Issue: Steam Version Not Working for You

[Marak 27]

Seems like they added some dependencies that don't play nice with Windows XP.

OK, yeah. It looks like we added a new dependency that has disrupted XP support. We don't have many XP computers laying about in the office for testing. It's over a decade old!

We'll take a look at the issue in the morning. Sorry about that, guys.

Hopefully they can cobble something together; I'd love to be able to test out this new update and see how things stand now with the Hounds and rebalancing and the Spacebar "auto-whatever-is-closest" command.

[doctrine303 10]

The Mizu fix (post #167) worked for me - running Windows 7.

[TylerTheDragon 22]

After the new update - it seems that i'm not on the test build and the game works perfectly fine. Thank you for the reassurance that this game will be able to play without restarting.

[zombabe 10]

The Mizu fix (post #167) worked for me - running Windows 7.

same here! game works again after manually installing VCRedist and DXSETUP in their folders. thanks Mizu.

[DonFAISAL 10]

If you are having problems, try this fix that was sent in by forum member Mizu.

It has fixed quite a few people's problems:

oh, it dosent work for my !! plz help

[DonFAISAL 10]

Are you using XP?

yes semi problem

[ItchyFlea 10]

yes semi problem

The new update has broken the game on Windows XP. There is currently no fix for it. The Dev's will be working on a fix Soon hopefully.

Source: http://forums.kleientertainment.com/showthread.php?2476-Crash-Doesn-t-start-after-update&p=19777&viewfull=1#post19777

[DonFAISAL 10]

ok, thnx ...

[avatardogelo 10]

MYsistem say that i don't have the dwmapi.dll archive, i use windows xp and i play on steam, please, help me.

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same trouble

[MidrealmDM 89]

dwmapi.dll is a Windows Vista file - so if you are running XP you wont have it and it wont function properly.

"...we added a new dependency that has disrupted XP support. We don't have many XP computers laying about in the office for testing. It's over a decade old!

We'll take a look at the issue in the morning. Sorry about that, guys."

Source: http://forums.kleientertainment.com/...ll=1#post19777

[JLK 50]

The dwmapi.dll issue on XP systems should be fixed in revision 69781 and has been pushed live.

[Hans Lemurson 10]

Whatever you changed made the game work for me on my laptop! Hurrah!

My laptop runs windows XP and has an intel GM965 embedded graphics card, was able to run the Chrome demo, but not the game itself...until today. Now it works. Yay!!!

Thank you brave bug hunters and committed coders!!!

[DonFAISAL 10]

can some one Explain what dose issue mean??

[Marak 27]

Thanks for the quick hotfixes! Game booted flawlessly (Windows XP 32-bit) the first time after the hotfix finished. It's nice to see you guys working so hard to squish bugs, even for the minority of us still using Ancient Windows.

[Uahoomanaokahaku 10]

I use Windows XP 32-bit, and i can only run the game on Windowed mode. Does anyone have information about when the fullscreen bug is going to be fixed? ._.

[Bavienco 10]

It still doesn't work on windows 8, sorry if I might be annoying, I know fixes take some time, but it could also be, that the devs didn't see that bug.

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It still doesn't work on windows 8, sorry if I might be annoying, I know fixes take some time, but it could also be, that the devs didn't see that bug.

[sacwchiri 10]

So yeah like everyone else steam version is not working. So in the spirit of trying to help i runned the program through a debugging program (odbg) and well could figure out anything from it

but the log does show something that may be usefull to you... maybe??

