Stopped working

[CRY]

i used to play the game just fine but after formating my pc the game wont start, i tried verifying installation and everything's fine, still wont start, i tried to delete and reinstall and still nothing and now im out of ideas to fix this.

[HiFive]

Here was one person's solution a while back:

DADDYDAYCARE has The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing
hey there guys!
so i have been dealing with these old games for alot of years started playing on my first windows 96 lol alot of the time the problem is steam just not opening the right file or maybe it is but just stuck on some random old school res ? so here's what you do!
1.open up steam after restarting your pc
2.go to Van Hell in games
3.open up game setting
4. local files
5.now at the bottom of the list should see some applictions x64-x84.x64,11 thing like that
6. now open 64x app
7. should open right up out side of steam
8. go to in game setting video settings set your settings to your pref
9. restart game
10. start up in steam should open now
11. go back to video settings set them again because they will change for some reason has to do with steam start up options i think"? dont forget v-sync this should fix everything up!
12. now if now of this works go to Nvidia cont pan disable G-syn an repeat steps 1 to 11
hope this helps!! sorry for spelling

[HiFive]

A few more tips from old threads:

from Neocore's Valkyrie:
Try to rename your vanhelsing_x64.exe to vanhelsing_x86.exe and vica versa, then start from steam. (this worked for one person)
or try:
Install the things found in "InstallUtils" directory. You can find it in the game's library. Give a feedback here, if it works.
or try:
updating or uninstalling and reinstalling drivers

Another person:
i had the same problem with the game not starting. what worked for me was going into the actual game folder (steam,steamapps,common,tiaovh) and run the game from there. the 64bit vers. doesnt work, try the x86 one. if that works, you might have to update your divx.
also, try a manual installation of all the utilitilities in the InstallUtils folder. then try.

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. . . and somewhat similar stuff here:

Another fix someone gave:

Fix for Van helsing not launching on 64 bit systems
I had the same problem most people with a 64 bit OS had start the game and the load screen just sits there. ok here is the cause The game keeps trying to launch the the 32 bit version by default. here is the fix I found.
1. shutdown the game and steam completely
2. locate the game file in your steam folder the path should be something like
/Computer/local disk C (or what ever your homedrive is)/ Program Filesx86 /steam/steamapps/
common/The Incredible adventures of Van helsing.
3. in the game folder you will find 2 exe files name VanHelsingX64.exe (64bit) and VanhelsingX86.exe(32bit) these are the excutable files that launch either the 64 bit or 32bit version.
4.Right click on the file and you will open up an open up a window with sevral options go down toward the bottom and find the option " Rename"
5. click on Rename and change VanHelsingX64 to VanHelsingX86 and via-versa change the file named VanHelsingX86 to VanHelsingX64. ( this fools your computer into thinking the 64 bit is the 32 bit version)
6. Restart steam launch Van Helsing and enjoy the game

* you might have to fool around a bit when renaming the file so you can avoid VanHelsingX64(2)
I changed one file to " waiting.exe" while I changed the other then renamed it the proper name.
This fix worked great for me and didnt cuase a single issue and the game runs great. BUT
****Do this at your own risk!!!! I cant be responsible if it is done wrong and messes up something. But if done correctly it should work. it is Very Important to make sure you are logged out and steam is completely shut down!!!!! hope this helps

[HiFive]

Also, see this thread:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/215530/discussions/0/357288572130289955/

[CRY]

Nothing here worked, but thanks for the help.