L4D2 Fail Options
silverwasp
#1 Posted: : Sunday, November 22, 2009 2:42:24 PM
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There was a l4d2 update sometime in the recent past and now it will not run claiming that it can not install the game all the way or some other load of crap. Tried re-downloading, verification all that good crap. Just wondering though, I have steam on a separate drive than my os drive so it is not in the program files location where it is default installed... does anyone else have it set up like this and is getting fail?
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#2 Posted: : Sunday, November 22, 2009 5:18:14 PM
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Doesn't matter where you got it stored. As far as I know you can do one or more of the following possibility 3.

1) Go to your steam directory and delete all the .blob files except client.blob and restart steam.

2) Once logged into steam go to your games tab, right click on the game you wish to fix and go to its properties. Simply click the following: "Verify integrity of game cache". This will do a force re-check of your game files stored incase you accidentally deleted something, which will replace only the lost files required to properly run the game.

3) Once logged into steam go to your games tab, right click on the game you wish to fix and go to its properties. Then click "Delete local game content"
This will delete 99% of the game with like 2 or 3 small files left behind which aren't too important. This would be a last case scenario incase the first 2 didn't work since this step takes the longest, as you would have to re-install the entire game.


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Oh incase I forgot to mention, you and everyone else here should know ALL Valve new release games are always fucked up, and this includes their patches. Their patches to fix problems cause new problems so eventually their patches need patches. Yeah their pretty lazy over there. So expect heavy problems with a new Valve game during its launch. Cause I personally can't remember ever getting a game from them and it ever working right on the first day..... Same goes with a new patch release/new content.

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silverwasp
#3 Posted: : Sunday, November 22, 2009 7:28:23 PM
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I tried everything you mentioned long ago.... hmm... guess I just wait till they get back on Monday.
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#4 Posted: : Monday, November 23, 2009 1:12:52 AM
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This was weird but i fixed it by moving steam to the os hard drive and reinstalling....
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#5 Posted: : Monday, November 23, 2009 8:38:50 AM
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Splinter wrote:

Oh incase I forgot to mention, you and everyone else here should know ALL Valve new release games are always fucked up, and this includes their patches. Their patches to fix problems cause new problems so eventually their patches need patches. Yeah their pretty lazy over there. So expect heavy problems with a new Valve game during its launch. Cause I personally can't remember ever getting a game from them and it ever working right on the first day..... Same goes with a new patch release/new content.

I have never had a problem with Valve's steam service or games. Just Day one delays on release, which isnt that big a deal.
Patches have been around for ohhh about 18 years that I have been playing PC games. Its not like this is some new or Valve only phenomenon. If someone is really bothered by the upkeep required for a PC gamer (be it hardward, software, random shit that suddenly doesnt work, patches), this hobby probably isnt for them in the long run. Go be a console gamer, oh Snap! Now consoles update and patch just as much, if not more, than PC's...Yep YER FUCKED! Everytime i turn on my PS3 the fucker needs a patch.

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