failed to initialize the steamworks SDK ... nice job cs2 devs! [FIXED]

[Sethioz]

FIXED:
i had steam updates turned off and it never said anything about steam updates, i had a feeling it might be, since it says "steamworks sdk", however after updating steam, it screwed up lot of my steam settings. it also kicked out my account and i had to re-authenticate.
lot of annoying alerts and popups and sounds turned themselves back on aswell. really frustrating when multi-billion dollar company is so INCOMPETENT and can't do anything right.
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ORIGINAL POST:
after the recent update i can't launch the game anymore ..

launcher error
FATAL ERROR: failed to initialize the steamworks SDK.
no steamclient021

WHAT are those donut eating incompetent devs doing?

rebooting pc didn't work
all cs2 files verified 100% with no error

NEVER going to re-install steam or cs2, i have put way too much time into customizing my settings, i know most people just roll their eyes and use default everything, but that's not an option. i have my own likes, dislikes and opinions, i don't use what others think is best for me. i use what i KNOW is best for me.

like first thing is the dumb grouped chats that makes 0 sense, i want each steam chat window to be separate, not some tabbed/grouped nonsense.
i don't want steam to take me to store page every time
i don't want steam to load community content
i want everything to be small in size and minimalistic, not GIGANTIC flashy and ugly.

if they don't fix their mess they introduced in this patch, then eFF this game forever. those incompetent devs can't release even 1 patch without issues.... would expect more from multi-billion dollar company, but i guess eating donuts is more important to them than releasing working games.

[✪ ⁧⁧Mateszopszki]

you know that, your settings in CS2 are NOT saved in the game itself? so you can reinstall CS2 without your settings going away

[VX-3000]

Been having the same error since yesterday's update, don't want to reinstall either. I'm noticing several posts about similar issues and game crashes -- can we figure out what's going on?

[VX-3000]

Very quick update and good news: As silly as it sounds, simply signing out of Steam and signing back in fixed the issue. Eureka.

[Sethioz]

Originally posted by VX-3000:

Very quick update and good news: As silly as it sounds, simply signing out of Steam and signing back in fixed the issue. Eureka.

that's cuz you have steam auto updates on and it updated once you did that.
i had to update steam, cuz i have it off by default, i hate it that when i want to play, then instead i have to put up with steam updates and after every update it screws up my settings .. it's really frustrating. i never use auto-updates, it's annoying as hell.

[Sethioz]

Originally posted by Dr.⁧⁧ Mateszopszki:

you know that, your settings in CS2 are NOT saved in the game itself? so you can reinstall CS2 without your settings going away

do you know they're stored in steam's /userdata/ folder? which is often savaged by steam itself.
i updated steam itself and it already screwed with my steam settings .. some dumb alerts turned themselves back on, the idiotic advert-panel that pops up on steam launch .. turned itself back on aswell.

i'm minimalistic person and i don't want to be harassed by all kind of popups, sounds and alerts. i have awareness and common sense, if i need to do something or check something, i know where to look .. i don't want steam rubbing that stuff in my face every time i click on steam.
that's why i stay away from all sorts of updates and config changes, it's really frustrating when steam messes up your settings and you have to redo it all...ugh. just leave me alone with your dumb updates.

[SoMEBoddy]

I can fix this and it's done.
1. Delete and unistall all file game and file steam (note: all)
2. Restart your PC and dowload steam.
3. Installing game CS2.
4. Done

[Kylian Mbappé]

Originally posted by Dr.⁧⁧ Mateszopszki:

you know that, your settings in CS2 are NOT saved in the game itself? so you can reinstall CS2 without your settings going away

ok

[PEPE OSEPE]

OP: "i had steam updates turned off"
Also OP: "nice job cs2 devs!"

[76561199572246160]

This error is strange, but for me the error is described:
FATAl ERROR: Failed to initialize the Steamworks SDK
failed to load module "C:\Program Files\Steam\steamclient64.dll"

[friikki Aki]

DIDGERIDOO BRB BRB BRB

[Бычий цепень]

Originally posted by Con Gấu nâu:

I can fix this and it's done.
1. Delete and unistall all file game and file steam (note: all)
2. Restart your PC and dowload steam.
3. Installing game CS2.
4. Done

Bro its too much, like i will be suposted to download 5 games again?? Its will be easier at just delete this stupid cs2

[Eclegend]

just relogin steam

[PhantomBR]

Originally posted by SoMEBoddy:

I can fix this and it's done.
1. Delete and unistall all file game and file steam (note: all)
2. Restart your PC and dowload steam.
3. Installing game CS2.
4. Done

No way i'm doing this with my poop internet.

[76561199681852236]

Originally posted by Eclegend:

just relogin steam

THANK YOU SO MUCHHHH I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU MANNN