File 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\dont_starve\bin\dontstarve_steam.exe'

New process (ID 000015A4) created

00B9A899 Main thread (ID 00000BD8) created

77300000 Unload hidden module 77300000

76310000 Unload hidden module 76310000

77300000 Unload hidden module 77300000

76F50000 Unload hidden module 76F50000

00A60000 Module 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\dont_starve\bin\dontstarve_steam.exe'

3B400000 Module 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\dont_starve\bin\steam_api.dll'

6AC40000 Module 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\dont_starve\bin\fmodex.dll'

6CE90000 Module 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\dont_starve\bin\fmod_event.dll'

6CF00000 Module 'C:\Windows\system32\d3d9.dll'

6D6D0000 Module 'C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft.vc90.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.6161_none_50934f2ebcb7eb57\MSVCP90.dll'

6DE60000 Module 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\dont_starve\bin\libEGL.dll'

6FB00000 Module 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\dont_starve\bin\libGLESv2.dll'

6FD10000 Module 'C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft.vc90.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.6161_none_50934f2ebcb7eb57\MSVCR90.dll'

71B40000 Module 'C:\Windows\system32\dwmapi.dll'

71B90000 Module 'C:\Windows\system32\MSACM32.dll'

71ED0000 Module 'C:\Windows\system32\WINMM.dll'

72E80000 Module 'C:\Windows\system32\WSOCK32.dll'

73B70000 Module 'C:\Windows\system32\d3d8thk.dll'

73F10000 Module 'C:\Windows\system32\VERSION.dll'

74EE0000 Module 'C:\Windows\syswow64\CRYPTBASE.dll'

74EF0000 Module 'C:\Windows\syswow64\SspiCli.dll'

74F50000 Module 'C:\Windows\syswow64\GDI32.dll'

75190000 Module 'C:\Windows\syswow64\USER32.dll'

75550000 Module 'C:\Windows\syswow64\msvcrt.dll'

75600000 Module 'C:\Windows\syswow64\SHELL32.dll'

76250000 Module 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sechost.dll'

76280000 Module 'C:\Windows\syswow64\SHLWAPI.dll'

76310000 Module 'C:\Windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll'

76420000 Module 'C:\Windows\syswow64\KERNELBASE.dll'

76470000 Module 'C:\Windows\syswow64\ADVAPI32.dll'

76510000 Module 'C:\Windows\syswow64\WS2_32.dll'

765D0000 Module 'C:\Windows\syswow64\RPCRT4.dll'

767B0000 Module 'C:\Windows\syswow64\ole32.dll'

Code sections '.text' and '.orpc' will be merged to a single memory block

769D0000 Module 'C:\Windows\syswow64\WLDAP32.dll'

76EA0000 Module 'C:\Windows\syswow64\NSI.dll'

76EB0000 Module 'C:\Windows\syswow64\USP10.dll'

777E0000 Module 'C:\Windows\syswow64\LPK.dll'

77810000 Module 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ntdll.dll'

74230000 Module <Mod_7423> (anonymous)

Not an 80x86 executable

74240000 Module <Mod_7424> (anonymous)

Not an 80x86 executable

742A0000 Module <Mod_742A> (anonymous)

Not an 80x86 executable

77630000 Module <Mod_7763> (anonymous)

Not an 80x86 executable

00B9A899 Entry point of main module

76750000 Module 'C:\Windows\system32\IMM32.DLL'

76A20000 Module 'C:\Windows\syswow64\MSCTF.dll'

Analysing Mod_7763

0 fuzzy procedures

Analysing Mod_742A

0 fuzzy procedures

Analysing Mod_7424

0 fuzzy procedures

Analysing Mod_7423

0 fuzzy procedures

71AC0000 Module 'C:\Windows\system32\uxtheme.dll'

71AD3893 Return reached

75100000 Module 'C:\Windows\syswow64\OLEAUT32.dll'

73BE0000 Module 'C:\Windows\system32\PROPSYS.dll'

707E0000 Module 'C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.7601.17514_none_41e6975e2bd6f2b2\comctl32.dll'

76E10000 Module 'C:\Windows\syswow64\CLBCatQ.DLL'

72370000 Module 'C:\Windows\system32\ntmarta.dll'

71B60000 Module 'C:\Windows\system32\profapi.dll'

762E0000 Module 'C:\Windows\syswow64\Normaliz.dll'

76AF0000 Module 'C:\Windows\syswow64\iertutil.dll'

