Game Doesn't F**ing Work

[P_A_C_M_A_N]

I'm getting quite angry about this game. I thought this game was great when I tried it at a friends house and was eager to play. I bought this game, installed it, and it WILL NOT (100%) load the game. A Steam dialogue box loads up and says

Installing: Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0.cmd (step1 of 2)

This looks typical for some games to do, yet it does absolutely NOTHING after this. It just sits there.

Now let me get this straight, my friend pirated this game and plays it without fail. I PURCHASED this game and it doesn't even attempt to load from Steam (or from Common folder).

Tell me there is some sort of fix here. I'm actually legitimately allowing this to get on my nerves and a grown man doesn't need to be having fist fights with his electronics.

[Hypnoziz]

The only logical explanation for this issue is PEBCAK then. We already know it's a Steam problem and not the game. You can stop repeating yourself. You've been given the tools and knowledge. Good luck, bud.

[SotaSweetie]

Coming here to ask for help with a pirated copy of a game is like lifting a big screen TV from Best Buy, walking outside with it, dropping it, carrying it back in and asking them to fix it for you.......


#KarmaIsBeautiful

[Polly]

引用自 Hypnoziz：

The only logical explanation for this issue is PEBCAK then. We already know it's a Steam problem and not the game. You can stop repeating yourself. You've been given the tools and knowledge. Good luck, bud.

[timewar]

You guys have way more patience than I do for someone using hilter as his icon pic

[SotaSweetie]

引用自 timewar：

You guys have way more patience than I do for someone using hilter as his icon pic

That's the best part. He's just begging to be mocked mercilessly.

[Cannon Fodder]

引用自 bobert(PRAISE THE SUN)：

hey whats your specs XD

THIS.
OP, post your damn specs.

List everything you've tried so that the people here don't suggest them again.
Compatibility modes, Run as Admin, Safe mode, etc.

Also, when you uninstalled .NET 4.0 did you do it from add/remove, or did you use Microsoft's .NET Framework cleanup tool?

[Wannie The Sane☠]

引用自 Leeloo Dallas：

Coming here to ask for help with a pirated copy of a game is like lifting a big screen TV from Best Buy, walking outside with it, dropping it, carrying it back in and asking them to fix it for you.......


#KarmaIsBeautiful

Doesn't really matter, but he asked for help with the Steam copy of the game, he couldn't get it to work, so he refunded it and dl'd a pirated copy. He never asked for help with his pirated game, that one worked perfect.

[P_A_C_M_A_N]

That one worked well and GOG version worked fine. The Steam version didn't. That's really all there is to it.

[Hypnoziz]

Okay. Have fun when MP releases. :)

[P_A_C_M_A_N]

Looks exciting, really. I've got a greenhouse of ancient fruit and a winery barn next to it. I'm good to go for single.

[simon]

OP is truly stupid.

[Vroomi]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=678897625
I'm sorry, I just had to.

[P_A_C_M_A_N]

I wanted the game to work. As a quick fix, a pirated version worked wheras the Steam version wouldn't.

引用自 simon：

OP is truly stupid.

Everyone saying I couldn't solve the framework issues or XNA issues were wrong. After finding out the pirated version ran fine, I made a Steam refund, got the GoG version, and alls well.

I can't quite be stupid if not one person who commented other than myself actually helped solve the problem.

[newjeans PR manager]

引用自 ;357285398693949986：

Actually, F this version of the game 100%. It doesn't load for me and I have hundreds of games. I'm extremely well-versed with computers. Everything is up-to-date. Steam just absolutely is failing me on this one, so screw it. I'm getting a refund and going to GoG on this one for the first time in my life. Refund or bust. This is the worst experience ever. I've spent over 5 hours doing absolutely nothing but ruining my entire day trying to relax after a friend of mine was literally shot to death. I want something to help take my mind off of my problems right now and Steam has angered me.

Good on you for actually buying the game instead of pirating it after having issues with it. If you do decide to buy the steam version, try it on another computer and see if it works there.

[Rinini]

I had another issue last days... What is included in this startup-data which can be found in %appdata% or roaming (same thing)? If it actually includes a check whether everything needed is installed (which is not that unthinkable I guess), try to just delete it. Another one will be recreated the next time you attemt to start the game.
My problem was that it acted as if some of my hardware or driver was broken, but only happend to steamgames. (The game started in a at first grey, then black window, the menusound played just normally but it stayed black.) The second day after it started I just deleted this file as a last try to maybe get it running, and it helped.

So just try to delete this startup_preferences data (single file) in %appdata% or roaming.


So I just wrote this as soon as I read the question/problem and continue here after reading all 3 pages.
I am no expert in those things, which is why I dont know whether that could solve your problem or not. I don't know how the game itself acts (without steam) when you start it. If it checks just the same way everytime it's started.

The specs should be no problem. I'm actually playing it from a aspire one which has a 1ghz dualcore (it says it boosts up to 1,3ghz), a grafic chip I cant even get new drivers for (using amd autodetect - amd radeon hd 7290) and 2gb Ram while it has win 10 64bit installed. (Before it was tortured with win 8...actually runs smoother with 10.) And while I was looking for this old? bug and feedback form to just try and tell concernedape about even being able to catch "Legend" with this low specs, which could end up in the minimum specs being lowered. (In the energyoptions I chose best performance.)
1-1,3 ghz dual core, 2 gb ram are fine. Though it needs longer to load the savegame.

If the OP's specs are lower, it could be a problem. But since the game itself works, the problem is somewhere else.

Sorry if there are mistakes in writing. =)