Ok; so how do I get LEGO games to play on my Haswell PC via Steam?

[76561197977267103]

I bought a dozen LEGO and similar kids games to play on our i5 Haswell AMD PC for the bigscreen TV; but hardly none of the games I tried work. As soon as I try and start; its just back to the Steam games options.

Some other more adult graphic games play on the i5 through steam already though; just not the kids ones I am trying to get working.

Dont tell me about `Verify Cache Integrity`. Ten times already.

Is it something to do with my main gaming PC being i7 NVidia and has something to do with Cloud saves switched on? and my i5 TV PC being AMD? Due to different graphics specs? The game trying to start at too high resolution?

The games I am trying on the other PC work on this PC, and other Steam games work on the other PC.

I have been trying for weeks; but cannot be chewed to go through official proceedure for every game.

Could it be something to do with `Library Sharing`?;-
"Family Library Sharing allows selected accounts to use your game library on authorized computers while you're not playing. You can authorize up to 10 computers at the same time."

I have authorised the PC; but the games just dont work.

Many thanks.
Any pointers appreciated.

[76561197977267103]

P.S.
Its making me so frustrated I am holding off buying any more games.

[HLCinSC]

can you make a pic or vd of the problem/error?

[76561197977267103]

Originally posted by HLCinSC:

can you make a pic or vd of the problem/error?

Its too simple for that.

I just go to my games library: as I downloaded the LEGO/Kids games to the i5 PC and I double click the game; and they dont start.

[Black Blade]

ok sorry i do not think i really get what you trying to do, so lets just to get a clear picture here

You trying to run the game from the i5 PC, that is connected to the TV, you click the Play and it dose nothing? no matter what game you doing it with?

Also the games are family shared? from a defrent account? did i get that all right?

[76561197977267103]

Originally posted by Black Blade:

ok sorry i do not think i really get what you trying to do, so lets just to get a clear picture here

You trying to run the game from the i5 PC, that is connected to the TV, you click the Play and it dose nothing? no matter what game you doing it with?

Also the games are family shared? from a defrent account? did i get that all right?

My first post confirms most of your second paragraph.

Your third paragraph.... Family share? I have something to do with family share; but I thought that was for age restricting games. The account is the same. On both PC`s. I just log in as myself. Some games ask me if I want to STREAM or something (is that for PS Vita or NVidia sheild?). But I dont know what that means in terms of playing. I want to play the games not set up a river or a portable device.

Some Steam games work (non-LEGO) on the i5 . But the recent TEN or so kids games I bought, most I tried dont work.
They do work on the i7. But that PC is in the worng part of the house for the children to game on.

We were all geared up to play and we just got a hour or two of failed attempts.

Its why people give up and move to consoles I guess.



I expect someone else will chip in with a divvy comment.

[Black Blade]

Originally posted by Its a Game Boy:

You are so helpful for someone with a completely private profile.

You must be aware people don`t like your comments
Maybe you also take a rope to parties you don't get invited to?

That is most likely a post for the community Badge and nothing else

Family Sharing allow you to give someone else to play your games while you are not playing them (if you allow it) but only one user can use a library at a time

Originally posted by Its a Game Boy:

My first post confirms most of your second paragraph.

Your third paragraph.... Family share? I have something to do with family share; but I thought that was for age restricting games. The account is the same. On both PC`s. I just log in as myself. Some games ask me if I want to STREAM or something (is that for PS Vita or NVidia sheild?). But I dont know what that means in terms of playing. I want to play the games not set up a river or a portable device.

Some Steam games work (non-LEGO) on the i5 . But the recent TEN or so kids games I bought dont work.
They do work on the i7. But that PC is in the worng part of the house for the children to game on.

We were all geared up to play and we just got a hour or two of failed attempts.

Its why people give up and move to consoles I guess.



I expect someone else will chip in with a divvy comment.

