WTF Are You Promoting Garry's Mod

[Sir Jaxxy]

I have to say Steam/Valve has allot of nerve promoting a game that does not work. Has not worked, from the comments in it's hub, for some time. One in which the developer has all but abandoned.

Yes I am talking about Garry's Mod being the "Midweek Madness Sale". This is more like the "Midweek Madness" Rip-Off or the "Midweek Madness" Scam.

All one has to do is read the hub for Garry's Mod to see the hundreds if not thousands of complaints proving this game is broke and the developer has abandoned his customers. Steam/Valve should remove this game from the market not try and Promote it.

Why am I so mad. Well because I purchased this so called game for my son 2 months ago. He has been wanting it for a very long time. Well now he can't even play it and has not been able to since he got it. That's right the game is UNPLAYABLE!

[aiusepsi]

There's 19000 people playing it right now.

[sfnhltb]

Can't say I have ever had a problem with Garry's Mod, although only played around in it a few times. Also can't see what you are saying about the comments at the hub suggesting it is not working for lots of people - most of the recent comments are from people that were banned from a server, people wanting to save things they have created, and other in game problems, with a couple of people having more serious issues that sound like yours (in that they can't get it started at all), but that isn't exactly rare that some games have particular problems with individual PCs, and hardly a reason to stop selling it, as the majority of people will be fine.

[Satoru]

OP considering you havent articulated an actual problem with the game you're not going to get much support.

1) Give system specs
2) Articulate an actual PROBLEM. "does not work" is not a description of anything.

[Sir Jaxxy]

İlk olarak Satoru tarafından gönderildi:

OP considering you havent articulated an actual problem with the game you're not going to get much support.

1) Give system specs
2) Articulate an actual PROBLEM. "does not work" is not a description of anything.

What part of does not work is not understood. The game will not load, starts up and either freezes or just shuts down.

It is also not isolated to any PC specs. He can't run it on his system, which is admitedly a low end rig. I can't run it on my system which is a high end AMD gaming rig. We also can't run it on his mother's mid level nVidea gaming rig.

The point of this thread is not so much to seek help. We have done that in the hub descusions as well as several other forums. The point here is that Steam/Valve is promoting the sale of a game that is known to not work. That the developer has left for dead!

[Satoru]

Again Gmod works fine for literally tens of thousands of people. Steam is not selling a 'broken' game. Your characterization as such is false.

The facepunch forums are some of the most active ones around. The dev is constantly updating the game. The characterization that its being 'ignored' is simply untrue by a long shot.

Again 'does not work' is not a description of anything. Does the program freeze. Does your system freeze. Are there any error messages. etc. You don't go to your mechanic and say "my car doesn't work" and then mysticaly epxect them to fix you issue.

If you're having issues then it's a localized problem.

Most likely your AV is blocking the installiont in some way. There are various online resources as well

http://support.facepunchstudios.com/kb/2-garry-s-mod

Also you've never actually posted to the game hub. You may want to try there or on facepunchstudios.com as well

http://steamcommunity.com/app/4000/discussions/search/?author=75576162

[Stick]

gmod is one of more played games currently on steam so how is it broken if more than 10 000 people are playing it

[Sir Jaxxy]

İlk olarak Satoru tarafından gönderildi:

Again Gmod works fine for literally tens of thousands of people. Steam is not selling a 'broken' game. Your characterization as such is false.

The facepunch forums are some of the most active ones around. The dev is constantly updating the game. The characterization that its being 'ignored' is simply untrue by a long shot.

Nope the game IS being ignored by the dev. It has not been updated for months and continues to be unplayable for thousands who have paid for a working game.

İlk olarak Satoru tarafından gönderildi:

Again 'does not work' is not a description of anything. Does the program freeze. Does your system freeze. Are there any error messages. etc. You don't go to your mechanic and say "my car doesn't work" and then mysticaly epxect them to fix you issue.

Well to be honest your car analogy is a poor one as I do take and tell my mechanic "my car doesn't work". They then plug it into the computer and it tells them what is wrong.

However I do get you point and I did in fact say what happens in my reply. The game, most of the time, just closes. It does not close the steam bootstrap and freezes up Steam. There are occasions when it just freezes all together. There are also never errors given, would be nice if there was as it might help me to see what is wrong. As far as I can recall it has never froze the system or BSD

İlk olarak Satoru tarafından gönderildi:

If you're having issues then it's a localized problem.

Most likely your AV is blocking the installiont in some way. There are various online resources as well

http://support.facepunchstudios.com/kb/2-garry-s-mod

Nope I have tried running it on both his system and mine with the AV disabled.

