can't launch game through steam

[Alice]

i've tried everything i could find
when i launch it says i'm in game, game doesn't appear, then says i'm no longer in game
no error message, updated all drivers, reinstalled/repaired XNA framework, plugged in headphones, disabled antivirus, verified integrity of game cache, made a folder in %appdata% because installation didn't create one
the game is launchable in the source folder but no achievements will be logged that way
any suggestions?

[Seraphita]

I don't think you were supposed to make a folder in appdata as the game is supposed to make it on its own. There is most likely an error between steam and the game. Did you try to check the integrity of game cache through steam launcher? I am not see it in your troubleshoot attempts.

[Alice]

Originally posted by Zero:

I don't think you were supposed to make a folder in appdata as the game is supposed to make it on its own. There is most likely an error between steam and the game. Did you try to check the integrity of game cache through steam launcher? I am not see it in your troubleshoot attempts.

a mod suggested making an appdata folder if the game didn't create one upon installation and it didn't so i made one, and it didn't work
yeah i did verify integrity of game cache i forgot to add that to my list haha sorry about that

[Seraphita]

Originally posted by Sion:

a mod suggested making an appdata folder if the game didn't create one upon installation and it didn't so i made one, and it didn't work
yeah i did verify integrity of game cache i forgot to add that to my list haha sorry about that

Uhh... You should be fine then. It's odd that the game starts without steam, though. I don't even think reinstalling game would help. I know you expect a positive answer but I'm at a loss of ideas.

I wanted to be smart and say you need to plug in a sound device but you already tried that.

[Dai]

Originally posted by Sion:

i've tried everything i could find
when i launch it says i'm in game, game doesn't appear, then says i'm no longer in game
no error message, updated all drivers, reinstalled/repaired XNA framework, plugged in headphones, disabled antivirus, verified integrity of game cache, made a folder in %appdata% because installation didn't create one
the game is launchable in the source folder but no achievements will be logged that way
any suggestions?

Then you'll probably want to try this then, the method below should allow you to run the game from it's original folder within your SteamLibrary folder and allow you to use the Steam overlay, as well. This can also be used to run SMAPI and also be able to use the Steam overlay as per usual:

Right click Stardew Valley in your Steam Library > Go to "Properties" > Set Launch Options > In the Launch Options put the following in:


"C:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Stardew Valley\Stardew Valley.exe" %command%

You will have to change the path to match the directory where your Stardew Valley.exe is located at.

For, instance if you want to run SMAPI while launching it as Stardew Valley with the Steam overlay then you would have to do something like this instead:


"C:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Stardew Valley\StardewModdingAPI.exe" %command%


After you do that you can press the "Play" button from your Steam Library page and it will run the game, since you set a custom launch option it will run the game as you set it. It works fine for me and I can run SMAPI as Stardew Valley and have the overlay with getting achievements just fine, no needing to 'add a game' to my library and running it like that, becaue that's boring.

[Alice]

Originally posted by Daitetsu:

Originally posted by Sion:

i've tried everything i could find
when i launch it says i'm in game, game doesn't appear, then says i'm no longer in game
no error message, updated all drivers, reinstalled/repaired XNA framework, plugged in headphones, disabled antivirus, verified integrity of game cache, made a folder in %appdata% because installation didn't create one
the game is launchable in the source folder but no achievements will be logged that way
any suggestions?

Then you'll probably want to try this then, the method below should allow you to run the game from it's original folder within your SteamLibrary folder and allow you to use the Steam overlay, as well. This can also be used to run SMAPI and also be able to use the Steam overlay as per usual:

Right click Stardew Valley in your Steam Library > Go to "Properties" > Set Launch Options > In the Launch Options put the following in:


"C:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Stardew Valley\Stardew Valley.exe" %command%

You will have to change the path to match the directory where your Stardew Valley.exe is located at.

For, instance if you want to run SMAPI while launching it as Stardew Valley with the Steam overlay then you would have to do something like this instead:


"C:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Stardew Valley\StardewModdingAPI.exe" %command%


After you do that you can press the "Play" button from your Steam Library page and it will run the game, since you set a custom launch option it will run the game as you set it. It works fine for me and I can run SMAPI as Stardew Valley and have the overlay with getting achievements just fine, no needing to 'add a game' to my library and running it like that, becaue that's boring.

oddly enough this also didn't work :(
for mine i used "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Stardew Valley\Stardew Valley.exe" %command%
and it still does the thing where steam says i'm in game, doesn't launch, and then says i'm no longer in game
removing \Stardew Valley.exe at the end of the directory makes steam open the source folder but for some reason steam does NOT want to run the .exe

[Dai]

Originally posted by Sion:

removing \Stardew Valley.exe at the end of the directory makes steam open the source folder but for some reason steam does NOT want to run the .exe

That is pretty weird and never seen anyone with this type of issue before. Not sure why your Steam client is so iffy on launching Stardew, do other games launch when you click to play them like normal?

[Alice]

Originally posted by Daitetsu:

Originally posted by Sion:

removing \Stardew Valley.exe at the end of the directory makes steam open the source folder but for some reason steam does NOT want to run the .exe

That is pretty weird and never seen anyone with this type of issue before. Not sure why your Steam client is so iffy on launching Stardew, do other games launch when you click to play them like normal?

yeah all of them launch fine, the only other game i've had this issue with is Duck Game which i also couldn't find a resolve for

[JC_sevenfold]

Originally posted by Sion:

Originally posted by Daitetsu:

That is pretty weird and never seen anyone with this type of issue before. Not sure why your Steam client is so iffy on launching Stardew, do other games launch when you click to play them like normal?

yeah all of them launch fine, the only other game i've had this issue with is Duck Game which i also couldn't find a resolve for

I'm also having the same problem

[Alice]

okay so it launches through steam with the administrator user profile on windows 10! but I dunno why it won't launch with my user profile because i have full control

[rixu]

I have the exact same problem here. Kids have been playing it with the exe but now they'd like to use Steam Link to play and the problem is back :/ Win 10 and user account, Noticed also that sometimes it does not work at all with user permissions and requires the exe to be run as administrator. Strange behaviour, no other game has done this.

[Alice]

Originally posted by rixu:

I have the exact same problem here. Kids have been playing it with the exe but now they'd like to use Steam Link to play and the problem is back :/ Win 10 and user account, Noticed also that sometimes it does not work at all with user permissions and requires the exe to be run as administrator. Strange behaviour, no other game has done this.

i solved the problem last year by reinstalling windows 10 entirely, may be what you have to do :(