The XCOM Thread: HOW DOES SNEK KICK DOOR?!

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Josef bugman: Nov 17, 2011; Pictured: Poster prepares to celebrate Holy Communion (probablY)

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That's a gently caress tonne of chrysalids.

# ¿ Jan 28, 2016 20:15

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Josef bugman: Nov 17, 2011; Pictured: Poster prepares to celebrate Holy Communion (probablY)

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I think this was on impossible, but still gently caress a doodle do.

# ¿ Jan 28, 2016 21:07

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Its more than likely that beagle will rise on the third day and present us all with strategies to beat back the Aliens with.

# ¿ Jan 28, 2016 21:38

Josef bugman: Nov 17, 2011; Pictured: Poster prepares to celebrate Holy Communion (probablY)

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So I have a rather old laptop. I mean its okay and it runs Xcom just dandy apart from the cutscenes (for no adequately explicable reason), do you think it'll be okay for X com 2?

# ¿ Jan 30, 2016 09:09

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The Iron Rose posted:

define "old laptop"

Because I wouldn't want to run EW on anything less than Haswell integrated graphics. Xcom 2 will probably want a discrete card unless you're willing to turn down the resolution to like 720p.

I erm... I am bad at computers, its 3 years old and apparently my processor is as follows: Intel Core i5-2450M CPU @ 2.50 GHZ

6 gig of ram, and I don't know how it works properly. sorry.

# ¿ Jan 31, 2016 01:08

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The Iron Rose posted:

It won't be pleasant. Buy it on steam! You have two hours in which you can submit a refund request if your laptop can't run the game.

I am getting x-com as a birthday present for my little brother anyway as we both have steam, so it should be fine anyway. But as in "unpleasent" do you mean "crappy graphics" or "everything is terrible forever".

# ¿ Jan 31, 2016 08:33

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Can you imagine if they started actually playing rules of nature as your ranger approached them?

# ¿ Jan 31, 2016 22:41

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I think you might be having a stroke mate. Try lifting both arms above your head and if you can't do that call your local emergency number.

# ¿ Feb 1, 2016 01:23

Josef bugman: Nov 17, 2011; Pictured: Poster prepares to celebrate Holy Communion (probablY)

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I can't wait to see X-COM LIVES! Slogans on the walls of cities.

# ¿ Feb 1, 2016 13:51

Josef bugman: Nov 17, 2011; Pictured: Poster prepares to celebrate Holy Communion (probablY)

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Oh sweet jesus Beagle is completely insane.

# ¿ Feb 1, 2016 15:54

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Gods I can't wait for this game. 4 days to go!

# ¿ Feb 1, 2016 16:48

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I now have to stop watching the stream because beags just done got hosed.

# ¿ Feb 1, 2016 16:58

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I wonder if the devs sent a special "get hosed" copy to beags' house.

# ¿ Feb 1, 2016 18:26

Josef bugman: Nov 17, 2011; Pictured: Poster prepares to celebrate Holy Communion (probablY)

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Yeahhhh I'm going to be playing this on "hard" as opposed to impossible. Though Beags doesn't seem to have adapted his playstyle as much to the new paradigm of "rush poo poo and stop overwatching". If anything the new style of map set up might actually help new players better than people who are used to slowly popping pods.

# ¿ Feb 1, 2016 19:08

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splifyphus posted:

Pretty stoked to see a famous LPer with dozens of hours logged in the game go down in flames on his first campaign in the full version. You're hosed, beagleman!

He didn't help himself by basically abandoning 3 of his best men in an effort to keep one alive.

# ¿ Feb 1, 2016 19:37

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Yeah if I am playing Legendary the fuckers are getting left behind.

# ¿ Feb 1, 2016 19:47

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Beagle seems to be very sure of himself on the strat layer. I am unconvinced, but we'll wait and see.

# ¿ Feb 1, 2016 20:58

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I quite like the "Remember that overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer" quote in the chat when he set off the beacon.

# ¿ Feb 1, 2016 21:26

Josef bugman: Nov 17, 2011; Pictured: Poster prepares to celebrate Holy Communion (probablY)

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I think this is going to take a while, even with my reasonable internet speeds it's still saying that it'll take about 8 hours.

Welp I needed to go out and grab a mouse anyway. See you all later!

# ¿ Feb 3, 2016 19:34

Josef bugman: Nov 17, 2011; Pictured: Poster prepares to celebrate Holy Communion (probablY)

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Okay, just got to wait till 11, made up all of my lunches for the next few days, going to be tidying my room and got a nice glass of beer ready and waiting. Going to be a nice evening in.

# ¿ Feb 4, 2016 21:28

Josef bugman: Nov 17, 2011; Pictured: Poster prepares to celebrate Holy Communion (probablY)

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It's now 23.01 guys, why can I not get into X-com in the UK, I thought the sheet said we'd have access to it by now!

