Game won't load at all.

[Damoceles]

Ok, I've gone through forum and tried all the little things, like compatibility mode, and still can't get it to work. All I get is the steam message saying that it is launching the game and then nothing. It simply crashes, not even a stalled process. I tried it on my laptop as well and the same thing. I running Win 7 64 bit and both computers have ATI cards of the 4000s type. I know I meet the system specs. Does anyone have any ideas?

[Eranden]

have the same problem

[ChevyNoel]

Run Steam as an admin. Make sure no external softwares, such as anti-virus programs, are interrupting the lauch. Run DX setup again manually. Verify integrity of the game cache.

[Eranden]

ran as admin, still will not work, will try the rest but not optimistic, maybe I am lazy but I hate jumping through hoops to make stuff work. Tried for ever to make Mass effect work and it never did. I believe when you buy stuff it should work, sorry, I guess I have a bad attittude

[Eranden]

yup, deleted it, uploaded it again and nothing

[Kliff]

I may not be customer support, but what I found would work was to actually change your download server. That's Steam -> Settings -> Download tab -> Download Server Location.

I cannot guarantee this works for everyone, but apparently, the Chicago server had a file that was corrupt or incomplete - Steam itself realizes this, that's why when you try to validate files, it says a file didn't pass verification and has to be reacquired - and when it reacquires, it just downloads the same bad file, leading to the same crash. The only solution is to switch your download server - like I switched to the Detroit server instead - and either reinstall or re-validate.

[Eranden]

I will give a shot, my thanks

[Eranden]

changed download site, still will not work, gave error message. Tried to start it again, I don't even get the error message. I hate when I buy broken games

[haplo17]

Same problem, tried switching download servers, did nothing, still have one bad file that needs to be reaquired, but it's still broken.

[Eranden]

yup, no success, wish they would not sell broken games

[haplo17]

Downloaded the k-lite codec pack and that got it to work.

[Damoceles]

I installed that pack and it didn't work. Did the compatibilty mode and it started but gave me an application error saying is couldn't find a file?

[IRON]

For me, installation of K-Lite complete was the solution to run. I had some other newer separate codecs in my PC, and I was lack of older codecs. I have Win7 64 bit. Of course I set eh compatibility to XP SP3 and I run the game as administrator. I hope it helps. Dont forget to create a system restore checkpoint before K-lite.