(2025-04) Make the Game Work on Win 7/10/11 + Crashing Issues *UPDATED*

How to install GFWL on win 10 - 11 latest update to play Lost Planet 2

GFWL guide

(optional step)

1- If you already have it installed, please uninstall GFWL and run a CCleaner + clean registry.

2- Restart your PC.

(optional step)



3- Download GFWL on this link only ! (do not install the one you can download on microsoft driver support webpage)

Game For Windows Live[community.pcgamingwiki.com] <= install this one ! It's the one microsoft try to install but is outdated and cannot connect to the internet.

4- After installing just click "close" don't launch GFWL then sign in (or create) a GFWL account with your Hotmail/Outlook address here:

USE MICROSOFT EDGE EXPLORER ==> https://account.live.com/proofs/AppPassword?mkt=en-us

YOU NEED TO BE SIGNED IN TO MICROSOFT/XBOX ON YOUR COMPUTER FOR GFWL TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT ! YOU CANNOT USE A LOCAL PC ACCOUNT !

I GET TIRED OF PEOPLE TELLING ME IT'S NOT WORKING AND REALIZING THEY'RE NOT SIGNED INTO THEIR WINDOWS WITH THE SAME MICROSOFT EMAIL THEY ATTEMPT TO LAUNCH THE GAME WITH ! ! !

I will not provide help for any issues regarding cracked version of Windows 10/11

BEFORE STARTING: do the step in the next section "Firewall Exception" (Win11 23H seems to not let GFWL start if it's not whitelisted)

5- Launch Lost Planet 2.

6- When you start the game it will ask you to login with your Xlive account and for the serial code that steam supply you with, enter it.

IT CAN TAKE UP TO 5 MINUTES FOR GFWL TO LOG YOU IN ! IT'S NOT STUCK ! just GFWL working at his own pace. . .

Make sure you have the right password, that it's up to date and have verified it IMPORTANT ! If you haven't used your Hotmail/outlook account in a while you have to sign-in to the Microsoft web page first or you will be stuck in a "Connecting" loop forever !
ALSO your password CANNOT be longer than 15 characters or it will not login


7- It will ask you to Update GFWL, accept, close Lost Planet 2 and start the update process

8- Launch Lost Planet 2, now it will ask you to update the client for Lost Planet 2 (I know. . . bear with me) accept, close Lost Planet 2 and let GFWL update.

9- Launch Lost Planet 2 and finally you should be all set to play !

10- ENJOY !

(optional step)

11- Run a CCleaner to delete the old GFWL Registry

12- Restart your PC.

(optional step)

Firewall Exception

For some user you might be unable to connect online until you've added Lost Planet 2 and Game for Windows Live to pass throught your firewall !

(WINDOWS 10/11) - Go to your Settings icon on the windows menu, in the search bar type "firewall" and select windows defender firewall=>Allow an app through windows defender firewall.
There manualy add 'GFWLive.exe', 'GFWLClient.exe' and "LP2DX9.exe", "LP2DX11.exe"

- You can find them here :

 C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games for Windows - LIVE\Client

and

 YOUR DISK PATH:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Lost Planet 2

Common Issues

CPU with 6 CORES +

The game crash if you have a 6 Core and up CPU

NEW AND EASY FIX :

Just put this .dll file into the Lost Planet 2 directory:
(Your drive letter:\Steam\steamapps\common\Lost Planet 2)

(Chrome or Edge will flag the download as armful as it's a .dll file, no worries, the file is safe)

🔗 Download link to the .dll File[community.pcgamingwiki.com]

The game does not support 6 Core and up CPU's, so if you have an intel i7 or AMD Ryzen with 6 Logic cores or more.

GFWL error code 0x8007065b

If Windows Live gets an error saying it can retrieve your profile, go to the Lost Planet 2 folder (right click on the game in your steam library, manage, open game folder)

In the root folder where the launcher.exe, LP2DX11.exe, LP2DX9.exe, etc... are, do the following:

Right click (on every file in that folder, not only the .exe), go to properties and under the security tab, make sure all USERS, ADMINISTRATORS, SYSTEM, ALL APPLICATION PACKAGES and ALL RESTRICTED APPLICATION PACKAGES have FULL CONTROL enable !