725A0000 Module 'C:\Windows\system32\Secur32.dll'

77862E25 New thread 2. (ID 000015A0) created

77863E45 New thread 3. (ID 00000754) created

76CC0000 Module 'C:\Windows\syswow64\CFGMGR32.dll'

762F0000 Module 'C:\Windows\syswow64\DEVOBJ.dll'

753B0000 Module 'C:\Windows\syswow64\SETUPAPI.dll'

72320000 Module 'C:\Windows\system32\apphelp.dll'

77863E45 New thread 4. (ID 00001078) created

75290000 Module C:\Windows\SysWOW64\urlmon.dll - failed to initialize

76CF0000 Module C:\Windows\syswow64\WININET.dll - failed to initialize

762E0000 Unload C:\Windows\syswow64\Normaliz.dll

76AF0000 Unload C:\Windows\syswow64\iertutil.dll

Thread 3. (ID 00000754) terminated, exit code 1

Thread 4. (ID 00001078) terminated, exit code 1

Thread 2. (ID 000015A0) terminated, exit code 1

Process terminated, exit code 1

-------- Logging stopped

[Interloper 16]

If you are having problems, try this fix that was sent in by forum member Mizu.

It has fixed quite a few people's problems:

Hello,

After this new update, I noticed that several people besides myself had many problems, one of them is the game close after it is opened.

For me it was resolved as follows:

1 -) Open the folder C: \ Program Files \ Steam \ steamapps \ common \ dont_starve \ VCRedist and install vcredist_86x (or other name) (*86x for me but my pc is 64x*).

2 -) Open the folder C: \ Program Files \ Steam \ steamapps \ common \ dont_starve \ DXRedist and install DXSETUP.

After doing these two steps run the game again * In my case it worked, not only my friend but also a *

Sincerely,

Mizu.

Wow. That fixed it for me too. Thanks everyone!

[TwistDragon 10]

Some people have been having issues running the new Steam release of the Don't Starve Early-Access Beta. While there is one particular issue that is caused by having outdated video card drivers, that's not the case with everyone.

We'll be looking at any crash reports or issues with launching Don't Starve on Tuesday when we return to the office after the holiday. In the mean time, if you are experience problems loading or playing the new Steam version, there's a few things that will really help us out.

1) Make sure your video card drivers are updated MANUALLY. Sometimes the auto / windows update will say you are current, when you are not. Check your manufacturers website. This will fix some people's problems on the spot.

2) If your drivers are up to date, please let us know your full PC hardware specs.

3) Paste us any error messages or crash logs you encounter. If they're really long, you can use a service like

http://pastebin.com

.

We'll still be doing our best to respond to any issues over the long weekend, and once we're back in the office we'll be able to push a new build!

Other Potential Self Fixes:

Manual Video Card Driver Check:

http://forums.kleientertainment.com/showthread.php?1313-Don-t-Starve-on-Steam-Crash&p=10223&viewfull=1#post10223

USB Peripheral Check:

http://forums.kleientertainment.com/showthread.php?1289-Error-During-Initialization

Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Acer

Aspire M3203

5,9

Processor:

AMD

Athlon(ym) II

X4 635

Processor 2.90

GHz

RAM:

6,00 GB

My issue:

dontstarve_steam.exe has stopped working or in danish (dontstarve_steam.exe er hold op med at fungere)

plz help

[vadjok88 14]

Wow. That fixed it for me too. Thanks everyone!

Same resolved my problem! Thanks, guys!

[starvingformore12 10]

Hi everyone:

My game does the same thing, although I have a dell inspiron m5030 windows 7. It worked fine until this recent update. Now when I try to play it says it is not responding but windows can never find a solution to the problem. Any known bugs or solutions would be helpful. Thanks

[Atomicnick 10]

Tried the 2-step method with VCredist and stuff, tried uninstalling and re-installing. Still just goes to black screen with theme music. I'm on XP NVIDIA Geforce8800gt I believe. Worked before last patch, but not anymore. Any news?