Copied over Game to new computer but will not play/launch

[BlueOwlBaby]

I have copied the Obduction files from my laptop to a new computer but the game will not play. I studied several videos of how to copy and read/studied many Steam forums instructions before I copied over the files. I have also added an extension to Windows Defender of the Steam folder: C:\Program Files(x86)\Steam. All of the Obduction game files and .acf files are copied to the correct places (same exact places as in my laptop). I verified the integrity of files which were ok. The game played ok on my laptop except for very low frame rates. So I uninstalled the game and then re installed which took many hours- still the game will not launch. I have read on Steam Forums, that others have had the same issue. The details of my new computer are:
Alienware Aurora R12
11th gen. Intel Core i7 11700F (8-core 16MB Cache 2.5 GHz Turbo Boost max
Windows 10
CPU liquid cooling
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB GDDRX
16GB ram
512GB, SSD 2TB storage

I don't know what else to do. I wanted to ask advice on Steam forums before emailing Cyan which is the last resort because I realize Cyan must have hundreds of emails and it will take forever for them to write back. Thanks in advance for any advice.

[Brian9824]

Helps if you post on the games forum, and to actually say what the error is

[BlueOwlBaby]

Originally posted by brian9824:

Helps if you post on the games forum, and to actually say what the error is

brian9824, Thanks for your reply. I did post this on the Obduction Game forum as well. The problem is that the game will not launch. Pushing the PLAY green highlighted button does nothing. It says "launching' for a very long time but never launches. I have tried for 2 days

[𝔇ave]

Simply copying games files will not work for most games. Other stuff needs to be installed properly. Instead of copying files, use steams backup and restore. This will ensure all required files are migrated and installed properly

[Dustreaper]

Also most games store stuff in multiple locations even on different drives.

[Crazy Tiger]

Originally posted by owlbaby:

Originally posted by brian9824:

Helps if you post on the games forum, and to actually say what the error is

brian9824, Thanks for your reply. I did post this on the Obduction Game forum as well. The problem is that the game will not launch. Pushing the PLAY green highlighted button does nothing. It says "launching' for a very long time but never launches. I have tried for 2 days

The last time I had that with a game was with Armello. I rolled back my GPU driver one version and the game then worked.

Not saying it's your GPU driver, but it very likely is related to drivers. Could be that the necessary common redist files aren't (properly) installed.

[BlueOwlBaby]

Originally posted by 𝔇ave:

Simply copying games files will not work for most games. Other stuff needs to be installed properly. Instead of copying files, use steams backup and restore. This will ensure all required files are migrated and installed properly

Dave, Thank you for your reply. I tried again and uninstalled Obduction from my new computer. Next I went to my Laptop and used the Steam backup and restore feature for the game (I should have done this to begin with). I put those backup files on an external drive, then transferred them to my new computer using the backup and restore feature in steam library. It took a while because it had to do updates. When the updates were finished, A popup message said the "game was successfully restored and ready to launch." Yay! (so I thought) Then I pushed the highlighted Green PLAY button. Nothing happened. Tried it several times. Nothing. So I studied all the original files on the laptop in File Explorer and compared them to the ones on the new computer. All of them are exactly the same in all the correct places. What could possibly be wrong? The game worked fine on the laptop except for low frame rates. I have several games on my laptop that I need to transfer from the laptop to this new computer but now I am afraid the same thing will happen to my other games.

[BlueOwlBaby]

Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:

Originally posted by owlbaby:

brian9824, Thanks for your reply. I did post this on the Obduction Game forum as well. The problem is that the game will not launch. Pushing the PLAY green highlighted button does nothing. It says "launching' for a very long time but never launches. I have tried for 2 days

The last time I had that with a game was with Armello. I rolled back my GPU driver one version and the game then worked.

Not saying it's your GPU driver, but it very likely is related to drivers. Could be that the necessary common redist files aren't (properly) installed.

Crazy Tiger, Please forgive my moron question, but I have no clue what "rolling back a GPU driver one version" means and how to do that. Also, what is a redist file? If they aren't properly installed, then do I need to discuss this with Dell technical help? I need to study a redist file before I talk to Dell technical support so I won't sound like a buffoon. I need to laugh right now before I cry because this is too frustrating.

[BlueOwlBaby]

Crazy Tiger, I found the Steam\steamapps\common\SteamworksShared\CommonRedist -there are 5 folders in the CommonRedist folder. They are DirectX, DotNet, OpenAl, vcredist and XNA.
This is indeed a conundrum why this game will not launch.

[Crazy Tiger]

Steam redist files are the necessary driver files that usually get installed on first game launch. If a game needs specific ones, the game folder has them in a folder called "_CommonRedist". You can check that by going to the game folder (rightclick the game in your library, then hover over "Manage" and in the menu that comes go to "Browse Local Files". If the game folder has the folder called "_CommonRedist", install everything in there and try launching the game again.

Rolling back the GPU driver is the driver of your graphics card. I'm going to assume everything is fine with your latest driver. As I said, it once happened to me after I updated my graphics driver, so I then went back to the previous version (ergo rolled back).

[BlueOwlBaby]

Crazy Tiger, Yes!! Yay!! You did good!! This is where the _CommonRedist folder was located:
C:\ProgramFiles(x86)\Steam|\steamapps\common\Steamworks Shared\_CommonRedist
In that_CommonRedist folder are the following folders:
DirectX
DotNet
OpenAl
vcredist
XNA

The _CommonRedist folder and its contents were not in the correct place. You were right! That folder and its contents should have been in: C:\ProgramFiles(x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Obduction So I moved them to the Game folder -Obduction and it worked!! Thank you so very much Crazy Tiger. You are my hero. I worked 2 days for many hours. Also, My frame rates are 115, sometimes higher and the graphics are beautiful. True story: My fps on my 6 year old laptop were 10 or maybe 15 on most games.
(I hear you laughing) How pitiful that was.The laptop has an AMD Radeon R5 graphics and the graphics on the games were not very good. Now I have a huge NVIDIA G-SYNC monitor with a NVIDIA graphics card. Yay! Thank you again so very much for solving my problem. Now I don't have to call Dell technical support and make a fool of myself. Since you are Crazy Tiger, I don't know if you are male or female, so I will just brag on you and say: You are the man!!! or You are the woman!! Thank you, Thank you!