It's not opening

[Qweakster]

I downloaded it, and whenever i click on launch it says that i'm in it, but then it says i'm not without even opening spriter. Any idea what's going on?

EDIT: I finally got it to open! thanks everyone!

[Matt [Linux]]

open task manager, can you see it running in there?

if so, end the task in task manager then try opening again.

[lucid]

what @arnzzz said. If that doesn't help, try installing both the 32 and 64 bit versions of the MS C++ runtime from here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40784 (if you're on 64 bit Windows you need both, 32 bit Windows only needs 32 bit). If none of that works, check the installation directory for the startup log and paste the contents here.

[Qweakster]

it doesn't even show up on the task manager, so I downloaded those files like you said too, but it still doesn't work.
Where do I find the startup log?

[lucid]

Right-click on Spriter Pro in your Steam library. Go to the Local Files tab, and click on Browse Local Files. Startuplog.txt should be in that main directory. Also, I know it's a bit of a pain, but I believe someone with this issue in the past was able to fix it by simply uninstalling it and letting Steam redownload it.

[Qweakster]

I already uninstalled it and then redonloaded it, and it didn't work.
Here's what the startuplog file says:

BrashMonkey Spriter - Version r9

Setting up main window...
Successful.

Initializing model...
Successful.

Setting up widgets...
Successful.

Setting up graphics viewport with openGL...
Successful.

Spriter launched successfully.

[lucid]

Sorry for the inconvenience, but could you try downloading the non-Steam version, and letting me know if it launches?
https://brashmonkey.com/download_spriter/

[Qweakster]

okay, so I downloaded it and an error popped up when I opened it. Here is what it says:

The program can't start because VCOMP120.DLL is missing from your computer.
Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem.

[Qweakster]

Is there a certain file that I need to download?

[Paulo]

Same is happening to me. I'm downloading free version for testing

[Shame]

Yeah, I am the person that had this happen before. Reinstalling the software doesn't fix the issue anymore.

[mike]

Make sure you've tried this: http://steamcommunity.com/games/332360/announcements/detail/275116452583896524

[Qweakster]

Originally posted by The Qweakster:

okay, so I downloaded it and an error popped up when I opened it. Here is what it says:

The program can't start because VCOMP120.DLL is missing from your computer.
Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem.

What does this mean?

[mike]

Originally posted by The Qweakster:

Originally posted by The Qweakster:

okay, so I downloaded it and an error popped up when I opened it. Here is what it says:

The program can't start because VCOMP120.DLL is missing from your computer.
Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem.

What does this mean?

Don't bother trying to re-install the program, you need to install the 2013 Visual studio\. read this link: http://steamcommunity.com/app/332360/discussions/0/1326718197209123553/

[The Flaming Pike]

Just wanted to let you know that I had the same issue but I fixed it. It was indeed related to Visual Studio.

I remember playing a game a relatively long time ago which I believe kinda somehow messed up my Visual Studio installation but I could play and run everything until Spriter so I didn't give it a thought. I'm not even sure if that caused the problem in the first place.

Once I got Spriter, however, it wouldn't open. I tried the non-steam trial and when I tried to launch it, it told me 3 files were missing (MSVCR100.dll and a couple of others with similar names). After googling the files I quickly found out that they were found in Visual Studio stuff.

I tried installing the 2013 version like the Spriter guys said, but it wasn't working. It was saying "Installation successful" but it wasn't installing anything new. I had a look at my list of installed softwares and saw that I had many, many versions of Visual Studio, the latest being 2015 if my memory is correct. I decided to start over and uninstall them all, restarted my computer and installed the 2010 and 2013 version ( I think the 2013 version is enough but I initially found the 2010 version one so I thought what the hell and installed both ).

It now works. :)

Not quite sure how I had that issue in the first place and what caused it exactly, but I know that if you installed a newer version than 2013, if you try to install 2013, it won't install the 2013 version even though your computer tells you it did. If it installs "instantly", it probably means it didn't install anything. You should see a progress bar if it does install correctly.

[mike]

Thanks for the detailed review of how you resloved the problem, The Flaming Pike.
I can confirm, you can not install 2013 if you have a newer version already installed. It will tell you it did, or tell you you already hav a newer version installed and cancel the install. The only way to get around this is uninstall the newer version, install both the 32 and 64 bit versions of 2013 (if you're on a 64 bit system) and then Spriter should work. After which point, Windows will eventually update you to the latest version of Visual Studio, but without removing the needed DLL files you got from specifically installing 2013.

cheers.