Long Beta14 only works in steam offline mode

[we1ss]

First of all, congratulations for this awesome mod, its really amazing.

 

So... I'm having CTD everytime I launch the game, after the appearance of the message "Loading user settings". After trying the steps below, I could only make the game work using steam offline mode. And no CTDs so far. I want to know if there is a way of making it work without using steam offline mode.

 

I have tried following steps:

First thing to try:

1. Go to C:\Users\YOUR WINDOWS USERNAME\Documents\My Games\XCOM - Enemy Within\XComGame\Config

2. Delete all files in that directory. If you don't have this directory, you have an unusual install and may need to reinstall XCOM from scratch.

3. Start the game and see if it works. You may get a CTD on first restart; start it again.

Second thing to try:

1. Make sure these files are NOT present. They will cause CTDs on launch. If they are, delete them and start the game.

{app}\XComGame\CookedPCConsole\XComGame.upk.uncompressed_size

{app}\XComGame\CookedPCConsole\XComStrategyGame.upk.uncompressed_size

{app}\XComGame\CookedPCConsole\Engine.upk.uncompressed_size

Third thing to try:

1. In Steam, turn off cloud synchronization of your saves. If that doesn't help, play XCOM Long War in offline mode in Steam. This has been reported to work if you are getting periodic slowdowns during play, and sometimes addresses lockups during game load, including the "Loading User Settings" freeze. Also, if you have dozens of save files, deleting most of them has been reported to help speed up the game.

Fourth thing to try:

1. Go to C:\Users\YOUR WINDOWS USERNAME\Documents\My Games\XCOM - Enemy Within\XComGame\SaveData

2. Delete or rename the file profile.bin and start the game. You may have to re-set your graphics and other settings ingame after this.

3. Start the game and see if it works.

Fifth thing to try:

1. Install Long War EW again, over the current copy. This will probably make the included uninstaller not work, so you'll have to verify back to vanilla via Steam to uninstall.

Sixth thing to try:

1. Verify your install back to vanilla via Steam, and start over.

Seventh thing to try:

We'll try to run down where the installer got borked.

1. Check to make sure the upk files were in fact installed. They should have recent created and/or modified dates (as should all files listed above). The upk files should be much larger than vanilla, as well (as we distribute uncompressed files):

{app}\XComGame\CookedPCConsole\XComGame.upk should be roughly 12,176 kb

{app}\XComGame\CookedPCConsole\XComStrategyGame.upk should be roughly 4,870 kb

{app}\XComGame\CookedPCConsole\UICollection_Strategy_SF.upk should be roughly 19,094 kb

{app}\XComGame\CookedPCConsole\UICollection_Tactical_SF.upk (only 3.0 Beta 10 and later) should be roughly 6,539 kb

{app}\XComGame\CookedPCConsole\UICollection_Common_SF.upk (only 3.0 Beta 14 and later) should be roughly 6,446 kb

{app}\XComGame\CookedPCConsole\Engine.upk (only 3.0 Beta 14 and later) should be roughly 4,618 kb

{app}\XComGame\CookedPCConsole\gfxInterception_SF.upk (3.0 Beta 14d and later) should be roughly 4,916 kb

Thanks,

We1ss

 

[wghost81]

There is no known way to fix this except playing in off-line mode.