SoaSE: R doesn't launch anymore, after

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Hello everyone, :)  

I got the game on steam. I played only three hours, not making a big game, and now, the game doesn't launch anymore. (I did play a few years ago on a less powerfull PC than now)

When I lauch it, from Steam, or the desktop, I get the stardock launcher, then several error messages (with the dev .exe; with the regular .exe, it just tells me that it doesn't work and create a .dmp)

 

Those error messages are:

- Assert @ d:\dev\projects\perforce\ec2\sins1\dlc4\codesource\engine\file\filesystem.cpp(408)

!FAILED(hr)

 

 

- Assert @ d:\dev\projects\perforce\ec2\sins1\dlc4\codesource\engine\file\filesystem.cpp(438)

br == TRUE

 

 

- Failed to Open File: '翸ೠ\My Games\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire Rebellion\Setting\rebellion.user.dev.setting'

 

 



After some research on internet, I tried:


using the dev.exe

putting windowed: TRUE in setting file

uninstall / reinstall (many times)

installing in a different folder

exe as an administrator

change resolution from 1920/1080 to 1600/900 in the settings file

 

 

I now have a large collection of Sin Dump .dmp files, and start running out of idea. I want to play this great game again, so if anyone has an idea or a solution, it would be great.

Thank you :)

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,

Sorry to hear you are having trouble.

It is important that you try everything relevant here:

https://forums.stardock.net/486601/sins-of-a-solar-empire-rebellion-support-faq

Another thing to try is to turn off 'Windows Control Folder Access"

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4046851/windows-10-allow-blocked-app-windows-security

As your issues sounds a lot like this one:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/204880/discussions/0/1742230617607956870/

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

Hello,

 

Thanks for your fast answer. I'll start to test all the solutions in the first link in a few hours and will tell you if it works.

(I'm on Windows 8.1, but thanks for the other links aswell !)

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

So I tried everything relevant, and nothing worked.
There's a thing I couldn't try, the "missing settings" section:

%userprofile%\Documents\My Games\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire Rebellion\Setting dosen't exist in my computer, as the game doesn't launch at all.
If I create this folder, and extract the zip file given in your forum, all I can find inside are diplomacy settings file and not SoaSE Rebellion files. Is this  a mistake or are the files compatible ?

 

 

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting zucnar4673, reply 3

So I tried everything relevant, and nothing worked.

What was all that you tried?  Did you try controlled folder access as that directly relates to apps not being able to write to certain locations?

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

In order, I tried:

 

- clean install of my graphic driver (NVidia)

- I don't have any save game, so I couldn't convert the data for 1.86

- I couldn't re-install redistribuable Files, as I do not have any _CommonRedist folder in my game folder

- the Sins_remove_bin.bat says "the Rebellion license file was not found"

- there is NO \Ironclad Games folder in my %userprofile%\Documents\My Games\; when I create the folder, and extract what the zip given on your forum into it, I find:  achievementd.achievements, diplomacy.camera.setting; diplomacy.uimappings.setting, and diplomacy.user.setting. Is it normal as I (try to) play Rebellion ?

- delete %userprofile%\Documents\My Games\Ironclad Games can't work as I don't have this folder

- mods: I don't use any mods

- reverting current patch: I tried three other betas, none made the game work

- I tried to launch the strdocklauncher, the Rebellion.exe, and the RebellionDev.exe as an administrator (even Steams runs as administrator), didn't work

- couldn't put the C:\Users\{USERNAME}\Documents\My Games\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire Rebellion\Setting in VideoIsWindowed TRUE cause I do not have this folder. (I tried with the Diplomacy setting files when I unzipped them, didn't work)

- Running the Dev.exe don't work, sometimes it even says "couldn't launch steam" or something like that.

- I tried desabling my antivirus (not McAfee), didn't work

- I tried "the Purge" several times, didn't work

 

 

 


Thanks for your help !

 

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting zucnar4673, reply 5

- I couldn't re-install redistribuable Files, as I do not have any _CommonRedist folder in my game folder

This is important to do...  Look here for them:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Steamworks Shared\_CommonRedist

Or whatever drive you have Steam installed on.

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager

 

Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top

 

My bad I was following C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Sins of a Solar Empire Rebellion\_CommonRedist as indicated on your site, but it was in Steamworks Shared just like you said !

Okay when I open DirectX\Jun2010 and launch DXSETUP.exe, I have those error messages:

 

- Assert @ d:\dev\projects\perforce\ec2\sins1\dlc4\codesource\engine\file\filesystem.cpp(408)

!FAILED(hr)

 


- Assert @ d:\dev\projects\perforce\ec2\sins1\dlc4\codesource\engine\file\filesystem.cpp(438)

br == TRUE

 



 

- Failed to Open File: '鎘ޗ\My Games\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire Rebellion\Setting\rebellion.user.dev.setting'

 

This one pops three times.
But DirectX does setup.

Visual 2005 and 2010 doesn't had any trouble reparing the soft.


After all this + a reboot, the problem is still here tho :/

 

 

 

Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting zucnar4673, reply 7

Okay when I open DirectX\Jun2010 and launch DXSETUP.exe, I have those error messages: 

- Assert @ d:\dev\projects\perforce\ec2\sins1\dlc4\codesource\engine\file\filesystem.cpp(408)

!FAILED(hr)

- Assert @ d:\dev\projects\perforce\ec2\sins1\dlc4\codesource\engine\file\filesystem.cpp(438)

br == TRUE

Well that is a problem then... 

About the last thing I can recommend try creating a new Windows Administrator (<--important) account and trying under it.

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager