"rFactor 2 has stopped working"

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  1. Vien1

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    I have still have this same issue when I'm trying to play single player or online. When trying to launch the game, I get the rFactor 2 logo window for couple of seconds and then I get "rFactor 2 has stopped working".

    Build: 90

    All of my drivers are up to date

    Mods are all installed and up to date

    F1 60's mod: v 1.1
    Renault Megane mod: v 1.1
    Formula Renault mod: v1.2
    ISI Formula1: v 1.0
    GT mod: v 1.1
    and the new Brianza track installed


    This game worked on my computer until build 85 came out.

    System:

    Windows 7 64bit
    4GB RAM
    GPU: ATI Radeon HD6850
    CPU: AMD Phenom II x2 555
     
  2. Tuttle

    Tuttle Technical Art Director - Env Lead

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    Did you've plugins installed? Modified profiles or stuff like that?

    BTW...You can try a fresh B90 install from scratch. Most of the time a fresh install is the best thing to do with betas...:)
     
  3. Vien1

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    Yes I installed this from scratch and did the same with B85. Everything is default, no custom profiles no plugins just B90 and required mods with updates.

    I have installed this about 10 times already. Today I re-downloaded everything and installed but it doesn't work
     
  4. buddhatree

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    Easy fix:

    One more time, uninstall rF2. Then delete rFactor2 folder in Documents. <-- That last part is key.

    Now go ahead and reinstall everything. Should work now :)
     
  5. Tuttle

    Tuttle Technical Art Director - Env Lead

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    +1!

    This is what "fresh install from scratch" means...for me.

    If you just uninstall/reinstall nothing changes as the user folder and many other files still there...:)
     
  6. blanes

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    I had this same problem and for me I did all of the above and still didn't work :(

    Finally in desperation I went to the purchase tab and selected "Reactivate" and then all was working again ! :)

    I don't understand why this happened because it had always been activated before and I had uninstalled / reinstalled fully the last version and didn't need to Reactivate... but anyway it works.
     
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    Did you delete the .rFactor folder ? That one you need to leave or you have to reactivate
     
  8. blanes

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    Hmmm ? what do you mean by the .rFactor folder ? is that [dot]rFactor and where was that folder because I don't recall deleting it. I did uninstall and delete the rFactor folder where everything was installed to on my E: drive.
     
  9. buddhatree

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    There is a folder in appdata\roaming named .rFactor

    View attachment 2920

    It stores your activation information. If you ever delete it, or if you do a reinstall of your OS and don't save it, to put back after install, you will have to reactivate.

    You will need to have "hidden files and folders" visible to see it.
     
  10. Alexandre Indigné Poulin

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    I also get this. Tried to uninstall, deleting the document files and all. Still crashes on map loading screen....
     
  11. blanes

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    Oh ! thanks buddha :) that bit of info explains why the game would not work because when I uninstalled I ran a couple of registry cleaners and they must have deleted that directory.

    Funny thing is the game gives no indication that it needed to be reactivated... if I had know that then, it would have saved me alot of angst and wasted time in farnarkling about to get it working.
     
  12. Vien1

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    When trying to reactivate "maximum number of activations exceeded. Please contact renewals@rFactor.net"

    Now I have reactivated and doesn't work... nice
     
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    Does it matter if I have ä ö or å letters in my windows username? I remember I had some problems with fifa when those letters were in my windows username
     
  14. MJP

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    TBH I've no idea but maybe you could test it by not installing the data and settings to your documents folder (the default option).
     
  15. 88mphTim

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    They will give you more, point them to this thread also.
     
  16. 88mphTim

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    That was an issue in the early alpha, but was fixed I thought.
     
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    Oh YES! It works now :D After so many days and so many re-installations.

    Thanks to everyone for your help. Now I can finally enjoy these updates ;)
     

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