Flatout 1 on Win 7 x64

q3wolfi · 03-27-2012, 09:30 PM

hey,

when i try to start flatout 1 it gives an error that steam can't be found ;-/
what's wrong?

KazzyMac · 03-28-2012, 03:16 AM

Nothing's wrong. Just exit and restart Steam, and try to load the game again.

That's what I do whenever I get the error and it then works fine.

Bexx0r · 03-30-2012, 03:54 PM

I wouldn't say that "nothing" is wrong, but gladly it's just a minor bug.

masta121 · 03-30-2012, 07:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KazzyMac

Nothing's wrong. Just exit and restart Steam, and try to load the game again.

That's what I do whenever I get the error and it then works fine.

Yeah, I got that on first run as well. Just restart Steam and all is well. The game works without any problems on Windows 7 64 bit. I completed the entire game on it.

mist0rX · 03-31-2012, 05:17 PM

You had better luck than me it seems..

Win7 x64 here as well - whenever I launch FlatOut, the .exe will start, spawn a process of rundll32.exe - and that's it. No visible windows, nothing more ever happens, I have to kill the process tree manually to get rid of it.

Yes, I already tried validating my game files.
No, it did not change a thing.

Any ideas about this?

Haggis&Tatties · 04-01-2012, 03:11 AM

What video card and driver do you have?

Purple44 · 04-01-2012, 04:38 AM

Have you tried FOv3 mod?

FOv3 mod will patch your stock v1.0 Flatout and you will use the Euro noCD v1.1 exe and a different folder than the Steam\flatout folder to run the game.

You can download the FOv3 mod GOLD edition here:

http://www.moddb.com/downloads/foj-c...d-gold-edition

You just need to supply a FOv3 mod folder and copies of your common1.bfs and the common2.bfs files.

Heddly · 04-01-2012, 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mist0rX

You had better luck than me it seems..

Win7 x64 here as well - whenever I launch FlatOut, the .exe will start, spawn a process of rundll32.exe - and that's it. No visible windows, nothing more ever happens, I have to kill the process tree manually to get rid of it.

Yes, I already tried validating my game files.
No, it did not change a thing.
Any ideas about this?

When the game was installing, did it ask to install Direct X drivers? Windows 7 still needs the DirectX 9 files. I installed from my original cd discs, Steam may be different

03-27-2012, 09:30 PM	#1
q3wolfi Join Date: Feb 2005 Reputation: 0 Posts: 76	Flatout 1 on Win 7 x64 hey, when i try to start flatout 1 it gives an error that steam can't be found ;-/ what's wrong?

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03-28-2012, 03:16 AM	#2
KazzyMac Join Date: Dec 2011 Reputation: 67 Posts: 877	Nothing's wrong. Just exit and restart Steam, and try to load the game again. That's what I do whenever I get the error and it then works fine.

03-30-2012, 03:54 PM	#3
Bexx0r Join Date: Jan 2012 Reputation: 0 Posts: 15	I wouldn't say that "nothing" is wrong, but gladly it's just a minor bug.

03-31-2012, 05:17 PM	#5
mist0rX Join Date: Mar 2012 Reputation: 6 Posts: 30	You had better luck than me it seems.. Win7 x64 here as well - whenever I launch FlatOut, the .exe will start, spawn a process of rundll32.exe - and that's it. No visible windows, nothing more ever happens, I have to kill the process tree manually to get rid of it. Yes, I already tried validating my game files. No, it did not change a thing. Any ideas about this?

04-01-2012, 03:11 AM	#6
Haggis&Tatties Join Date: Dec 2011 Reputation: 27 Posts: 297	What video card and driver do you have?

04-01-2012, 04:38 AM	#7
Purple44 Join Date: Dec 2006 Reputation: 93 Posts: 1,194	Have you tried FOv3 mod? FOv3 mod will patch your stock v1.0 Flatout and you will use the Euro noCD v1.1 exe and a different folder than the Steam\flatout folder to run the game. You can download the FOv3 mod GOLD edition here: http://www.moddb.com/downloads/foj-c...d-gold-edition You just need to supply a FOv3 mod folder and copies of your common1.bfs and the common2.bfs files.