game doesn't start up

[jebsmoker]

anyone else experiencing this? it just hangs after the intro titles

[ineedmoney]

So, this is pretty ridiculous. I loved this game back in the day and have had it on my wishlist since I saw it one day browsing things on steam. I got an email saying it was on sale so I logged in and bought it. Not only are Valve selling a game that knowingly doesn't work, but they advertised a sale on something that is clearly unplayable. For shame....

[Runtus]

This is a total bummer. I hope someone finds a solution.

[Lafazar]

Originally posted by Saleck | ZZzzZ:

Here's an update from me:


I have requested numerous times to people to get this game down and we're getting there.

As for the fix, it's impossible right now and here's why.


Valve's system runs on a level that recognizes what architecture a machine is running on: 32 or 64-bit.

This gives me a unique problem for Deadlock. Deadlock seems to be a game where, if the user is on a 64-bit machine, it cannot find the registry entries that are put into the user's computer by Steam.

64-bit machines use a Wow6432Node directory in the registry and Steam on 64-bit machines writes to this place by default for everyone. The worse thing about this is that there is no way to get around this. I've discussed this with Valve and they say that there is no way to work around this behaviour. It's just the way it's built.

So since Deadlock 1 does not and cannot read from this Wow6432Node folder. It is technically impossible at this time for me to provide a fix for the game if you are on a 64-bit machine.

The thing that makes this worse is that it doesn't matter how many workarounds I try. Everything is run on a level where it will write to the Wow6432Node registry folder, its fullproof.


So whos fault is this?

Mine.

The week and month this game went out was very stressful. I was responsible for porting about 30+ games to Steam (double this if you include Mac versions and Triple this if you include Linux versions) over the course of 1 month or so and, in this case, I ended up missing something that was crucial to the functionality of the game. It shipped and it's all gone wrong. This I am sorry for.

So what is happening now?

I am trying to get things sorted out. I am going to see about getting your money back and am talking with Valve to see what I can do.

I apologize again for this, there isn't much more I can say but I am trying to get you your money back. Hopefully something will happen in the next week or so.

-Dan

If I understand this correctly, it should be possible to add a .reg file to the game directory containing the necessary registry keys via Steam update. All the user would have to do then is doubleclick this .reg file to add the keys to their registry and afterwards run the game directly from the folder. It would be impossible to run the game directly from Steam, but at least it would run.

If the registry entries contain references to the game folder, the .reg file could be generated on the fly using a windows batch script and the %~dp0 (folder containing the batch file) variable. Take a look at http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Windows_Batch_Scripting for details.

[Runtus]

I looked at the link and unfortunately this is beyond my depth. I looked for the .reg file and Im not seeing it. If anyone makes any progress I am all ears.

[Probably Lime]

I'm quite sad that this doesn't work on 64 bit systems...is there any chance of the fix suggested by Lafazar being implimented? I'd much rather have a working copy of Deadlock than get my money back.

[Dekos]

http://steamcommunity.com/app/328440/discussions/0/619573787551388516/

[Hellknight.imp]

help from above post does not work

[Dekos]

http://youtu.be/8dKepxX0-e0

[Kappiman]

starts after starting it in win 95 comp. But like many other it asks for CD. Payed for a full game, could have gotten it from GOG were it works fine so yet again Steam disapoints me.

[LordStrider000]

Originally posted by perpetual square one:

Originally posted by LordStrider000:

I have it nearly working by replacing the the exe file and a few others with some from a zip file (deadlock.zip) I downloaded.

So basically you're saying that you downloaded a pirated copy and it nearly works.

No basiclly I'm not saying that.

[Runtus]

lets not turn this into a pissing match. i just want to find a way to play this stupid game.

[[CT] Forced Jaketh]

Go buy it at GOG.COM
GG guys, NEVER buy old games on steam they support bugger all and dont give a rats ass they just wanna piece of the pie. Just not have to make the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ thing.

[grimwold]

i think he gave up.

[Runtus]

4 months later I have given up. By the way If all you have to contribute to the conversation is to buy it somewhere else then just ♥♥♥♥ off. You are not helping and nobody is impressed with how smart you are for not having this problem.

[(-TN-) EvilGenius]

Same for me