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Omaeka

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Below this is an image of what I want doing, basically, the two games highlighted in red are the Steam versions of Crysis and Warhead. However I cannot play them due to me being ****ed over as per and they crash when launching. So I've had to trick them into launching the 64-bit versions which work by renaming the 64bit folders into 32 etc. However this has for some reason completely removed all Steam features from the Steam versions, so I added two Non-Steam games (Hilarious as they are bought from Steam) of the 64 bit versions for shortcuts, as Non-Steam games have the overlay, whereas my regular Steam versions of them have nothing. I was wondering is there a way to remove the two Steam versions (highlighted) from grid view? Thanks.

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uninstall the steam versions then under Library where it usually says all games click it and choose Installed.

Hey presto, only your installed games are now shown.
 
That would uninstall the two custom ones too. As they are technically Steam games, but the only way I can get them and the overlay to work is to use the 64bit .exe.
 
Okay nevermind, the shortcuts don't have overlays either, what the ****?

Steam/EA are massive turds, first they make it not run on Win7 now they are refusing to give me any Steam features after I've tricked it into working even through Non-Game Shortcuts!!!!

Crysis be trollenz me. I might as well of pirated it tbh...
 
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HangTime said:
Crysis predates Win7 by about 2 years, so surely the finger of blame should fall on Microsoft first?
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This problem has been well known for a while and Crysis hasn't been on Steam long at all. I don't see what Microsoft could do, if your games 32bit .exe doesn't launch on 64bit machines, surely EA should have made sure the 64bit .exe is supplied with the download and Steam should make sure that Steam launches the 64bit .exe, if you're on a 64bit machine?

But no, lets chuck the 32bit version in there on it's own as a massive middle finger to a lot of people on Win7-64. I have an intense non personal hatred for everyone who got this game from Steam who have Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit SP1 and had it work. :D
 
Crysis has been on steam for years. Crysis 2 hasn't been on for long.

Lols at your non-personal hatred. Your problem with Crysis cant be what you think it is. The 32bit version works for most people on 64bit Windows, so there must be something specific to your configuration (and those few others who have the same problem) that is making it not work.

I'd completely remove Crysis and Warhead, and do a fresh install, and then see what happens.
 
Just validate the install files and wait while it sorts itself out?
 
Omaeka said:
This problem has been well known for a while and Crysis hasn't been on Steam long at all. I don't see what Microsoft could do, if your games 32bit .exe doesn't launch on 64bit machines, surely EA should have made sure the 64bit .exe is supplied with the download and Steam should make sure that Steam launches the 64bit .exe, if you're on a 64bit machine?

But no, lets chuck the 32bit version in there on it's own as a massive middle finger to a lot of people on Win7-64. I have an intense non personal hatred for everyone who got this game from Steam who have Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit SP1 and had it work. :D
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I would love to understand your frustration omeka but my copy of crysis works fine.......lol (crysis 1)

Bar when I try to change any settings then the game locks up and shuts down a awesome feature I'm sure you will agree..... Lol
It's not on though they should no be selling a product that doesn't work on 64bit machines it should atleast have a warning on the before purchase page
 
Definitely worth revalidating the game cache I've had several games that seem to be installed fine but needed to do that. E.g. just yesterday I started Spec Ops the line and had a blackscreen on startup and nothing I was trying (run as admin, compatibility mode, disable secondary monitor etc) worked until I did that.

As for Valve/Steam you should never bank on them making games third party games work 'off the shelf', they just care about beefing up the library and watching the cash roll in. For example I was trying to play Dark Forces II a while back and basically it wouldn't run in 3d accelerated mode at all, I had to faff around with some commandline parameters or whatever to get it to run, and then only in software rendering mode. Of course, Steam can't fix a game from another developer but if they were zealous about making sure games run they could have done something in terms of making sure it starts up. Dungeon Siege was another one I had a lot of trouble with.

That said it does surprise me a bit that a big-name title like Crysis is giving you problems, I can only imagine you must be in a small minority.
 
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Guys, don't you think I've tried that? I've tried everything, running windowed, running dx9, validating, reinstalling, compatibility mode for Vista SP2, running Crysis as admin, running Steam as admin, deleting the Crysis folder in My Games, you name it mateys, I've tried it.

Thing is, when I first got a PC I wanted to see what it could do, so I snuffed a cheeky copy of Crysis and it did the exact same. The Crysis.exe in the Bin32 folder would close instantly and come up with a crash error, whereas the Crysis.exe in the Bin64 folder worked. That was the same day I received the PC from OCUK, completely fresh. I've formatted my entire PC twice since, and now I've got a fully updated version on Steam it's exactly the same, I'm obviously extremely unlucky, as something somewhere in my hardware configuration is killing this game in 32bit mode.

