It wont work no matter what i do....

I bought the game at direct2drive and installed it last night (even though I took me 4 tries before it went through) I still haven't been able to play one single game yet, because the ****ing game crashes all the time. I've followed all the instructions that SI thinks will fix the problem, I've update where I need to update and all the other things. and the game still doesn't work... I'M GETTING REALLY ****ED... SI FIX IT NOW.... I really need help.. any advice

if you want help.... maybe you should tell us your extact problem and give us a little help so we can help you

Any advice? Maybe tell us what the problem is...

It's your problem, not SI's. Get a better PC.

Any advice? Maybe tell us what the problem is...

Sorry guys....

Sometimes It wont even start up, so I have launching problemes. When I'm able to get into the game, it crashes and the message "Football manager 2010 10.1.0f84847 has stopped working"

might it be direct x problem?

as said: update directX

and this one is also worth trying:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0856EACB-4362-4B0D-8EDD-AAB15C5E04F5&displaylang=en

hope this helps

i wish people would read topics at the top .... it might stop this stupid whinging and if they dont help just wait it out a day and most problems get fixed

as said: update directX

and this one is also worth trying:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0856EACB-4362-4B0D-8EDD-AAB15C5E04F5&displaylang=en

hope this helps

Already got the directX update... so that's not it:-(

Already got the directX update... so that's not it:-(

the link I gave you is for the microsoft .NET Framework version 2.0 : download and install.

Hopefully it will work:

to which version do you update directX?

and did you do a restart of the computer after updating?

m8 i had that problem (blue screen before game then crash dump?) but I tried it in just 2D mode and it works (2D is better than nothing.... try that (just load it up and select any team and play friendly straight away), when you play your first game you may get a box keep coming up saying you have line1 problems, just keep pressing ok and play the game THEN quit the game, reload and then start the game properly, the problems are then gone and can play in the proper windows selection (cus this will change when you try it first).....

P.s my problem I believe is my graphics card needs updating but im thick a ***** so aye bother'd trying to attempt it

Could you list everything you've tried? I know you say you've done everything but you nay have missed something and this would help us to give a potential solution

I've downloaded the lastest directX and microsoft.net framework 2... and the game still crashes

1) Start steam, right click "Football Manager 2010"

2) A menu will come up, and you must click on "properties"

3) Then choose "Local files"

4) Click on "Verify integrity of game cache"

5) After its has finished verifying, it should start counting down from 20(?)) i believe, and then a blacked out option of "play game" should come up, click that, and of you go!

credit: Forza_Milan (neoseeker forums)

Have you/ how did you patch the game?

1) Start steam, right click "Football Manager 2010"

2) A menu will come up, and you must click on "properties"

3) Then choose "Local files"

4) Click on "Verify integrity of game cache"

5) After its has finished verifying, it should start counting down from 20(?)) i believe, and then a blacked out option of "play game" should come up, click that, and of you go!

credit: Forza_Milan (neoseeker forums)

Would love to do that. Only problem is that I used direct2drive:-)

I've downloaded the lastest directX and microsoft.net framework 2... and the game still crashes

stupid question; but you did restart the computer after installing DirectX and microsoft .NET framework, right?

What are your hardware specs?

I've never used Direct2Drive, but if they have a forum/support centre, try asking in there?