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Penumbra Collection "Preparing to launch crash" on steam.
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NerdRage Offline
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Penumbra Collection "Preparing to launch crash" on steam.
Hello,

I have the "preparing to launch crash" problem with your games on steam.

OS: Windows 7 x64
Alienware m14x - Intel i7, GT555m 3GB and 6gb RAM

I have updated Graphics drivers
I have downloaded and installed the latest OpenAL
I have updated everything in windows updater
02-14-2012 07:02 AM
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jens Offline
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RE: Penumbra Collection "Preparing to launch crash" on steam.
Isn't that a Steam problem? If it crashes during preparing to launch then the game has not even started to launch as far as I know, so perhaps check Steam for best support. Maybe it is a permission problem or something similar, so try to launch the game directly as an admin or run a file integrity check on the game in Steam to make sure all files are as they should.
02-14-2012 08:15 AM
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RE: Penumbra Collection "Preparing to launch crash" on steam.
Hmm, ok. I will try there then.

Thanks.
02-17-2012 10:09 AM
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RE: Penumbra Collection "Preparing to launch crash" on steam.
(02-14-2012 07:02 AM)NerdRage Wrote:  Hello,



I have the "preparing to launch crash" problem with your games on steam.



OS: Windows 7 x64

Alienware m14x - Intel i7, GT555m 3GB and 6gb RAM



I have updated Graphics drivers

I have downloaded and installed the latest OpenAL

I have updated everything in windows updater
I feel stupid asking this but you learn by asking Tongue - is the part I put in bold your graphics card?...

02-17-2012 10:16 AM
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DrDean Offline
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RE: Penumbra Collection "Preparing to launch crash" on steam.
I don't know if you've figured this out already, but try running oalinst.exe located in Steam/Steamapps/common/penumbra. Make sure you restart Steam, as well.
02-21-2012 03:30 AM
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Bek Offline
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RE: Penumbra Collection "Preparing to launch crash" on steam.
Also verify integrity of steam cache by right clicking on the game in steam > properties > local files > Verify local cache.
02-21-2012 06:47 AM
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