That should fix GFWL not being able to read and access those files.

Thanks to Phear for this fix.

Your modem or windows is blocking GFWL

(Check that your Network is set to Private and not Public)

1. Use Windows shortcut keys Win + R to launch Run.
   
2. Type services.msc into the dialog box and select with OK.
   
3. In Services (local) search for UPNP Device Host, right-click and select Properties.
   
4. If Status is Started, please click Stop. Set Startup type to disabled.
   
5. Save with Apply and OK.
   
6. Close all windows and reboot your computer.

IF UPnP WAS ALREADY DISABLE, ENABLE IT !

If your Modem has UPnP build in, disable it via config at your modem's IP address.

Extra Steps

After you installed GFWL go to this folder :

C:\Windows\SysWOW64

In the search box in the top right type 'xlive' then search, a few files are going to show up, select them all and right click them, then "copy" (DO NOT USE "CUT")

Go to :

C:\Windows\System32

Paste the files there, then restart your computer.

This should help in case you Windows version install the GFWL files as if it was a 64Bit program.

Crashing Issues

- If your game keeps on crashing a lot when playing DX11 Mode just install the drivers that come pack with the game ! you can find them in :

Originally posted by author:

YOUR DISK PATH:\Steam\steamapps\common\Lost Planet 2\directx_Jun2010\DXSETUP.exe

- The game run way more stable on NVidia cards !

- If you still have problems with the game crashing just run the DX9 version for the section that cause troubles then switch back to DX11 ! Believe me there is almost NO difference at all except for water movement and more polygons on the bosses (huge Akryd)

Image comparison DX9 (FIRST) vs DX11 (SECOND)



Water have more "waves" and react more when you move into it and shoot in it !



The Legs and horns have more polygons details !



The skin and horns have more polygons details !


Thanks in part to tessellation, the boss looks much more defined in DirectX 11 mode, especially with regards to his legs and multitude of horns. This is one of those things, though, that I am not sure many people would even notice unless there were two screenshots side-by-side, like here.

ENJOY THE GAME !

PLAY HARD ! There is a lot to unlock !

[LittleTale]

@MADOX-01 You need to rollback to older version. in 2025 CAPCOM removed the GFWL from the game thus terminating online multiplayer game on the latest version

[MADOX-01]

Wait so i have to change PC user to the new one i will make? Because GFWL is not launching when i launch LP2.

[ItsColdOutside]

Not sure if it's cause I updated my gpu driver, restarted my pc, or cause I sat through the cutscene instead of skipping it but I didn't get an error code or crash and was able to complete episode 2 chapter 1.

[ItsColdOutside]

anyone have any idea what this means: E_INVALIDARG: IRender->getDevice()->CreateInputLayoute(e,element_num,pshader->pcode,pshader->codesize,&pia)

I don't understand it cause I've played this a lot on both DX9 and DX11 without much issue and now I keep getting this error code at the beginning of Episode 2 chapter 1 right after the cutscene on DX11. On DX9 it randomly crashes after each area. This is without the vulkan layer. With the vulkan layer it still crashes on both DX9 and DX11. Also was able to play through Episode 1 with no trouble whatsoever so I'm not sure why this issue only began in Episode 2.

[LittleTale]

@I-BlazBlue-I Glad it helped !

[I-BlazBlue-I]

I'ts worked! With he DXVK complete the from start no crashes.

[LittleTale]

@God_Jef Steps

Download DXVK: Download the latest release of DXVK from GitHub.
Locate DLLs: Extract the archive and open the x64 folder (for 64-bit games) or x32 folder (for 32-bit games).
Copy Files: Copy d3d9.dll, d3d10core.dll, d3d11.dll, and dxgi.dll.
Paste into Game Folder: Paste these DLLs directly next to the game’s main executable file (.exe), not in a subfolder.
Run the Game: Launch the game normally. It will now use Vulkan.

[God_Jef]

@littletale how do you set vulkan translation layer?

[God_Jef]

Using set affinity and making a custom shortcut to launch the game has worked out for me with minimal crashes.

[I-BlazBlue-I]

Thanks for you help! I give a try.