Game /WON'T/ Launch.

[kidcool404]

I've played on the Switch and finally decided to bite the bullet and play on PC. Bought it. Installed it. The game just will not run. I tried EVERYTHING I've read and absolutely NOTHING is helping me out. I even uninstalled it three times entirely and then installed it all again. **Note, some sites are saying about deleting something in my %appdata% Stardew file, however the ONLY file in there is the "Saves" folder and nothing else - is that normal? Every time I've uninstalled and downloaded it again, that's still the only file in that folder. Regardless, I'm really stuck and would appreciate if anybody could help me solve this.

[Kyh]

what's going on that the game doesn't open? it just doesn't load or open and close on its own?

[kidcool404]

It won't load anything. I'll click it. From Steam's Library page it'll show it as "Stardew Valley - Running." for about 10 seconds and then it won't do anything. It'll just lose that " - Running" and go back to being a white game title.

[CalhounMKZ]

A seeming common occurrence since the last steamworks common distributional update.
Reboot and validate the files, if that doesn't help try to reinstall the microsoft .net framework.
These options have worked for most people affected by this bug over many different games.

[kidcool404]

What do you mean by Reboot the files? And I just installed the .net framework again, no luck :/

[SteeredWrong]

If you tried everything on the pinned troubleshooting discussion (pinned), if you're on windows, what just worked for me was I copied "X3dAudio_7.dll" from C:\Windows\System32, then pasted it into the folder where the exe file is (in steam right click the game and click "browse local files" to get here).

[kidcool404]

Originally posted by christianhaliga:

If you tried everything on the pinned troubleshooting discussion (pinned), if you're on windows, what just worked for me was I copied "X3dAudio_7.dll" from C:\Windows\System32, then pasted it into the folder where the exe file is (in steam right click the game and click "browse local files" to get here).

Did that, no luck TT.TT

[dubesor]

Do you have security software? Try disabling it. Try making a completely new/fresh ADMIN account in windows and launch steam/stardew with ADMINISTRATOR rights.

[mcknight.evelyn]

None of these options are working for me either.

[kidcool404]

Originally posted by mcknight.evelyn:

None of these options are working for me either.

Ugh please we're in this together. If you find anything that works pls lmk and I'll do the same </3

[Yuma_saiko]

Originally posted by kidcool404:

Originally posted by mcknight.evelyn:

None of these options are working for me either.

Ugh please we're in this together. If you find anything that works pls lmk and I'll do the same </3

pls, we are in the same boat ;v; if someone can fix this, please help.
oh, also, if you download SMAPI (the thing of the mods) what appear in the log? i think the solution have some kind of relation to the XNA microsoft thing but im not sure.

[MonkehMaster]

most likely xna framework 4.0 is the issue... try that first, if all else fails try everything else i mention in this link.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/413150/discussions/0/3112520381509564231/

[kidcool404]

Originally posted by MonkehMaster:

most likely xna framework 4.0 is the issue... try that first, if all else fails try everything else i mention in this link.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/413150/discussions/0/3112520381509564231/

In response to your link:
1) Not sure what smapi is tbh
2) no.
3) Not really seeing what you're talking about tbh
4) Done, no luck.
5) I mean I can try that
6-8) yes...

[Lyandro]

i have the same problem. the game won´t start WITH steam,

BUT i can play it, when i just start the stardew valley.exe right from the folder.

when i want to start it with steam. i get the message that the game failed to update and there are missing program data. smapi doesn´t track any issue.
i tried everthing for round about 3 hours to start it. read about that terraria had the same problem with the framework, but that game runs perfect.

sorry for my english, i´m a bit rusty ^^

[Lyandro]

get the game running with steam. out of pure coincidence i looked at the startoptions, in the properties, for the game and deleted them.

[Truthwinter]

I've tried everything in the pinned discussion and all other suggestions I could find.
When I try to run the game a blank window pops up for a second and then it goes away.
I've uninstalled the game several times, I installed the xna framework thing and restarted, no luck whatsoever.