Steam update released, game doesn't start anymore

What have you done now Obsidian?

was just about to post this myself after some testing to try and get the game working

 

same for me. doesnt work anymore

 

all that happens when you click play on steam or try and run the dungeon siege 3.exe is a ms-dos prompt quickly appears on screen, disappears and then nothing.

 

the executable for dungeon siege 3 doesnt look right. no icon, like a standard dos application from years ago. somethings fubared somewhere.

 

edit - tried verifying cache. downloaded one file. didnt work. deleted dungeon siege 3.exe, steam redownloaded that file and it still doesnt work. its like the game now thinks its an ms-dos application.

steam verification keeps on saying 1 file failed to validate and downloads something for a split second on my 8megabit connection. but nothings changed.

Edited June 22, 2011 by brandysnap

says something like program is to big now. WTF?

says something like program is to big now. WTF?

 

I just posted a topic about this lol! Who releases an update without proper testing!!??! How retarded can you get?? SIGH @ OBSIDIAN!!!

says something like program is to big now. WTF?

 

I just posted a topic about this lol! Who releases an update without proper testing!!??! How retarded can you get?? SIGH @ OBSIDIAN!!!

 

I don't really think they noticed it considering they probably don't start the game with steam.

 

Still they should begin to do it. Both NV and now DSIII have massive problems with Steam.

Edited June 22, 2011 by C2B

says something like program is to big now. WTF?

 

I just posted a topic about this lol! Who releases an update without proper testing!!??! How retarded can you get?? SIGH @ OBSIDIAN!!!

 

I don't really think they noticed it considering they probably don't start the game with steam.

 

you cant start it from the game folder either. i tried double-clicking the dungeon siege 3.exe and it doesnt do anything at all except a quick command prompt window appearing.

reminds me of old DOS memory management

reminds me of old DOS memory management

 

ill dig out my old floppies with QEMM on them lol

Hey all,

 

We're rolling out a fix right now. Sorry for the issues!

a dev posted on steam that they are working on it.

 

*looks around blushing* good. noone saw.

 

good to see the devs posting here aswell.

Edited June 22, 2011 by brandysnap

reminds me of old DOS memory management

 

ill dig out my old floppies with QEMM on them lol

 

I had the same idea, dug out the floppies and then... no floppy-disk-drive in my current PC....

 

But to be serious:

After the failed start some days ago, when we couldn't launch an installation from retail-DVD because the game "is not released yet" now this.

I just wonder, what comes next

Hey all,

 

We're rolling out a fix right now. Sorry for the issues!

 

How about some patch notes too

 

Okay, fix downloaded, now it works again.

 

Any chance we get a patch log? What has been changed?

This worked for me on Win7 x64, YMMV:

 

Exit Steam

 

Find the DS3 .exe in Steam\steamapps\common\dungeon siege iii

 

Note it doesn't have the DS3 icon

 

Rename the .exe, to say Dungeon Siege IIIOld

 

Start Steam and wait for it to grab the .exe again

 

Note that the .exe now has the right icon

 

Play...

 

Hope this helps,

 

Rich

This worked for me on Win7 x64, YMMV:

 

Exit Steam

 

Find the DS3 .exe in Steam\steamapps\common\dungeon siege iii

 

Note it doesn't have the DS3 icon

 

Rename the .exe, to say Dungeon Siege IIIOld

 

Start Steam and wait for it to grab the .exe again

 

Note that the .exe now has the right icon

 

Play...

 

Hope this helps,

 

Rich

 

I can start it normally now, but can't see any changes at all (SP).

Hmm... my copy has not been patched yet. Is this update no more available?

Hmm... my copy has not been patched yet. Is this update no more available?

 

try restarting steam and see if the patch downloads then

 

if that doesnt work then verify the game integrity in the steam menu

Edited June 22, 2011 by brandysnap

I already did that. No patch.

Why I like to play in offline mode...

 

Anyone know what this is supposed to do? Can you remap the keys yet?

A new update again?

Stupidist thing the developer could decide, letting Steam do the install. There's been nothing but problem after problem.

Stupidist thing the developer could decide, letting Steam do the install. There's been nothing but problem after problem.

 

You mean the publisher. Developer does not dictate whether the game will use Steam or not.

Stupidist thing the developer could decide, letting Steam do the install. There's been nothing but problem after problem.

 

You mean the publisher. Developer does not dictate whether the game will use Steam or not.

 

Ok, I don't know much about who does what.

Hello i bought dungeon siege 3 during this sale on steam last week i have the same issue , i run the game nothing happens , have they fixed this issue ?

Dead game, dead forum. The just steal our money.