Rfactor2 won't start

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  1. Holliwood84

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    Hi everyone,
    Windows installed the creators update, and now can't start anymore rfactor2. It did reinstall it for some odd reason from steam, and still nothing, took everything off and reinstalled, used open beta or last stable beta, checked cache in any way and still it won't start, just says preparing rfactor for the start and it wont start!! HELP!
     
  2. T.Hartmann

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    check if the "rfactor2.exe has admin rights. if yes, convert it to normal.
     
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    It didn't have any admin rights unfortunately...
     
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    During the update it did install drivers for a new audio card and had to revert back from a specific to a general audio card...remember something about the old rfactor where any hardware change required a new activation or something similar?!
     
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    Little update... steam would not lunch ANY steam purchased games... before i checked off game mode i unistalled steam and so every games and now it's installing again everything.... i will report back if this makes any good
     
  6. T.Hartmann

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    uups :S
     
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    Assetto corsa thru steam it now works after all this installing... while no action from rfactor... any possible help?!
     
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    Did you try to Start game from folder bin64/rfactor2.exe. Do you See the launcher?
     
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    IF i click that still nothin happens...What i noticed is that a folder in the previous steam installation path is not deletable error 8x80070081 saying the folder is not empty and can't be deleted and is a folder of rfactor. (Rfm i believe)
    Renamed and installed steam somewhere else and still nothing...
     
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    maybe a "user access control (UAC)" prob inside windows?
    I had them with win 10. try to deactivate .
     
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    How could i do it?
     
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    press win logo and type uac.
     
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    Nope...did not work!
    Even another game was not working but I reinstalled the visual c++ and worked again.
    Did execute the ones that come with the rfactor installation and still nothing!
    Only exe that works is the config one but first tells that cant load some advance effects and then opens up. The rest is all gone and not usable!!! Betwenn yesterday and today it did download the entire 11gb 10/15 times... dont know what else can be really!!
     
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    config.exe only exists @32bit folder. youre on 32 bit system?
    try rfactor264.exe from bin64 folder.
     
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    I had to create a new exception in my AVS/Firewall for the beta install..sounds like it's being blocked by something.
     
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    unfortunately the ecception were either there or created and still nothing!
    in the bin 64 folder i have a rfactor2.exe not a rfactor264.exe and i have a 64 bit system.
    I noticed that when i launch the rfactor launcher i receive a message about a MVSCP110.ddl and researched it was about the visual C++ and unistalled all i had before and got installed the ones in the installation folder.... i'm running mad...
     
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    Maybe the vcredistributables in the support folder?
     
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    We have a winner!!!!!!! had to install also the 32bit of the visal c++ :)
     
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    My game wont load into single player today, though It was fine at last start up last night.

    Im not as tech savvy as some, but I did notice it was trying to start as 32 bit, though I have a 64bit system.

    How do I make the c++ changes? Where do I go to get them after I uninstall them or install 32 bit c++??
    Also just noticed I no longer have dx11 beta and cannot change it in the properties page to choose DX11 beta.

    TIA,
    Ray
     
    Last edited: May 13, 2017

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