Could not init steam

[Reminiscity]

Hi!

When I start my amnesia.exe or my mod .bat i get the message "FATAL ERROR: could not init steam". However when I start the game via steam it works fine.

Anyone else got this issue or knows how to fix it?

[Romulator]

Did you perhaps accidentally mess around with any of the files in Amnesia's root? This error does come up sometimes when you start the game manually.

The first place to start would be to perform a Steam File Integrity Check to see if all the necessary files are still working alright. Check Problem I of the Troubleshooting Guide if you require some assistance with that.

Otherwise, what Operating System are you using? Windows allows DRM-Free use of Amnesia versions greater than v1.3, but I believe Mac does not (Mudbill could probably help there), and I'm not sure at all of Linux. Did you move all of Amnesia's files to another directory?

[Mudbill]

Since you mentioned Amnesia.exe I'm gonna guess it's Windows. I've never seen this error outside a Mac though.

[Reminiscity]

Did you perhaps accidentally mess around with any of the files in Amnesia's root? This error does come up sometimes when you start the game manually.

The first place to start would be to perform a Steam File Integrity Check to see if all the necessary files are still working alright. Check Problem I of the Troubleshooting Guide if you require some assistance with that.

Otherwise, what Operating System are you using? Windows allows DRM-Free use of Amnesia versions greater than v1.3, but I believe Mac does not (Mudbill could probably help there), and I'm not sure at all of Linux. Did you move all of Amnesia's files to another directory?

No I hadn't touched anything amnesia related for about 2 weeks.

I just did the File Integrity Check and the error still comes up.

I'm using win 10.

[Mudbill]

This is all I have. It seems to be either the mod itself or Amnesia's integrity.
https://www.frictionalgames.com/forum/thread-46769.html

[Reminiscity]

I have reinstalled amnesia but the error message still comes up. I'm gonna take a look at that thread mudbill thank you very much.

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I tried all the stuff in the troubleshooting guide but no success If i google the problem this thread comes up at nr 1 xD Thats not very encouraging. Gettin pretty desperate here.

[Romulator]

I have reinstalled amnesia but the error message still comes up. I'm gonna take a look at that thread mudbill thank you very much.

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I tried all the stuff in the troubleshooting guide but no success If i google the problem this thread comes up at nr 1 xD Thats not very encouraging. Gettin pretty desperate here.

Try here Reminiscity: https://www.frictionalgames.com/forum/thread-46934.html

There's a line missing in the main_init.cfg (something about SDL2). Define that directory for your mod and see if that helps

[Mudbill]

I actually don't think it is the SDL2 lines causing the "could not init Steam" message. It seems to be a separate bug recently introduced.

To bypass it, you need to add the mod's path to your Amnesia launch options in Steam. Right click Amnesia > Properties > Set launch options... > paste in the path that normally exists after "Launcher.exe" within the .bat file you want to start.

For example (.bat file):

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Launcher.exe mymod/config/main_init.cfg

Would be in launch options:

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mymod/config/main_init.cfg

[User01]

I have the same problem but I don't have any mods installed, though. Just deinstalled and deleted my Amnesia folder completely and reinstalled. I still have the same error when I start amnesia/launcher.exe "FATAL ERROR: could not init steam!". However, it works when I start it on steam.

[Mudbill]

Yes, that is normal. You can't start it with the executable currently. The Steam copy can only be started with Steam as it is right now.