Arkham City Client refuses to start

Destruya · 11-22-2011, 05:42 PM

I just downloaded and opened Arkham City today, and after a successful first load, the client will no longer promptly start when triggered either through Steam or the desktop icon (which, of course, requires a Steam login).

I activated the game both through the prompt given and via Games For Windows - as well as updated *everything* necessary to finally give me access. The only thing anomalous I did afterwards was defrag my storage disk.

And yes, I'm running all the most current drivers, and "tried a reboot."

Destruya · 11-22-2011, 05:58 PM

AND I just performed a cache integrity check that passed, after seeing it suggested in a few other threads.

Selecting the "properties" option won't even bring THAT up.

NinjaGuerra · 11-23-2011, 12:51 AM

I'm having the EXACT same problem.

Successful first launch, and no successful launches after that.

Destruya · 11-23-2011, 05:08 AM

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Originally Posted by NinjaGuerra

I'm having the EXACT same problem.

Successful first launch, and no successful launches after that.

I think I found the solution. Or, at least one that let me play again.

Enter Steam, and *properly* exit it. Then restart Steam and attempt to restart AC.

It seems the reason I had the screw-up is because I didn't let the Steam "Cloud" finish doing whatever the hell it is it does when I last exited Steam.

Spotpuff · 01-10-2012, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Destruya

I think I found the solution. Or, at least one that let me play again.

Enter Steam, and *properly* exit it. Then restart Steam and attempt to restart AC.

It seems the reason I had the screw-up is because I didn't let the Steam "Cloud" finish doing whatever the hell it is it does when I last exited Steam.

Restarted steam like 8x. Still not working for me.

Verified game cache too.

RagingLion · 01-21-2012, 06:40 AM

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Originally Posted by NinjaGuerra

I'm having the EXACT same problem.

Successful first launch, and no successful launches after that.

Yeah, I played it for a few hours and now on my second time starting it up again I'm only getting a black screen come up. I'm hearing all the sound (e.g. of the opening splash screens), just not getting any of the video.

Can anyone help? I only went for the offline Games for Windows Live rather than the online option - that shouldn't be affecting it should it?

Raveled · 03-14-2012, 09:32 AM

Was there ever a fix for this? Because I have the same issue.

Obfuscated · 03-20-2012, 04:32 AM

Not sure I know what you mean by "Arkham City Client". Do you mean the game itself?

How about running it manually? Steam\steamapps\common\Batman2\RunLauncher.bat

pitor · 03-20-2012, 06:13 PM

this Batman: Arkham Asylum category and not City!

Fuzznut · 03-20-2012, 09:27 PM

I had trouble with all 3 of my GFWL games. What oddly enough seems to have cleared them up is updating the CPU drivers. Try that and see if it clears things up for you guys.

11-22-2011, 05:42 PM	#1
Destruya Join Date: Feb 2010 Reputation: 0 Posts: 5	Arkham City Client refuses to start I just downloaded and opened Arkham City today, and after a successful first load, the client will no longer promptly start when triggered either through Steam or the desktop icon (which, of course, requires a Steam login). I activated the game both through the prompt given and via Games For Windows - as well as updated everything necessary to finally give me access. The only thing anomalous I did afterwards was defrag my storage disk. And yes, I'm running all the most current drivers, and "tried a reboot." Last edited by Destruya: 11-22-2011 at 06:00 PM.

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Destruya Join Date: Feb 2010 Reputation: 0 Posts: 5	AND I just performed a cache integrity check that passed, after seeing it suggested in a few other threads. Selecting the "properties" option won't even bring THAT up. Last edited by Destruya: 11-22-2011 at 06:01 PM.

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11-23-2011, 12:51 AM	#3
NinjaGuerra Join Date: Apr 2010 Reputation: 0 Posts: 5	I'm having the EXACT same problem. Successful first launch, and no successful launches after that.

03-14-2012, 09:32 AM	#7
Raveled Join Date: Apr 2010 Reputation: 0 Posts: 11	Was there ever a fix for this? Because I have the same issue.

03-20-2012, 04:32 AM	#8
Obfuscated Join Date: Dec 2011 Reputation: 62 Posts: 364	Not sure I know what you mean by "Arkham City Client". Do you mean the game itself? How about running it manually? Steam\steamapps\common\Batman2\RunLauncher.bat

03-20-2012, 06:13 PM	#9
pitor Join Date: Nov 2011 Reputation: 15 Posts: 200	this Batman: Arkham Asylum category and not City!

03-20-2012, 09:27 PM	#10
Fuzznut Join Date: May 2011 Reputation: 0 Posts: 53	I had trouble with all 3 of my GFWL games. What oddly enough seems to have cleared them up is updating the CPU drivers. Try that and see if it clears things up for you guys.