Ok just making sure i got it right
So i assume family sharing has nothing to do here

Any how the Steam you see mean that you are login on 2 pcs in the house with the same account, you can use it to Steam the game from one PC to the other (like from the i7 to the i5) that i assume you do not need at these time

Any how the game you trying to active dose it have a Stream or a Play on it?
Also try clicking on the little ► by the Play/Steam and see if that works

Nothing need to block you if its a kids game or not...
And did you try games that are not the same? (lego and something else?)

You really do not need to give up and go to console just need to find out what the problem can be

Also can you maybe really upload a video of you doing it?

[76561197977267103]

Can I quote you............;-

"Any how the Steam you see mean that you are login on 2 pcs in the house with the same account,"

...........And ask you to try and put that into English.

.......as I have to guess at its true meaning.
Maybe you write game instructions for the companies I am having a problem with?

[Black Blade]

Originally posted by Its a Game Boy:

Can I quote you............;-

"Any how the Steam you see mean that you are login on 2 pcs in the house with the same account,"

...........And ask you to try and put that into English.

Sorry well i was trying to explain the Steam In-Home Streaming on one leg, but as that not going to work with how i type il just link you to it:
http://store.steampowered.com/streaming/

Originally posted by Its a Game Boy:

.......as I have to guess at its true meaning.
Maybe you write game instructions for the companies I am having a problem with?

Maybe, but il assume its unlikely
Any how take a read on what is In-Home Steaming

And what abut the other things i said? did you try them?

Also quote freely, its a public forum what ever i post here is now public property, Well almost all i post here

[76561197977267103]

If you could only read and recall what you read then apply some associated intelligence, Black Blade.

On the i5 Haswell AMD GPU Rig.

(1) LEGO The Hobbit = Not working. DoA
(2) LEGO Batman = Not working. DoA
(3) LEGO Harry Potter Yr 1-to-4 = Not working = "Main Executable has stopped working". DoA
(4) LEGO Harry Potter Yr 5-to-7 = WORKING !!! (Why does this one work, but not the other?)?
(6) LEGO Marvel Super Heroes = Not working. DoA
(7) LEGO The Movie = Not working = `Travellers Tales UK` box appears, then DEAD. DoA

Non-Lego games...
... that ALL Work on the same i5 AMD GPU Rig.
(1) Brothers
(2) Chivalry (x64) Medival Warfare
(3) Skyrim Ledgendary Edition
(4) Half-Life 2 (works on any PC on Earth)
(5) Trine 2 (issues with a controls only)

Every game ever installed on the i7 Haswell GTX 780 Rig works perfectly. Including the lego games.

[wuddih]

format and reinstall windows the not working one?! not a steam problem

[76561197977267103]

Originally posted by ☔ wuddih SpNv ✔:

format and reinstall windows the not working one?! not a steam problem

(Using your logic)

You made a spelling mistake; you should format your hard drive to fix it.

[cinedine]

What exactly happens? "The game doesn't start" isn't very helpful.

Does the game even open or does literally nothing happen when you press play?
Is there any error message given out?
Does your screen turn black before the program shuts dows?

If the later, then it might indeed be a resolution related problem. Do both output devices have the same native resolution?
Try to find a config.ini or something alike in the game's directory and check if you can manually change the default resolution to something like 800x600.

[76561197977267103]

Originally posted by cinedine:

What exactly happens? "The game doesn't start" isn't very helpful.

Does the game even open or does literally nothing happen when you press play?
Is there any error message given out?
Does your screen turn black before the program shuts dows?

If the later, then it might indeed be a resolution related problem. Do both output devices have the same native resolution?
Try to find a config.ini or something alike in the game's directory and check if you can manually change the default resolution to something like 800x600.

Literally; there is a small black box with a bit of writing flashes up which is gone before I can read two words (I use an SSD); sometimes a flash of a black screen, then back to the Steam Library. NOTHING happens for the game to start in most cases. When anything does happen I write it down. As you can see if you read my description of the problem again.

The config ini sounds useful (I guess I would have to do that for every game). I use a 1080p Asus monitor (120Hz) on the i7 PC
and
a 1080p TV for the i5 PC (where the 5 games don`t work on).
(I think the SONY TV does 60 Hz [as one game I have asks me to set the output refresh rate and that works for that game]).

