WTF steam? half the games i buy never work...

[McSnuggles♥]

I'm getting seriously pissed off with the fact that half the games i buy never work and i can't find a way to fix them, or if i buy a game and install it then a game that previously worked stops working, i have about 6 games that don't even work and can't find fixes for: Alan wake, CoD WaW, Fear 3, Fallout New Vegas, Sniper Elite V2 and The Witcher 2 don't work, they apparently start up/load but then nothing else happens they just sit there doing ♥♥♥♥ all i have dl'd and reinstalled all these games at least twice each and yet nothing, i want solutions NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sigz]

First off, what is your operating system? And your PC specs? Kinda hard to produce solutions if you don't even provide any details or info as to what is up essentially. :/

[Sloppy Seconds]

Every game I've bought from Steam has worked, or I have gotten it to work. There's a way to do things, and there's a way not to do things.

Don't do this:

Originalmente postado por CS.The Chaotic Milf Hunter:

I'm getting seriously pissed off with the fact that half the games i buy never work and i can't find a way to fix them

i buy a game and install it then a game that previously worked stops working

i want solutions NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This mindless, incomprehensible rabble turns anyone off that would otherwise help you.

Okay, so what games are affected:

i have about 6 games that don't even work and can't find fixes for: Alan wake, CoD WaW, Fear 3, Fallout New Vegas, Sniper Elite V2 and The Witcher 2

The problem:

they apparently start up/load but then nothing else happens they just sit there doing ♥♥♥♥ all i have dl'd and reinstalled all these games at least twice each and yet nothing,

What we need from you is your computer specs.

[Chas.]

Originalmente postado por CS.The Chaotic Milf Hunter:

i want solutions NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What are your system SPECIFICATIONS??????????????????????????????????????????????

[Dagnabbit]

You should probably start by contacting support from those games' publishers instead of screaming like a 4yr old here.

[McSnuggles♥]

Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
GTX 660 Ti
8Gb ram

Originalmente postado por Dagnabbit:

You should probably start by contacting support from those games' publishers instead of screaming like a 4yr old here.

already have they didn't help at all

[Shin Ramyun]

I did a quick search on google and first result:
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7169-TIAV-5361

There you go.

I wouldn't bother with any of these, just install a 2nd OS, boot from that and test it out. If it all works then it means a software issue on your current OS is the issue (driver related, extra processes running like anti-malware etc...)

You'll probably save more time doing it that way.

[Chas.]

I"m assuming you verified the game cache files and re installed Steam before you posted here, correct?

[McSnuggles♥]

Originalmente postado por =OTS= Mark Dacascos:

I"m assuming you verified the game cache files and re installed Steam before you posted here, correct?

yes verified multiple times with each game and re-installed steam twice

[Lostedge]

Computer related problem. All those games work for me perfectly. If the game does not work in some setup, it is not steam problem, it is your problem. Use something called google to fix it and update your drivers.

[Chas.]

Originalmente postado por CS.The Chaotic Milf Hunter:

Originalmente postado por =OTS= Mark Dacascos:

I"m assuming you verified the game cache files and re installed Steam before you posted here, correct?

yes verified multiple times with each game and re-installed steam twice

Go to your control panel, run the repair option on your various .net installations. Reboot. Also, could you have perhaps changed a setting in Nvidia control panel that's causing this? Set your global options to default in Nvidia control panel and try it.

Do you have another machine you can test the games on? If not, I would consider Dr. Zoidberg's troubleshooting method of peeling off a new partition on your HDD and installing a new copy of Windows on it. If the games work on that partition, then you know you have an issue with your old OS. If they don't, it's probably hardware related.

It's not pretty, but like he said it will be a quick way to narrow down either hardware or software issues.

[tothelk]

funtastic times in the steam forums...

[G00N3R]

Something that I realised a long time ago is that, whatever kind of problem or bug I'm experiencing with a game, somebody somewhere in the world has already encountered it, and mostly likely found a solution.

If you search the Steam forums for that game, the game's official forums, or even just do a google search, you should be able to find some answers.

In your situation I would start by googling "(insert game name here) crash on startup" and take it from there. If you happen to get any kind of error message, write it down and then type that into google.

Also, another good tip that I always do now, is spend a few minutes browsing a game's forums BEFORE I buy it, just to make sure there isn't any game breaking bugs. Especially if its a game that's only just been released.

[It's a Crime]

Originalmente postado por G00N3R:

Something that I realised a long time ago is that, whatever kind of problem or bug I'm experiencing with a game, somebody somewhere in the world has already encountered it, and mostly likely found a solution.

If you search the Steam forums for that game, the game's official forums, or even just do a google search, you should be able to find some answers.

In your situation I would start by googling "(insert game name here) crash on startup" and take it from there. If you happen to get any kind of error message, write it down and then type that into google.

Also, another good tip that I always do now, is spend a few minutes browsing a game's forums BEFORE I buy it, just to make sure there isn't any game breaking bugs. Especially if its a game that's only just been released.

This this this this and this.

Some of you people need to stop thinking with your wallets and more with your heads.

[Dagnabbit]

Originalmente postado por CS.The Chaotic Milf Hunter:

Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
GTX 660 Ti
8Gb ram

Originalmente postado por Dagnabbit:

You should probably start by contacting support from those games' publishers instead of screaming like a 4yr old here.

already have they didn't help at all

Then what do you expect to accomplish here? Steam support does not provide support for 3rd party software, and throwing a temper tantrum in the forums here is most definitely not doing you any good.

[getrsj]

It's true, Steam has not been good at getting patches and updates. Life is Strange E2-5 do not work on any system I have tried them on. Resident Evil 4 freezes any time an on screen live action command takes place, several other games cease to work. Or they run with very limited features making them virtually unplayable. Out of 95 games in my library, 10 do not work on any system I have tried to run them on, of those games, 4 of them used to work and then stopped working and the other 6 have never worked. So there is probably about a 10% chance a game you buy on steam does not work and another 10 % chance if it does work it will be horrible to play with limited features. I am speaking specifically about games that were made for console that have been converted for PC and older games that need emulation.