# ¿ Feb 5, 2016 00:02

Josef bugman: Nov 17, 2011; Pictured: Poster prepares to celebrate Holy Communion (probablY)

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I have, but its not doing anything!

# ¿ Feb 5, 2016 00:05

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I think we may have been mislead and it's going to be 12.01 fellow UK goons.

# ¿ Feb 5, 2016 00:16

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tarbrush posted:

Yessssssss

Not an empty quote.

# ¿ Feb 5, 2016 00:18

Josef bugman: Nov 17, 2011; Pictured: Poster prepares to celebrate Holy Communion (probablY)

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I can't seem to get it to open, after opening it from the little menu button it just sort of goes to a black screen and hangs there.

# ¿ Feb 5, 2016 07:07

Josef bugman: Nov 17, 2011; Pictured: Poster prepares to celebrate Holy Communion (probablY)

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I tried to look up a solution but it said that the steam servers were too busy to process my request which was error 41. Can anyone help, I am really confused!

# ¿ Feb 5, 2016 07:28

Josef bugman: Nov 17, 2011; Pictured: Poster prepares to celebrate Holy Communion (probablY)

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Okay I've tried re verifying the games cache and it just keeps showing up a thing about a single file being downloaded and then nothing happens. Is anyone else have any trouble like this where the game won't even open?

I really don't want to redownload the entire game for 8 hours again.

# ¿ Feb 5, 2016 09:01

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Elliotw2 posted:

Are your graphics drivers and Windows completely up to date?

I think so? I restarted my computer last night to get any updates. But how would I know?

# ¿ Feb 5, 2016 09:07

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Elliotw2 posted:

Are your graphics drivers and Windows completely up to date?

It also keeps saying that I need to finish installing stuff, but it then keeps breaking. Going to try the old "turn it off turn it on again" trick and see what happens.

Edit: Exactly the same, nothing has changed and time is a flat circle.

Josef bugman fucked around with this message at 09:45 on Feb 5, 2016

# ¿ Feb 5, 2016 09:31

Josef bugman: Nov 17, 2011; Pictured: Poster prepares to celebrate Holy Communion (probablY)

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Still can't get it to work and got a somewhat generic email from Take 2 about it.

Sad, I want to be killing aliens now!

quote:

Thank you for contacting 2K Customer Support and for your interest in XCOM 2.

I'm sorry that you're experiencing this crash issue and would be more than happy to assist. I understand that you are experiencing issues with your PC; I'm a long time PC gamer myself and a big fan and gamer of XCOM as well and I want to help you with this as best can and I can definitely understand how an issue with your game could be a cause for concern.

The first bits of troubleshooting I would suggest are the following:

Verifying the integrity of the Steam game cache

Load Steam
From the Library section, right-click on the game and select �Properties� from the menu
Select the �Local files� tab and click the �Verify integrity of game cache� button
Steam will match the local files to the cloud files, and fix any errors it encounters

Refresh your steam files

Completely exit the Steam client.
Open the run dialogue by pressing windows key + r (you can also navigate here from the start menu by typing run).
Type steam://flushconfig then press enter. (If asked to allow this website to open a program, please click Allow or OK).
Restart your computer.
Now, launch Steam directly from the installation folder, not from a pre-existing shortcut (~C:\program files (x86)\Steam).
The Steam application will either appear as Steam or Steam.exe depending on whether your settings show file extensions.

Uninstall and Reinstall the game completely

There is a possibility that some of the files which are installed during the setup process are incomplete or corrupted. Try uninstalling the game completely and reinstalling it under its default or express settings.

Reinstalling DirectX

In your Steam folder for the game you�re having trouble with, there will be typically be a DirectX setup package.
Example file path: C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\XCOM 2\ _CommonRedist\DirectX\Jun2010
Find and run DXSETUP.exe
Reboot the computer (mandatory)

Reinstalling Vcredist

Navigate to your game�s steam folder � there will be two Vcredist folders.
C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\XCOM 2 \ _CommonRedist\vcredist\2012
C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\XCOM 2 \ _CommonRedist\vcredist\2013
Find and Run vcredist_x86.exe in both folders
Find and Run vcredist_x64.exe in both folders
Should the files already be installed, you will be prompted to either �uninstall� or �repair�. Choose �repair�.
Reboot the computer (mandatory)

Reinstalling Microsoft .NET

Navigate to your game�s steam folder � there will be a DotNet folder.
C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\XCOM 2 \ _CommonRedist\DotNet\4.5.1
Find and Run NDP451-KB2872776-x86-x64-AllOS-ENU.exe
Should the file already be installed, you will be prompted to either �uninstall� or �repair�. Choose �repair�.
Reboot the computer (mandatory)

If that doesn't resolve the issue, I would like to gather some more information about your computer.

For this information we will need to see your DXDiag and MSinfo files.

