GFWL. Have Microsoft lost the plot?

[NuggetUK]

But some games on steam also need GFWL to play ..

Even worse in the case of GTA4 that requires GFWL and Social Club.

 

[MarkeR]

Even worse in the case of GTA4 that requires GFWL and Social Club.

Ways around that, never had steam, gfwl or social club running when I play gta. Single player of course.

 

[Michaeljcox24]

I just tried starting batman AC on steam and got this

Lol. More like Games for Windows has quality issues and should be resigned to the scrap heap. Talk about a headache. How can it be a piracy measure? We all know the official releases from Skidrow and alike always contain a workaround. It doesn't stop them.

God only knows why they keep it going.

 

[Antar Bolaeisk]

What error message do you get? The same one?

Honestly don't remember. I'll fire it up again during the week and let you know.

 

[Witcher1979]

If you are running win 8 you need to download the GFWL client from the website or it wont work.

 

[Antar Bolaeisk]

I just tried starting batman AC on steam and got this

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If it's any help I had a similar problem with GFWL on Windows 8. There's a fix listed on the Steam forum if I recall.

 

[Tute]

I never got HQR working. It would just crash if I tried to launch AC with it installed. Microsoft were useless.

I won't buy anything from GFWL ever again and i'll actively discourage others from doing so.

 

[yashiro]

Remove GFWL that was installed with Batman. Install the latest standalone GFWL client and the latest Windows Live ID Sign In assistant (comes with Windows Live Essentials).

Once they're installed run the Games for Windows Marketplace app and make sure you can sign in and so on. Batman should work fine on your next run.

Yes, GFWL is a bit ropey.

 

[Michaeljcox24]

Ill be joining you in the anti gfwl party. Steam only from now on. Not even buying dvd copies. Steam only.

 

[Omaeka]

Ill be joining you in the anti gfwl party. Steam only from now on. Not even buying dvd copies. Steam only.

Unless the DVD is steamworks?

 

[Michaeljcox24]

Remove GFWL that was installed with Batman. Install the latest standalone GFWL client and the latest Windows Live ID Sign In assistant (comes with Windows Live Essentials).

Once they're installed run the Games for Windows Marketplace app and make sure you can sign in and so on. Batman should work fine on your next run.

Yes, GFWL is a bit ropey.

I did that today. Still borked.

 

[yashiro]

The problem is the Steam versions of these Xbox ports also contain GFWL. You end up with a double DRM whammy.

I did that today. Still borked.

The answer is probably on the Steam forums then as someone pointed out.

 

[AWPC]

MS recently fired the guy behind GFWL & Windows (Steve Sinofsky) so they know it needs looking at but it was retired in summer 2011 so doubt they will bother changing it now just slap a Windows Vista/7 only logo on games that use it.

 

[Witcher1979]

I just installed my retail version of AC on win 8. Only issue I had was the GFWL popup not working after it installed the update. Found the fix for that though:

"To fix the LIVE popup problem, just copy the following files to "Windows\System32".

xlive.dll, xlive.dll (Security Catalogue), xlivefnt.dll, xliveinstall.dll, xliveinstallhost.exe.

The files are in: "Windows\SysWOW64.

Hope this helps.

Arkham City runs in 32bit mode so won't find the the .dll's in SysWOW64 folder."

 

[doofer]

I've never used GWFL before, I thought STEAM was a PITA but man, MS take the biscuit...

Log in

Try to buy something (Game add-ons DiRT3)

Sorry, please log in again (For your Security)

Log in (Again)

Woah there.. Please also give us the Security Code we just emailed you (For your Security)

WTF!!.. Copy the Code in the email they send me...

WTFWTFWTFGDF!! It won't Paste!???!

Manually enter code...

How do you want to Pay?

For some reason it asks for far too much Personal Information, why does it want my phone-number? It even wants my phone-number if I pay via PayPal (But the Paypal Option just hangs anyway.) I despise giving my phone-number away to anyone for anything, you don't need my number MS, or even my Address so FU! No sale!

So, does anyone know if the STEAM DiRT3 is the Complete version with all the DLC Cars and Tracks already in? For the STEAM price it ought to be...