Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved

Mp4 · 1 Jul 2007 at 13:41

I bought Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved via steam, I have already posted on the steam forums but id thought id post on here incase anyone else has had this issue also.

I go to load the game and get GeometryWars.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close

I’ve restarted since install
I’ve deleted the blob file, and restarted steam and it’s updated.
I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled but it still happen

Windows Xp home edition - all up to date
amd dual core 4800
ATI Crossfire x1900 / XTX
2gig of ram

not overclocked

something simple as GW i'm sure this system could hack it 10fold

Steedie · 1 Jul 2007 at 13:45

Little more information needed mate

What OS are you running? Basic specs? Overclocked etc

Mp4 · 1 Jul 2007 at 15:10

anyone?

agnes · 1 Jul 2007 at 21:24

administrator restriction possibly? highly doubtful, but possible. you tried running the setup.exe from the install directory after delecting a random folder from it then choosing repair. then run the game .exe after? normally this helps with some steam game download issues.

ags

Mp4 · 1 Jul 2007 at 21:28

im 100% admin on this computer

ill try out what you said

i've downloaded it 7 times today ..lol

Mp4 · 1 Jul 2007 at 21:51

hmm i go in to the GW dir , and click the GW.exe but it says it cant find steam , there is another exe called testapp , i think its that which loads via steam.

agnes · 1 Jul 2007 at 21:52

hmmmm, you do have steam running right?

ags

EDIT: another option i can think of is install it on a different path if you got multiple HDD's

Mp4 · 1 Jul 2007 at 21:53

yup its running

Elrein · 1 Jul 2007 at 22:20

Geometry wars is "Vista" only

Gotta lov M$ eh :rolleyes:

Mp4 · 1 Jul 2007 at 22:23

so the whole steam advertisement is a hoax is it , when it bluntly says XP

Weebull · 2 Jul 2007 at 05:14

Elrein said:
M$ eh

Says the man with a 360.

Geometry Wars on Steam is specifically said to work with XP (and does), which is why it's there, and not just on Windows Live or whatever it's called.

jojothemonkey69 · 2 Jul 2007 at 16:52

Weebull said:
Says the man with a 360.

Geometry Wars on Steam is specifically said to work with XP (and does), which is why it's there, and not just on Windows Live or whatever it's called.

You can also get it on msn games. That's for vista and costs $8 or £4

Elrein · 2 Jul 2007 at 17:43

Weebull said:
Says the man with a 360.

Geometry Wars on Steam is specifically said to work with XP (and does), which is why it's there, and not just on Windows Live or whatever it's called.

K my bad

, had a demo of it on a PC Format mag and said Vista

Yes i own a 360 and yes i love it, not to say M$ can be a bit "world dominating" if you know what i mean.