To get these files:
1) Close all open applications
2) Press the Windows key +'R' on your keyboard > Type dxdiag > Click OK > Click Save all information
3) Press the Windows key +'R' on your keyboard > Type msinfo32 > Click OK > Select File and then EXPORT and save the file as a text file(*.txt)
4) A screenshot/video of any error messages that you might be getting.

To take a screenshot:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/use-snipping-tool-to-capture-screen-shots
Log in to your support ticket and then select the "attach file" option under the comments box to attach the files to your case. Alternatively respond to this email with the files attached.
Once we receive this information, we will research your issue and update your ticket.
Should you have any additional questions or concerns related to our 2K titles, please do not hesitate to contact us again!

Thank you,
Kind regards,
Jalal N.
2K Support

If anyone else has any advice I would really appreciate it. I've already reverified the cache so will just wait to download now.

# ¿ Feb 5, 2016 18:54

Josef bugman: Nov 17, 2011; Pictured: Poster prepares to celebrate Holy Communion (probablY)

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More in the continuing saga of game not working, reinstall did nothing, trying to reverify the cache again and then going to go through the other efforts.

Has anyone heard anything about a stop to the constant black screen death when you can't even load up the game? Because it's really starting to get on my wick.

# ¿ Feb 6, 2016 00:11

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Does anyone know anything about potential fix patches? I am stuck staring at a blank screen after a good deal of time trying to get this game to work.

When I reverify the cache it tells me that 1 file failed to validate itself, but I've reinstalled the game twice now, any help at all guys?

Josef bugman fucked around with this message at 02:06 on Feb 6, 2016

# ¿ Feb 6, 2016 02:01

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ZearothK posted:

I got this issue first time I booted because it turns out the game defaulted to my onboard videocard instead of the dedicated one, so try that if you're on a laptop.

I am, how do I do that?

Also I am not sure I even have a dedicated one, but any advice would be appreciated, I've tried everything short of goat sacrifice at this point.

# ¿ Feb 6, 2016 02:13

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ZearothK posted:

Try to find the software for your card (I don't know, look for AMD or NVIDIA between your programs), that will usually have power options for certain programs, setting XCOM 2 for high power or something like that should do it if there is a dedicated card in the machine.

Going to keep trying, but this is not working at the moment. Sorry.

# ¿ Feb 6, 2016 02:30

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Very good, some bugs, people don't like then do like timed missions.

There are a few annoying bugs that haven't been patched that are causing bother on the steam forums.

# ¿ Feb 6, 2016 02:52

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Guys, there still doesn't seem to be a fix for getting xcom to work from the screen death thing. I know other people are having the same difficulty on steam, and I know I've been gone about this a lot, but is there anything people could suggest that would help?

# ¿ Feb 6, 2016 10:16

Josef bugman: Nov 17, 2011; Pictured: Poster prepares to celebrate Holy Communion (probablY)

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Okay guys I am sorry to keep harping on about this, but I am getting nothing back from 2k's forums, their support service, steam or anywhere else, does anyone know somewhere I can keep an eye out for possible solutions to "X com 2 will not open and goes to black screen" I don't even mean immediately I'd just like to find a place I could check and see if it has the update.

I really am sorry about this, but I am just a little frustrated.

# ¿ Feb 6, 2016 15:19

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Underwhelmed posted:

It did this to me once, and I had to log out of the desktop to get it unlocked. It has never done that to me again though. Maybe I dodged a bullet?

I think you may well have done, I've done everything from reverifying the cache to changing which graphics card is being used to turn the whole machine off and on again. Nothing seems to work.

# ¿ Feb 6, 2016 16:12

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poptart_fairy posted:

One of my supposedly injured specialists is dicking around on the command deck. I know it's you, Najaur, those glasses are not very discrete!

On that note I'm spending an inordinate amount of time "upgrading" my soldiers' appearance as they level up, and compose a suitably in character epitaph for when they eventually get dropped. As Rookies they have basic resistance armour; Squaddies earn class appropriate colours and loosely co-ordinated clothing. One higher level than that they earn the right to have a hat, etc etc. It's an incredibly loving nerdy level of continuity but I love it so much.

My only rule is that outside of character pool soldiers I won't touch their physical customization beyond hair/tattoos/scarring.

Hey, what's up red ranger/green grenadier buddy.

Thats probably the best way to have it. Though I can't wait for the inevitable "increase your stats around the base by assigning your soldiers to rooms to practice" mod.

Still not working, I am still here trying to reverify and assuming that support services do not work on weekends.

Defiant Sally posted:

Is there a solution for the game crashing (or not even starting) on launch?

Not yet and I have been trying for days.

Josef bugman fucked around with this message at 21:08 on Feb 6, 2016

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You can change your home region to intel by bringing up the menu that let's you buy scientists from there every month or so.

# ¿ Feb 6, 2016 22:06

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