Steam games that don't work

Flickeh · 9 Dec 2010 at 14:50

I bought the Commandos series ages ago from the Seam sale. They've never worked properly, even with the fan made patches. Annoys me that Eidos release these old games on Steam without an update to help it run in Windows 7.

Pestilence · 9 Dec 2010 at 15:37

Ghost Master doesn't work on W7 via Steam without installing a patch. Even then, you have to jump through hoops to change any of the visual options afterwards, and can't skip the tutorial.

Oh, and it randomly ends levels too.

Emlyn_Dewar · 9 Dec 2010 at 15:52

bainbridge said:
Fallout 3 just crashed

Just sounds like Fallout 3 tbh, I've never found it a stable game at all.
Like Oblivion, it picks and chooses its moments to work/crash.

trickycurve · 9 Dec 2010 at 15:59

bainbridge said:
GTA 4. CDT after the intro, spent ages fiddling about trying to get it to run but in the end bought a hard copy which runs perfectly.

Fallout 3. Frequent CTDs at seemingly random times, super-frequent saving got me through the game but knowing I could crash at anytime ruined the experience (getting game of the year edition on disc for Xmas).

Fallout 3 has issues (read: bugs) anyway, so it probably has absolutely nothing to do with the fact you have it on Steam. Don't necessarily expect to go without the occasional CTD or whatever once you've got the retail version.

As for GTA IV, well, it's possible you have a mod or something that isn't compatible with your current version of the game, hence why it's throwing you out after the intro. I used to get this a lot when trying out different mods. Also happens with trainers if you're not using a compatible version (applies to other games as well).

Diplexbullet19 · 9 Dec 2010 at 16:02

Pestilence said:
Ghost Master doesn't work on W7 via Steam without installing a patch. Even then, you have to jump through hoops to change any of the visual options afterwards, and can't skip the tutorial.

Oh, and it randomly ends levels too.

I havent had any issues with it worked fine for me though it did crash twice but im blaming my gtx 460 for that.

cavemanoc · 9 Dec 2010 at 16:26

HazardO said:
Fallout NV will crash if you get a steam advert in the background, or steam tries to update itself or another game while you are playing. I now run a quick game of something other than NV before getting stuck into a session, (To trigger the steam advert). I haven't had a crash since. I haven't got FO3 on steam, but I bet it suffers from the same issue.

Thanks for that - will give it a try, Fallout NV has just started crashing on me fairly regularly and this could very well be the issue - would be very happy if it was!

As for Fallout 3 - never had an issue with it - I guess it just comes down to the old PC problem of too many different hardware configurations, not enough time/money to test and debug them all.

iviv · 9 Dec 2010 at 17:04

Pestilence said:
Ghost Master doesn't work on W7 via Steam without installing a patch. Even then, you have to jump through hoops to change any of the visual options afterwards, and can't skip the tutorial.

Oh, and it randomly ends levels too.

It had a ton of graphics errors on ATI cards because of the OGL implimentation. Recent patches have updated to OGL4 (I think) and it should be fine. I've not played recently to see if its been broken since, but it should play fine.

GhostlyPea · 9 Dec 2010 at 17:11

Sim City 4 doesn'trunthrough steam properly on Widnwos 7

- Pea0n

QlimaxUK · 9 Dec 2010 at 17:43

xcom - apocolypes crashs a lot! but that is more to do with dosbox/being an old game

anyone know how to fix this?

Jsbeer · 9 Dec 2010 at 18:04

QlimaxUK said:
xcom - apocolypes crashs a lot! but that is more to do with dosbox/being an old game
anyone know how to fix this?

Check here for tips:

http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/GAMES:X-COM:_Apocalypse

uv · 9 Dec 2010 at 18:20

Diplexbullet19 said:
oh yeah puzzle agent doesnt work with the 400 series, when u have a task to complete it only shows a map and not the puzzle.

I'm playing Puzzle Agent on Win7 with a GTX460 and it's working fine. Try verifying your game files, or installing newer graphics drivers.

physichull · 9 Dec 2010 at 18:21

the GTA Classic and GTA2, just cannot get them to work properly on Vista 64bit.

QlimaxUK · 9 Dec 2010 at 18:38

physichull said:
the GTA Classic and GTA2, just cannot get them to work properly on Vista 64bit.

i have a problem with GTA classic, it always refuses to launch on the SECOND time i run it (works fine the first time, then never works again untill I verify the cache)
GTA 2 works fine for me
GTA 3 had the yellow cars bug, that can only be fixed with a special file from elsewhere
GTA VC is fine BUT it runs too fast! (with the framelimiter on)
GTA SA is fine but the patch causes the blue thrusters on the hydra to flash rather then be a solid flare

MeatLoaf · 9 Dec 2010 at 18:46

Doom 3 dosent, it just crashes back to the desktop

GreatAuk · 9 Dec 2010 at 19:13

Empire total war still crashes on me at random points during play, no idea whether it's steam related, but it doesn't affect me too much as I prefer Medieval 2.

uv · 9 Dec 2010 at 19:16

Diplexbullet19 said:
oh yeah puzzle agent doesnt work with the 400 series, when u have a task to complete it only shows a map and not the puzzle.

MeatLoaf said:
Doom 3 dosent, it just crashes back to the desktop

GreatAuk said:
Empire total war still crashes on me at random points during play, no idea whether it's steam related, but it doesn't affect me too much as I prefer Medieval 2.

All three work fine for me.

The problem with this thread is it is going to spread mis-information. The OP asked if any Steam games don't work, and there's always going to be a minority for whom a certain game doesn't work correctly due to the myriad of hardware/software setups - this does not mean that a certain game does not work, it means a certain game does not work for a specific user.

I understand the pain of a game not working correctly, but please don't advise that a game flat out doesn't work before checking that the issue effects everyone else too.

PapaLazaru · 9 Dec 2010 at 19:31

Never been ble to get Trials 2 to work.

Jsbeer · 9 Dec 2010 at 19:32

uv said:
All three work fine for me.

The problem with this thread is it is going to spread mis-information. The OP asked if any Steam games don't work, and there's always going to be a minority for whom a certain game doesn't work correctly due to the myriad of hardware/software setups - this does not mean that a certain game does not work, it means a certain game does not work for a specific user.

I understand the pain of a game not working correctly, but please don't advise that a game flat out doesn't work before checking that the issue effects everyone else too.

Basically this. I've got over 100 games on Steam and its only Disciples 2 that has ever caused problems BECAUSE of Steam and it took all of 5 minutes to go to the forums and find out how to solve it.

But, I'm sure I heard of a couple of games where large numbers of people had problem due to the steam implementation, at least initially.

JTrickle · 10 Dec 2010 at 15:40

I wouldnt use Steam for a newly released mmo.

But of the 40 odd games I've got on Steam, across 2 different motherboards, 3 different graphics cards and 3 different OSs I think I've had one issue with one game at release.

Jsbeer · 10 Dec 2010 at 15:54

JTrickle said:
I wouldnt use Steam for a newly released mmo.

But of the 40 odd games I've got on Steam, across 2 different motherboards, 3 different graphics cards and 3 different OSs I think I've had one issue with one game at release.

I'm new to MMOs - is there any particular reason why Steam would be especially bad for MMOs? As in more so than if it was a standalone client?