Game suddendly doesn't work anymore.

[Χάρης]

So I played the game for about 11 minutes in total. Decided to launch it today and it doesn' t respond. Steam says I am in-game but the game will not start at all.

Tried editing the .xml file, didn't help. I also created a .bat file like someone suggested and it didn't work either. Should I refund this? It is one of my favorite games and I used to play it in PGR 2 on the OG xbox.

edit : I also verified game files.

Damn, this forum is dead, where are the developers?

[Ryker]

IDK man, I tried playing this game with the sale. I've done everything I can think of and it just doesn't work lol

[Attorney-at-Meme]

You should list your OS and your computer specs.

[Χάρης]

Originally posted by Attorney at Meme:

You should list your OS and your computer specs.

Windows 10

[Attorney-at-Meme]

About all I can tell you is that I do not use Win10, and it's working for me on Win 7. From what I can tell, Win10 appears to have problems for many. Win 7 tends to have much better XP compatibility.

You might have some luck by running testapp.exe found in Geometry Wars directory.

[Professor Bandit]

Just came across this thread with the same issue, found the solution in this thread: https://steamcommunity.com/app/8400/discussions/0/846938351155039829/

For mine I just had to set it in compatibility mode for XP service pack 2 and disable fullscreen optimizations and it started working.

[Χάρης]

Originally posted by R_Fault:

Just came across this thread with the same issue, found the solution in this thread: https://steamcommunity.com/app/8400/discussions/0/846938351155039829/

For mine I just had to set it in compatibility mode for XP service pack 2 and disable fullscreen optimizations and it started working.

thanks, that did it!

[HELL BOUND]

You can run testapp.exe from the game folder. That is the actual game executable that doesn't need steam.

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Geometry Wars\testapp.exe

[s.r.chirgwin]

Went for a refund because it doesn't work on my pc either. Steam denied it. Says there is no issue.

[CraigUK]

Originally posted by s.r.chirgwin:

Went for a refund because it doesn't work on my pc either. Steam denied it. Says there is no issue.

Steam literally refund anything if you have under 2 hours play time and have owned it for fewer than two weeks

[erock970]

Anyone know why it won't start up? Standard PC..should work fine.

[Jaron]

Here's what worked for me (Win11, i9-14900KF). Adjust the path to GeometryWars.exe if you installed it somewhere different.

1. Right click --> Properties on Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved in your Steam Library
   
2. In "Launch Options", paste the following:

   C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /C Start /Normal /Affinity FFFFFFFE "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Geometry Wars\GeometryWars.exe" %command%

[GeorgeBroussard]

Originally posted by Jaron:

Here's what worked for me (Win11, i9-14900KF). Adjust the path to GeometryWars.exe if you installed it somewhere different.

1. Right click --> Properties on Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved in your Steam Library
   
2. In "Launch Options", paste the following:

   C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /C Start /Normal /Affinity FFFFFFFE "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Geometry Wars\GeometryWars.exe" %command%

Wizard solution! This works. Windows 11, i9-14900, 4070ti, 64g ram

Finally a working solution!

[TheRobotFrog]

Originally posted by GeorgeBroussard:

Originally posted by Jaron:

Here's what worked for me (Win11, i9-14900KF). Adjust the path to GeometryWars.exe if you installed it somewhere different.

1. Right click --> Properties on Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved in your Steam Library
   
2. In "Launch Options", paste the following:

   C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /C Start /Normal /Affinity FFFFFFFE "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Geometry Wars\GeometryWars.exe" %command%

Wizard solution! This works. Windows 11, i9-14900, 4070ti, 64g ram

Finally a working solution!

this doesn't work for me. nothing has.

[Icerazer009 bandit.gg]

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