This game won't start!

[gaycopmp4]

I got this game and was trying to boot it up, but everytime I click "play" the launcher stops working! It shuts down and I can't find it in task manager. I've been really looking forward to playing this, is there any way I can fix this? This seems to be a prevailing problem throughout steam, and the guys at Valve haven't done anything about it.

[Robert Morris]

You are too dumb to play this game. You should get a refund.

[gaycopmp4]

Originally posted by Conky:

You are too dumb to play this game. You should get a refund.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYU_eDMr4xE

[JPower96]

I am having the same problem... though I'm not going to ♥♥♥♥♥ at valve or steam about it yet. If anyone knows anything though...?

[Ghost1911]

I may have found a fix to this problem most folks are having on Windows 10.

I bought the game on Steam, downloaded the Darksaber Ultimate Craft Pack (the latest version) and basically patched it (with the official 2.02 patch) to upgrade XWA with the Pack. After that I noticed that I kept getting an error every single time I ran xwingalliance.exe. The error message read "Failed to detect X-wing Alliance CD 0xc0000022" and knew there was a solution as this never happened before.

Turns out there is an option called DIRECT PLAY which is a Windows Feature that needs to be enabled in order to run the game. You can find and enable it by going into Control Panel and on the TOP LEFT corner of the screen you'll see "Turn Windows Features on/off". Find Legacy Components or something to that effect, enable everything in the subcategories and restart your machine.

And voila! X-Wing Alliance works like a charm!

[gaycopmp4]

I forgot about this thread. Thanks for the bump/solution Ghost1911

[dog3y3]

I'm running Win7 and recently the game stopped working. I think it was right after the update. I tried looking for anything like the Win10 fix but nothing remotely called 'legacy' that I could find. Any other advice?
Sorry, i Should have added... everything was working fine. When I try to launch the game from either the desktop shortcut or from Steam, the steam mini-window pops up for a split-second, then disappears without doing anything. I've disabled all Anti-virus programs, firewalls ... i've re-installed several times. Turns out i purchased this right after the June update so I never played it before it was updated. I have no reference for any changes if there were. It was fun while it lasted.

[Sgt. John Helldiver]

You need to have a controller or joystick plugged in. The game will not start without one.

[gaycopmp4]

I posted this 2 years ago bud. I mean, I appreciate the help but it somehow keeps popping back up in my notifications.