İlk olarak Satoru tarafından gönderildi:

Also you've never actually posted to the game hub. You may want to try there or on facepunchstudios.com as well

http://steamcommunity.com/app/4000/discussions/search/?author=75576162

Actually we have. It was just under my son's account. This is because:
Posting privileges: Only players who own Garry's Mod are allowed to post in this forum.

So I can not post there because I gifted the game to him and therefore it is his account that owns it.

I do appreciate that you are trying to help while defending the game. However, the fact remains that even though thousands have no issue playing Garry's Mod there are thousands that do. Even if only 25% are having issues Steam/Valve should not offer to promote the game until less then 2% have issues. Yes there will always be the odd duck that can't run a game. Yes you accept that risk when purchasing from a medium such as Steam that has a No Returns No Matter What Return Policy. But the trouble with Garry's Mod is more then just the odd duck!

[Chas.]

OP your profile is hilarious. Also..

İlk olarak Sir Jaxxy tarafından gönderildi:

I have to say Steam/Valve has allot of nerve promoting a game that does not work... UNPLAYABLE!

İlk olarak aiusepsi tarafından gönderildi:

There's 19000 people playing it right now.

[I am whashnik]

it works fine for me, you need a game that runs source, and its completly playable

[Spawn of Totoro]

İlk olarak =OTS= Mark Dacascos tarafından gönderildi:

OP your profile is hilarious. Also..

İlk olarak Sir Jaxxy tarafından gönderildi:

I have to say Steam/Valve has allot of nerve promoting a game that does not work... UNPLAYABLE!

İlk olarak aiusepsi tarafından gönderildi:

There's 19000 people playing it right now.

27,493 people playing now. Guess it still doesn't work.
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I can not find any post about the game not working in that way. What ones I do find, both here and in the facepunchstudio forum are all about diffrent issues, most of them are fixed.

A game doesn't have to have updated every few months to still work or be supported.

I have no idea where you get "thousands" of people can't play from.

The first two pinned threads in the Gmod forums tell you how to get tech support for the game. Try it.

Other then that, do the basics. Disable firewall and AV, reset router and/or modem, run scandisk and defrag, ect.

As Satoru said, this sounds like a locatlized issue. Maybe the one who offers tech support for the game (the developer) can assist you.

[Legendary old man]

İlk olarak Sir Jaxxy tarafından gönderildi:

The point of this thread is not so much to seek help. We have done that in the hub descusions as well as several other forums. The point here is that Steam/Valve is promoting the sale of a game that is known to not work. That the developer has left for dead!

A few people with PC problems does not equal broken game. Something on your end is broken. Also how many updates do you expect to see from a game this old? I have a wide variety of computers and GM works fine on all of them.

Your 25% estimate is laughable. More likely closer to 1% but whatever.

[Sir Jaxxy]

İlk olarak Muppet among Puppets tarafından gönderildi:

Try running it as admin and/or in compatibility mode.

Thank you for your sugestions. It is nice to see a couple of y'all trying to help. What compatibility mod would you recommend. I have tried running it on my son's Windows 7 system in XP compatability. Also tried it on my Windows 8 in Windows 7 and Windows XP compatibility and non worked.

I would honestly prefer to just get the game working for him and not have to make post like this. But I know there are many of us having the same issue. Most have just wrote it off and moved on. I know cause I have talked to many. The problem is this is a game he has wanted for a very long time. Now that he finally has it he can't play it.

I am well aware it needs a Source engine game. He has both Portal and Portal 2. Are there other source games, like Counter-Strike: Source, that play better with it? He also has CSGO but that is not on the SDK list.

[Silicon Vampire]

Since it exhibits the same symptoms on all the computers, apparently, I suspect a network/firewall or Antivirus issue. Possibly a third party program that is installed on all of the computers, such as "advanced system care" or something similar. Have you checked the faq concerning programs that interfere with Steam?

[Crimson Layer]

Do you by chance have Norton AntiVirus? It's been my personal experience that almost anything Source related does not mesh well AT ALL with Norton products. I don't know if that's still a thing now, but it's always a possibility.

[Sir Jaxxy]

Again thanks for the suggestions, we really do appreciate them. However, non of the above seem to be the case. For the easiest to answer nope non of the rigs have anything Norton related. We do use "advanced system care", however, I went so far as to completely uninstall it to rule it out and Garry's Mod still did not run. We also are having no issues with other Source engine games. My son has both Portal and Portal 2. He also has CSGO but I am not sure if that is Source. I have Half-Life 2 and Black Mesa that I run with out issues on my machine.