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Penumbra Collection "Preparing to launch crash" on steam.
NerdRage Offline
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Solved: 8 Years, 9 Months, 4 Weeks ago Penumbra Collection "Preparing to launch crash" on steam.

Hello,

I have the "preparing to launch crash" problem with your games on steam.

OS: Windows 7 x64
Alienware m14x - Intel i7, GT555m 3GB and 6gb RAM

I have updated Graphics drivers
I have downloaded and installed the latest OpenAL
I have updated everything in windows updater
02-14-2012, 07:02 AM
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Solved: 8 Years, 9 Months, 4 Weeks ago RE: Penumbra Collection "Preparing to launch crash" on steam.

Isn't that a Steam problem? If it crashes during preparing to launch then the game has not even started to launch as far as I know, so perhaps check Steam for best support. Maybe it is a permission problem or something similar, so try to launch the game directly as an admin or run a file integrity check on the game in Steam to make sure all files are as they should.
02-14-2012, 08:15 AM
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NerdRage Offline
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Solved: 8 Years, 9 Months, 4 Weeks ago RE: Penumbra Collection "Preparing to launch crash" on steam.

Hmm, ok. I will try there then.

Thanks.
02-17-2012, 10:09 AM
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Solved: 8 Years, 9 Months, 4 Weeks ago RE: Penumbra Collection "Preparing to launch crash" on steam.

(02-14-2012, 07:02 AM)NerdRage Wrote: Hello,



I have the "preparing to launch crash" problem with your games on steam.



OS: Windows 7 x64

Alienware m14x - Intel i7, GT555m 3GB and 6gb RAM



I have updated Graphics drivers

I have downloaded and installed the latest OpenAL

I have updated everything in windows updater
I feel stupid asking this but you learn by asking Tongue - is the part I put in bold your graphics card?...


02-17-2012, 10:16 AM
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DrDean Offline
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Solved: 8 Years, 9 Months, 4 Weeks ago RE: Penumbra Collection "Preparing to launch crash" on steam.

I don't know if you've figured this out already, but try running oalinst.exe located in Steam/Steamapps/common/penumbra. Make sure you restart Steam, as well.
02-21-2012, 03:30 AM
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Solved: 8 Years, 9 Months, 4 Weeks ago RE: Penumbra Collection "Preparing to launch crash" on steam.

Also verify integrity of steam cache by right clicking on the game in steam > properties > local files > Verify local cache.
02-21-2012, 06:47 AM
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