Client version' in Task Manager
6 Close both Windows Explorer, and Task Manager
7 Commence with the lethal 'Toe-Shots'

The reason that works is because when you started the LAN-client version, you also triggered the Games Explorer check (rundll32.exe) to Microsoft's servers. When you closed it and then launched the main game, the check was still running so a duplicate check was skipped.

So, the game will run, but rundll32.exe will be constantly pinging Microsoft's servers the whole time. Make sure you close rundll32.exe in the Task Manager after the main game launches or you'll have that constant network spam going on in the background the whole time.

[ThreeSon]

I found a better solution to this problem that does not require downloading the .bat file to disable gameux.dll. If you've already done so, I recommend undoing the changes and following the steps in Option #1 from this reddit post instead.

The new method is preferrable because it doesn't seem to have any side effects with games like BioShock that require gameux.dll to be enabled.

[ÇHÚÇKŸ]

Thanks for your help ThreeSon your the man

[4sng_Respawnz]

I shut-down rundll32.exe at every chance. Thankfully, it only pops-up on rare occasions.

Interesting reddit post, being that I never knowingly used 'Games Explorer' to start my games, it was interesting to learn about 'that side' of what is going-on.

Been an age since using Regedit, despite not having any issues with the BHD titles, I'll do Option #1, just to cover my bases.

BTW, after reading that very informative link,
I have to agree with CHUCKY:
"You're The Man"...

Much 'Respect'.