Is everyone running the full Windows 7 Ultimate? Nobody on Home or Professional right? Also a quick Google search shows a lot of people have these issues, its far from a small minority. Don't know what else to try tbh. If Steam actually recognized the Crysis.exe in the Bin64 folder none of this would be an issue, and it isn't hard to do that, so the main fault here lies with Steam.

It crashed on the latest official Radeon 6xxxx drivers, and swapping to the beta didn't change anything. I've also re-BIOS'd my motherboard, there is literally nothing left to do, the 32bit .exe just does not work on my system and hardware.
 
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I've had it running on Windows Home, and Windows Ultimate, both steam and retail versions - 32bit versions of crysis on 64bit Windows 7.
Also, using 5xxx, 6xxxx, and 7xxxx radeons. Crysis is one of the games I go back to regularly, and I always play the 32bit version. The 64bit version is a bit buggy in the final level, and causes drastic slow downs, so on my first run through i switched to 32bit to get through that level. On replays since then, I've always stuck to the 32bit version.

I do wonder if it's something to do with that "cheeky copy" of crisys you started with. Have you reinstalled windows since then? Or at least, properly uninstalled and scribbed the registry of all crysis-related entries?

This is a bit drastic, but if you have a spare hard drive and are really dedicated, I'd suggest using that as a temporary boot disk, installing windows on it, then graphic drivers, then steam + crysis, and nothing else, to see if it works. If it does, you know something in your current setup is causing the issue. If not, you have proved definitely that those of us suggesting the problem is something else are wrong.
 
I had this working fine on win 7 64bit Ultimate, in fact i just tried it with my win 8 64 bit pro and that worked fine as well. I am also running the latest AMD 6950 drivers. I know this does not help you but it is meant as more info for you. I did not even know it had a 64bit .exe I just run whatever Steam chucks on my desktop.
 
MeMeMeMe said:
I've had it running on Windows Home, and Windows Ultimate, both steam and retail versions - 32bit versions of crysis on 64bit Windows 7.
Also, using 5xxx, 6xxxx, and 7xxxx radeons. Crysis is one of the games I go back to regularly, and I always play the 32bit version. The 64bit version is a bit buggy in the final level, and causes drastic slow downs, so on my first run through i switched to 32bit to get through that level. On replays since then, I've always stuck to the 32bit version.

I do wonder if it's something to do with that "cheeky copy" of crisys you started with. Have you reinstalled windows since then? Or at least, properly uninstalled and scribbed the registry of all crysis-related entries?

This is a bit drastic, but if you have a spare hard drive and are really dedicated, I'd suggest using that as a temporary boot disk, installing windows on it, then graphic drivers, then steam + crysis, and nothing else, to see if it works. If it does, you know something in your current setup is causing the issue. If not, you have proved definitely that those of us suggesting the problem is something else are wrong.
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Two complete reformats since, and it was only on my system for about 20 minutes while I played with the graphical settings. :p

I don't have a spare hard drive, but I do have a new motherboard and CPU coming soon, and the only thing I can imagine this being now is a BIOS issue with the AM3, so fingers crossed it sorts it out. :D

voorhees1979 said:
I had this working fine on win 7 64bit Ultimate, in fact i just tried it with my win 8 64 bit pro and that worked fine as well. I am also running the latest AMD 6950 drivers. I know this does not help you but it is meant as more info for you. I did not even know it had a 64bit .exe I just run whatever Steam chucks on my desktop.
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I had to grab the 64bit version from an archive, it was patched in the 1.12 or something, but Steam doesn't have it. :confused:

Really interested now as to what is causing this! :mad:
 
Opens Omaeka thread, finds him raging at something insignificant, finds out it's all his own fault (pirating the game) but wont admit that and carries on raging at people trying to help him. Classic.
 
You're a retard mate, it was not my fault in the slightest, and I wasn't raging at a single person either. Its been fixed since swapping from AMD to Intel, so it was my motherboard or maybe my CPU (unlikely). Putting you on block anyway because you're constant pathetic obsession is getting really tiring now. Worm.
 
Omaeka said:
Okay nevermind, the shortcuts don't have overlays either, what the ****?

Steam/EA are massive turds, first they make it not run on Win7 now they are refusing to give me any Steam features after I've tricked it into working even through Non-Game Shortcuts!!!!

Crysis be trollenz me. I might as well of pirated it tbh...
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That's why it's not working.
 
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No it isn't at all, since swapping from an AM3 motherboard to a Z77 and grabbing an i5 it now launches perfectly from the 32bit .exe just as Warhead does too. Also, it was 3 formats and 6 months ago that I first ever tried to run a pirated version as a benchmark, the fact I did that in April has absolutely no impact on the issues I was having @ AM3+. It was my hardware, end of.
 
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