No NieRAutomata.exe downloaded?

[martin]

I installed the game (only ~90MB download?) and when I start it, it shows me an error that it cannot find NieRAutomata.exe. I looked up what is in this folder and it only shows DirectX installation files in a subdirectory and no exe.

I tried to install again with same result. I am not sure what to do now. Any ideas?

[martin]

Good question. I don't know.

[martin]

It looks like I have only one destination where Steam games are installed (in C:\Program Files\Steam). This is why the Steam Client does not offer any choices.

[󠀡󠀡󠀡⁧⁧the.jester]

You aren't by any chance running on a 32bit version of windows are you? If so, steam will prevent the game from being installed.

[martin]

OMG. You are right. How comes I have a Windows 10 32 Bit installed? I didn't even know there is a 32 bit version of it.

I think this is the problem. I need to reinstall Windows 10 or 7 once again. Thank you!

[󠀡󠀡󠀡⁧⁧the.jester]

I made this mistake when I first upgraded to windows 10. Decided on a fresh install, downloaded the installation media, installed it, only to realise find i had downloaded the 32bit iso from MS originally >_<

:(. Make sure you back up everything you need, you are probably going to need a complete reinstall here :-/

[Aemony]

Originally posted by martin:

It looks like I have only one destination where Steam games are installed (in C:\Program Files\Steam). This is why the Steam Client does not offer any choices.

Yeah, that's 32-bit Windows alright. The correct install folder on 64-bit Windows is C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam.


At least you're sorta in the luck that Steam didn't download the full game for you...

[martin]

Yes. I need a full reinstall. This has been an upgrade to Win 10 from Win 7. I must have installed the wrong Win 7 version before.

Unfortunately my Win 7 product key cannot be activated for some reason. I'm going to buy a Win 10 x64 license now. It can take some time.

It sounds plausible that the game is not for 32 bit. Steam should have better error messages.

[Aemony]

Originally posted by martin:

It sounds plausible that the game is not for 32 bit. Steam should have better error messages.

It's honestly baffling that they don't. Obviously they very clearly detected that the game was for an architecture your OS did not support, as evidenced by the small download size, so all that's left is to >tell you< about it.

At times Valve looks ridiculously incompetent. This is one of those times.

[martin]

Maybe it's a rare condition. I don't know.

Meanwhile, I want to confirm that I installed x64 version of Windows 10 and the download works.

I hope this helps some people who have a similar problem.

Thank you once again for all the help.

[🎹⎛J⎝山治郎⎠S⎞🎹]

i just bought it, and same error :( 96mb :V 50% price >>> 50% game =))

[😎Macula😎]

Originally posted by ⎛⎝Kawaranai Man⎠⎞:

i just bought it, and same error :( 96mb :V 50% price >>> 50% game =))

Is your windows 32bit?