Prey

Prey

Singleplaya Feb 22, 2023 @ 2:06pm
Prey 2006 wont launch Help
Can somebody help me play this game?I just bought it and it doesnt work when i launch it
what have i ve done so far:
1.Reinstalling-Total fail my problem was unsolved
2.Verify Integrity-another fail, it display:the files are working correctly
3.Turn off antiviruses:fail
4.Vcredist deletion:fail
5.Search online:big fail
6.Run as administrator:fail
I have a new gen computer wich is high end for 2020 but it should not be a problem if the game is from 2006...
I have Windows 10 *big mistake
Can somebody help?
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k first of all what is next gen computer?

Specs please and nothing wrong with windows 10

and which ever graphics card you are using what driver is it on as well

EDIT**

Confirms works on my W11 machine
5600X
16GB Ran
Ultrawide monitor (in FHD)
GTX 1080

Drivers up to date.
might have to reinstall or install DirectX drivers and or Microsoft visual C++

https://www.microsoft.com/en-za/download/details.aspx?id=35

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170
Last edited by [TGSA] oujisan2236; Feb 28, 2023 @ 2:32pm
CLBrown Mar 4, 2023 @ 9:53am 
I suspect that the issue you may be seeing is video-related.

On the other hand, I used to have issues with games.... especially early 2000s games... refusing to start. Turns out that the issue was related to Windows' "execution protection" functionality. (It's techncally called DEP.... look it up.) Something supposedly intended to prevent "unauthorized" programs from running. A TON of games aren't "authorized" according to Microsoft. Being that I have 100% full control over what happens on my own personal machine, and no one else even uses it... and given that I have effective antivirus/antimalware protection present... I simply disable DEP entirely

You might be surprised just how many older software packages which "refuse to run" do so entirely due to DEP. It's a decent CONCEPT... but it should never, ever act "automagically" without asking the end-user, first, if they WANT something to run or not.

Anything that thinks it knows better than I do what I want to do on my own personally owned computer is, ITSELF, "malware" as far as I'm concerned. Anything which prevents me from doing what I want to do on my own system is unacceptable and WILL be defeated.

Vendors can decide what software gets to go where, and even what we get to do with software we buy (if we agree to their terms prior to paying for it). They can refuse to sell it to us, or sell it to us under strict limitations. But they can't "spring" things on us after we've paid, nor can they "alter the deal... pray I don't alter it any further" after we've already made it.
Originally posted by CLBrown:
I suspect that the issue you may be seeing is video-related.

On the other hand, I used to have issues with games.... especially early 2000s games... refusing to start. Turns out that the issue was related to Windows' "execution protection" functionality. (It's techncally called DEP.... look it up.) Something supposedly intended to prevent "unauthorized" programs from running. A TON of games aren't "authorized" according to Microsoft. Being that I have 100% full control over what happens on my own personal machine, and no one else even uses it... and given that I have effective antivirus/antimalware protection present... I simply disable DEP entirely

Its the first thing i turn off when installing windows
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