Closed My game is broken

people overuse the word 'literally' all the time...

in this case 'won't play' probably means the game will launch but cant get in game. 'Literally won't play' probably means game will not launch at all...

anyways we're sidetracking slightly...anyone got any suggestions on how to get this guy a refund or more preferably fix the game?

 

Refund wont happen. Possible fixes has been posted.

 

have you tried appealing to the devs directly? give Molly a poke via twitter and see if she has some sort of resolution for you...Failing that the only recommendation i have is to wait for the update and see if the mystical great wipe does you a favour. The update is very soon...maybe they've fixed something that will agree with your computer?

 

I'm not the one with the problem but I just said that the problem he has is a problem loads of people had on 4th DEC when the beta released.

Possible fixes got posted everywhere etc. And I posted how I fixed it the other page, I had the very same error.

 

note to self: read through thread properly before posting

 

True, but if his PC meets the minimum specs, in theory he should be able to play...The issue may be with OP's PC but that doesnt make the game faultless

your analogy would be more accurate if the overweight unhealthy person was disqualified before he even had a chance to start...

 

The game won't play because the OP is overweight? Is that literally overweight or is he overweight as in "actually thin"?

 

lmao!

 

Well, since ALMOST NO ONE POSTS THE WHOLE GODDAMNED STACK TRACE OR THE LOG, it is difficult to tell what the problem is.

But a short list of things which cause Access Violations, NOT including things SBDiagnose will detect:

1) ASUS Xonar processes that don't involve HsSrv.dll (this seems to be an unusual case)
2) Certain antivirus software (Emsisoft is a confirmed offender)
3) Malware/Spyware (Webwatcher is a confirmed offender)
4) Bad assets, mods, or other invalid data.

Except for (MAYBE) #4, zero of these are actually problems with Starbound.

 

No it's not his or anyones computer. When the beta launched 4th DEC loads of people got the violation error. I as well couldn't launch the game at all. I tried all possible fixes such as running as admin, comp mode etc etc. Nothing worked for me until a very awesome guy mentioned randomly "maybe if you turn on UAC, that would be hilarious" and it goddamn worked, I could launch the game just fine.

The game definitely have issues. I cannot launch the game from the folder at all, but I can launch it fine from Steam, there are weird stuff going on. The admin, comp trick doesn't work for everyone, not even turning on UAC. Some people can't even play the game right now because of this error. This is not even the only error that makes some people unable to play.

 

Jesus, stop with the ridiculous, uninformed speculation. Access Violations are pseudounique. Why do people keep saying "the access violation error" as though there is ONE issue that causes ALL segfaults?

MOST of the issues currently causing AVs have NOTHING to do with Starbound, and EVERYTHING to do with the specific system and software on which it is running.

 

Like you said the violation errors pops up because of different stuff so it's not always the same for everyone. But can you really say the game is without flaws and it's the computer itself that is "broken"?

 

False, the Steam version is also the DRM free version because you can launch it just fine from the folder.

I just had to run it as admin from the folder directly.

 

I meant DRM free*

Starbound launches .

 

Since the topic went completely off the rails I'm going to close it now.
Send me a PM if you need anything OP.