Just purchased Star Wolves I and II through Steam, major error in the game

[Lorillomar]

Hello,

No matter what I do, my ships will not actually hit the enemies during combat, not even the stationary drones during the tutorial. I hear my guns firing from all my ships, but no tracers appear in the screen and the enemies are undamaged no matter how long I let it run. They are unable to hit me as well.

Thank you,


Dave

[Lorillomar]

Upon further experimentation, it appears that I can hit the enemies with missiles, but nothing else. All of my ships have appropriate weaponry enabled, so that should not be the problem.

[korpah]

eh, i have the game on steam as wel and encountered this as well

when you validate star wolves 1 youl see that 1 file is missing

but strangly enough when you load the game and load your profile the bug is there again (and the file gone again)

i reinstalled the game and it worked for me
despide me been a starwolve lover, i loved 1, but 2 just well basicly sucks, cause the game has ends out of nowhere (story) i tried to find some guides on the web but did not find any, so if anyone can help me with that (i picked the pirate path)

and ofc there more strange bugs wich for some reason is still not fixed.
i love the game but star wolves 2 has more bugs then 1 :s so i hope 3 is better

[korpah]

hmm sorry to say but this does not work

run game -> play -> exite game -> validate files -> download missing files -> run game - play game -> exite game -> files are gone again

each time you run and then exit and then vaildate some files are missing this is a steam problem already send support ticket i have this problem with star wolves 1 and 2

post a ticket as well

[Lorillomar]

Haven't had any problems yet with 2. Even in the tutorial, my ship can attack just fine. I will have to check the validation problem with Steam.

[Z3R0B4NG]

Same problem here!

Just bought Star Wolves 1 - 3 on Steam and in 1 my Ships cant fire, only yellow spots appear (muzzle flashes) and dont go away ever.
Ships dance arround each other, no one gets hurt, game is broken.

I also have that one file that allways disapears but you guys seem to be a little further then me here, i put a ticket on Steam also.

Also i have strange thin lines in space... looks like some leftover from the development tools.

some screens of it:

http://www.imagebanana.com/img/soxxqozz/StarWolves2010022613561215.jpg
http://www.imagebanana.com/img/rmj0zya/StarWolves2010022613555091.jpg
http://www.imagebanana.com/img/1oos22nv/StarWolves2010022613540461.jpg
http://www.imagebanana.com/img/em4iwkc/StarWolves2010022612490567.jpg
http://www.imagebanana.com/img/s1gmdbn2/StarWolves2010022612485249.jpg


Star Wolves 2 works fine i think (i can shoot at stuff and it takes damage in tutorial).
3 is not yet released, as expected, but it is listed as installed and i cant delete the fake entry.


Windows 7 x64

[korpah]

ye create a support ticket

and one for the star wolves 3 issue (did it as well)

rest is the same issue as me.

but vertifie the files from starwolves 2 and you see that alot are missing as well (31 by me)

and secondly starwolves 2 has a very strange end

[ReaperSpirit]

There was a post by the devs that says star wolves doesnt work with Windows 7, but Z3R0B4NG says Windows 7 x64 in his post.

Anyone knows if it works or not in Win 7 64?

[korpah]

the game it self runs without a problem (beside the star wolves own bugs)

but for some reason files (from the directory) are been removed

i think this is a pure steam problem but i cannot say for 100%
and then again windows 7 should make it posible to run it in windows xp? so that should fix that problem?

[Z3R0B4NG]

using Windows 7 Ultimate x64, UAC is not active, Admin Account and no XP compatibility stuff active, Star Wolves 1 and 2 run just fine...
besides that gamebreaking bug that my ships dont fire in Star Wolve 1.