[Black Blade]

Originally posted by LEGO games FAIL:

If you could only read and recall what you read then apply some associated intelligence, Black Blade.

On the i5 Haswell AMD GPU Rig.

(1) LEGO The Hobbit = Not working. DoA
(2) LEGO Batman = Not working. DoA
(3) LEGO Harry Potter Yr 1-to-4 = Not working = "Main Executable has stopped working". DoA
(4) LEGO Harry Potter Yr 5-to-7 = WORKING !!! (Why does this one work, but not the other?)?
(6) LEGO Marvel Super Heroes = Not working. DoA
(7) LEGO The Movie = Not working = `Travellers Tales UK` box appears, then DEAD. DoA

Non-Lego games...
... that ALL Work on the same i5 AMD GPU Rig.
(1) Brothers
(2) Chivalry (x64) Medival Warfare
(3) Skyrim Ledgendary Edition
(4) Half-Life 2 (works on any PC on Earth)
(5) Trine 2 (issues with a controls only)

Every game ever installed on the i7 Haswell GTX 780 Rig works perfectly. Including the lego games.

read again man i cant see what i miss, if you can please do use the Quote to show what part of all my message you are replay to, as these is some what confusing

Any how are there more games that do not work on the i5? and work on the i7? as you said

Originally posted by LEGO games FAIL:

I bought a dozen LEGO and similar kids games ...but none of the games work

So are there more?

Any how looking at some search results it seem that Lego games have some problem to start on Steam as a common thing more or less
(one of so)
http://support.wbgames.com/link/portal/24022/24028/Article/721/I-m-trying-to-launch-The-LEGO-Movie-Videogame-in-Steam-but-it-s-not-starting
As of the info on the page they say that reinstalling can help even that i do assume that its not relevant in these case
But on the bottom of the page it gives you the info abut connecting WB support, that may be the best course of action as they seem to be the once taking that part, and as it also seem its likely something they started

So connecting there support:
http://support.wbgames.com/ics/support/ticketnewwizard.asp?style=classic

[76561197977267103]

Originally posted by Black Blade:

Any how are there more games that do not work on the i5? and work on the i7? as you said

Originally posted by LEGO games FAIL:

I bought a dozen LEGO and similar kids games ...but none of the games work

So are there more?

(My Quick response) THIS>>>>>>>
and similar kids games
and similar kids games
and similar kids games

Then B-B... continues..................
So connecting there support:
http://support.wbgames.com/ics/support/ticketnewwizard.asp?style=classic

Also; you went off on a divergent tangent about in-home streaming.......

Originally posted by Black Blade:

Sorry well i was trying to explain the Steam In-Home Streaming on one leg, but as that not going to work with how i type il just link you to it:
http://store.steampowered.com/streaming/

Note; if you read my posts; I have never mentioned requiring in-home Streaming. I dont want in-home streaming for my i5 Haswell PC. I want to INSTALL the games I bought and get them working on that same i5 Haswell AMD GPU PC I have bought them for to be played via.
Why is that not completely obvious?

Also....
Before going through a long WB application proceedure; I wanted to see if anyone else was having or has had similar issues and has found a fix or has been given a simple fix.

WB might just blamd Steam or AMD or Microsoft or ASUS for all I know.

Disenfranchised customers have to set up another account to get support. I prefer to try and find a fix before going throught that rigmarole for the FAILED ACTUAL LEGO GAMES on the i5 Haswell AMD GPU rig.

The Hobbit = Not Working.
LEGO Batman 1 = Not Working.
LEGO Batman 2 IS Working [& On the same rig !]) Why??
LEGO Harry Potter 1-to-4 = Not Working
LEGO Harry Potter 5-to-7 = Not Working
LEGO MArvel Super Heroes =Not Working
LEGO The Movie Game = Not Working
LEGO Lord of the Rings = Not tried yet (too peeved off to bother installing on the i5)
I bought a bunch of other kids games at the same time.