Crashes on startup

SquallLeonE · 06-30-2010, 12:55 PM

Can't find anything about this. Bought Flatout UC today for $2, and the game crashes during the first loading screen, before I even get to the main menu. GFWL(Games for Windows Live) works ingame and I'm able to access it and whatnot up until it crashes, so I doubt it's related to the crash. No error messages come up. Here are my system specs:

Windows XP SP3
Radeon HD 4350
2GB Ram
AMD Sempron 1.8GHz

SquallLeonE · 06-30-2010, 05:51 PM

Fixed, kind of.

For some reason, it will not let me play the game when signed in as administrator. But if I log off of Windows XP and sign in as a guest, it will let me play the game. This is also the exact same case with three other games I own: Defense Grid, Stalker:SoC, and Shatter(which I also just bought). When I launched Flatout and Shatter, it told me that I needed to be signed in as administrator to get it to work or something, but they both launched fine.

This is a hassle, and it seems that I'm the only person on the internet who has this problem. If anyone knows a solution to this, please let me know!!

Also, Flatout runs at about 20~ FPS without adjusting ingame settings, which is fine for me.

07-01-2010, 08:07 AM

this is happening for me as well. i dont even get the launcher options it just crashes to desktop

Zefar · 07-01-2010, 08:25 AM

C:\Steam\steamapps\common\flatout ultimate carnage\support

Head to that folder and manually install that Xliveredist thing. That made it work for me. If you have Windows live installed already I'm not sure what to do.

07-01-2010, 08:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zefar

C:\Steam\steamapps\common\flatout ultimate carnage\support

Head to that folder and manually install that Xliveredist thing. That made it work for me. If you have Windows live installed already I'm not sure what to do.

This appears to have solved the issue.. good work .

finchy86 · 07-01-2010, 09:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zefar

C:\Steam\steamapps\common\flatout ultimate carnage\support

Head to that folder and manually install that Xliveredist thing. That made it work for me. If you have Windows live installed already I'm not sure what to do.

worked for me too, thanks!

06-30-2010, 12:55 PM	#1
SquallLeonE Join Date: Dec 2009 Reputation: 3 Posts: 21	Crashes on startup Can't find anything about this. Bought Flatout UC today for $2, and the game crashes during the first loading screen, before I even get to the main menu. GFWL(Games for Windows Live) works ingame and I'm able to access it and whatnot up until it crashes, so I doubt it's related to the crash. No error messages come up. Here are my system specs: Windows XP SP3 Radeon HD 4350 2GB Ram AMD Sempron 1.8GHz

07-01-2010, 08:25 AM	#4
Zefar Volunteer Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Reputation: 3964 Posts: 28,024	C:\Steam\steamapps\common\flatout ultimate carnage\support Head to that folder and manually install that Xliveredist thing. That made it work for me. If you have Windows live installed already I'm not sure what to do. __________________ Information on VAC and our Steam forum rules. Please follow the rules, it ain't hard.

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06-30-2010, 05:51 PM	#2
SquallLeonE Join Date: Dec 2009 Reputation: 3 Posts: 21	Fixed, kind of. For some reason, it will not let me play the game when signed in as administrator. But if I log off of Windows XP and sign in as a guest, it will let me play the game. This is also the exact same case with three other games I own: Defense Grid, Stalker:SoC, and Shatter(which I also just bought). When I launched Flatout and Shatter, it told me that I needed to be signed in as administrator to get it to work or something, but they both launched fine. This is a hassle, and it seems that I'm the only person on the internet who has this problem. If anyone knows a solution to this, please let me know!! Also, Flatout runs at about 20~ FPS without adjusting ingame settings, which is fine for me.

07-01-2010, 08:07 AM	#3
dfbongwater Guest Posts: n/a	this is happening for me as well. i dont even get the launcher options it just crashes to desktop