Vegas Wont go past the launcher

[Chezhire14]

Hey, I recently reinstalled New vegas after awhile of not playing, before i had this issue I was able to play it with no issues even with mods, now when ever i start it up in steam it goes to the black screen and a popup happens asking if i want to make changes to the computer I click yes then it pops right back to the launcher and the game doesnt start, note the game was working before and i have over 60 hours on this game

[Deleted53139156User]

Sounds like UAC issue. I assume you have NV installed in the default steam path in program files which is not recommended.

[Chezhire14]

So how do I fix it?

[dubiousintent]

* Did you install Steam to it's default location? If so, please see the wiki "Installing Games on Windows Vista+" article for why the original default Steam behavior of installing games to the "C:\Program Files" or "C:\Program Files(x86)" folder tree was bad (they learned better, and don't do that any more); and why "disabling UAC and running as Administrator" is NOT sufficient, with instructions how to move it. This is the single most important thing you can do to fix and protect yourself against problems in the future. As much of a PITA as that is, it's never going to be any easier than now. System updates often cause issues with games installed to these folder trees. Please see the 'Restoring to "Vanilla"' section of the wiki "FNV General Mod Use Advice" article as well.

If you did move Steam out of the default location, then likely any access privilege problem is one of "File and Folder permissions" on the parent "root" folder under which you installed the games. If this is not set correctly to allow at least "System", "Administrators", and "Users" to have "Full Control" then you can't overwrite other files or make changes. You then need to enable the "Properties | Security | Advanced | Change Permissions" setting of the parent folder to enable the box: "Replace all child object permissions with inheritable permissions from this object", so those changes get applied to the existing files and sub-folders.

 

I recommend anyone read the entire "FNV General Mod Use Advice" article to understand the differences between this game and others you may have experience with; especially if this is your first attempt to play a modded FNV or it's been more than a year since you last did so.

-Dubious-