Dont know maybe they did mean the CD version because of Starforce or something and Steam doesn't have that protection anymore? *just guessing*

[ReaperSpirit]

Thanks, now if they fix that bug, were good

[Z3R0B4NG]

so any news on any of your tickets? mine is still unanswered... :(

[asadexes]

Look at the day I opened this topic
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=2481
and wait

[korpah]

my steam ticket is still unawnsered as well (got 3 tickets >.>)

[Z3R0B4NG]

Look at the day I opened this topic
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=2481
and wait

it's one thing if they dont patch abandonware, it's another thing if they resell that game years later on Steam and it isn't even playable to begin with.

[asadexes]

it's one thing if they dont patch abandonware, it's another thing if they resell that game years later on Steam and it isn't even playable to begin with.

But togheter..... lol

[Z3R0B4NG]

i just tried two cracked .exe files from gamecopyworld (one for the english 1.0 and one for the russion 1.1) and my ships started shooting again with both of them! :evil:

...so this is NOT releated to the missing Steam File you all are talking about but to the f*cking Starforce protection that still did not get removed!

bad news though, the text is now all mumbo jumbo so the crack isn't a final solution for the steam version either.

http://s5b.directupload.net/images/100301/hywzaxqa.jpg

...

http://s3b.directupload.net/images/100301/b5mllq2q.jpg



...


Good Job protecting your software from your customers while Pirates get a working version.


NERDRAGE!!!

[asadexes]

Seems that 1C wants people doesn't buy his games

[korpah]

well what i do not get is that the do not patch the eu versions but the patch the russian versions :s cause star wolves 2 sucked balles cause of the buggs, wich have fixed in earlyer patches (not 100% shure)
thats what i do not get

[asadexes]

So i'll not buy this game 'till all bus are solved
simple

[Z3R0B4NG]

i just put in a steam support ticket that i want my money back, including a complete explenation what happened here.
they usually give your money back on pre-orders and since the game is not live yet... (today is releasedate but i guess it will take another 24 hours or so)
well let's see what happens.

[korpah]

ye i don't expect we can play today. and i am thinking of getting a refund as well. proably buying a game where the developers do not even spend time on patching is a mistake

[Nike-it]

Guys, Star Wolves 3 will be available on Steam in 7 hours. The release time is set according to US time. It is already available for purchase in European online shops.

[korpah]

ye thats true and after looking more into the game i will still play it but there are some problems with star wolves 1 and 2 on steam wich kinda suck, but well 1c company can't do anything about that i believe.

realy wana see how star wolves 3 is. but i think its still a very sad fact that the do not patch EU versions of star wolves 1 and 2 (i believe the did patch star wolves 1 but not shure)

cause there are great games wich some bugs wich should be "easy fixable"

[korpah]

and then again, steam has a problem and i know for 99% shure that we cannot play it today (it will release 9 pm in nl) cause the game was installed the moment i boughed it, and this bug happens with other games as well on steam the moment i saw it i made a support ticket (26 februari) but still no reply

so i think end of march i can play it

[mgarnett]

Hi Guys,

I just wanted to say I experienced the same bug with Windows 7 64 bit. I solved the problem by turning off UAC and getting STEAM to redowload the missing file. I started the game and it now works a treat.

I haven't turned UAC back on yet so I'm not sure if you need to leave it off, but in the interim if you want to play, just turn it off, reboot, download the missing file and start playing.

The bug is indeed due to the mssing file.

Cheers

Mark

[Khalan]

I got it working by turning on Windows 98 compatibility.

[Z3R0B4NG]

Just to let you guys know, for the lack of any support to this game, i opened a ticket with steam (before release) and got my money back!

They only do this if you opened a ticket BEFORE the release of a pre ordered game.

btw. UAC is the very first thing i deactivate after every Windows installation on my PC. I tried every compatibility mode the only thing that helped was a damn CRACK. :evil:

Everything is deleted now, i'm out,
cya at Star Trek Online!

[salucifer]

i'm playing Star Wolves 2 & i have difficulty in Mission " Spammers ".
i've come to position in Denn, i see a Large Transport Ship and i detroyed it but mission's not complete.
Who can save me how to solve !? :(
Thanks !