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harmless_kittens

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I'm still at work, but I got a message from my son that he can't open the game now.  He is not happy.

 

He says that Steam acts like it is opening it, but then nothing happens.  The only thing that has changed is that we did download LOTR Online last night.  Would that make this game mess up like this?

 

If I found a way to delete the game and reinstall it, would we still have all our stuff when we logged in again?

 

Thanks for the advice!



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Yeah, right click, select "Delete local content." Everything of note, aside from UI configuration, is stored server-side.



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Loads up just fine for me, must be an issue with your system at home.

And yes you would still have all your stuff even if you uninstalled the game. All that information is kept on the servers so you have nothing to worry about there.

I'd try restarting Steam and your system to see if that works.



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I've experienced this issue. A buddy helped me address it by having me execute Hawken from another executable within the Hawken Steam filepath, but I can't remember the filepath or the name of the executable. I've PM'd him to see if he'd be willing to hop in this thread and clear things up for you.


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If the reinstall does not work, try running the game executable directly. It can be found in your steam folder under  \steamapps\common\Hawken\Binaries\Win32\HawkenGame-Win32-Shipping.exe


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This worked for me when Hawken wouldnt start for me a couple weeks back:

 

https://community.pl...topped-working/

 

"go to documents>my games>hawken>hawkengame, and delete the folder 'config'. it often gets corrupted, and is not removed while uninstalling. dont worry, once you run the game, it'll come back, no harm done"


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I've experienced this issue. A buddy helped me address it by having me execute Hawken from another executable within the Hawken Steam filepath, but I can't remember the filepath or the name of the executable. I've PM'd him to see if he'd be willing to hop in this thread and clear things up for you.

 

If this is the buddy with the car, that's not going to be possible.



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If this is the buddy with the car, that's not going to be possible.

 

The buddy with an... automatic mustang?


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The buddy with an... automatic mustang?

Nope, carry on.



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He says that Steam acts like it is opening it, but then nothing happens.  The only thing that has changed is that we did download LOTR Online last night.  Would that make this game mess up like this?


Common reoccurring issue with Hawken. The engine ini configuration files have been corrupted. Unknown cause.
 

If I found a way to delete the game and reinstall it, would we still have all our stuff when we logged in again?


Waste of time, uninstalling and reinstalling won't repair the corrupted config located outside of the game files. What you have to do is delete the configs and let the game recreate them for you.

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If this is the buddy with the car, that's not going to be possible.

 
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This worked for me when Hawken wouldnt start for me a couple weeks back:

 

https://community.pl...topped-working/

 

"go to documents>my games>hawken>hawkengame, and delete the folder 'config'. it often gets corrupted, and is not removed while uninstalling. dont worry, once you run the game, it'll come back, no harm done"

worked for me as well when Hawken refused to launch.

Also it's much faster done then reinstalling the whole game, plus the config is is not deleted when you delete the local properties via steam, so for me the error was still there after I reinstalled.


Edited by Pleasure_Mortar, 10 February 2016 - 12:16 PM.


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Did any of the suggestions help? If so, please inform us. 

Your solution may help others in the future.


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I uninstalled the game and reinstalled and it worked.  I had not read some of these other suggestions yet, so if it happens again I'll try those first.  Thanks.






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