dudicus445 Posted February 25 Posted February 25 Just finished installing Fallout 4 by following The Midnight Ride guide, and when I got to launch the game it fails and says "Launching C:\Games\Steam\steamapps\common\Fallout 4\\Fallout4.exe failed (740). Please try running f4se_loader as an administrator" I tried running it as an admin, but the game still wouldnt start. I get a black screen and it goes right back to desktop. I don't know what happened, I followed the guide and the game won't work. if I try running the game from steam, it just endlessly keeps showing the game launcher, won't even start the game. Did I mess up and need to start over, or is there a problem with the guide that hasn't been found?
subaverage Posted February 25 Posted February 25 (edited) Following the guide you changed the FO4 installation folder and the Steam Library. On the guide's page it's stated that because of the strict Windows file protection of e.g. Program Files (x86) mods might not work. In my eyes this is at least in case of FO4 not correct (and no other game that I have in that location). I know that some users don't use the defaults, but I don't see any advantage in doing so. I run FO4 for more than 10 years (Steam much longer) without any problems related to Windows file protection. In this long time I tested about 1,5k mods only for FO4 and now use about 450. If you changed the defaults your problem might have something to do with wrong pathing. F4SE belongs in "C:\Games\Steam\steamapps\common\Fallout 4" in your case. In the f4se_readme it says: 1. Copy f4se_1_10_984.dll and f4se_loader.exe to your Fallout installation folder. This is usually C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Fallout 4\, but if you have installed to a custom Steam library then you will need to find this folder yourself. Copy the Data folder over as well. (Maybe this is also stated in Midnight Ride, but I did not read that far.) At last you could check whether FO4 is correct and completely installed in "your" folder through verifying game file integrity through Steam. Edited February 25 by subaverage
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