thebigman1985 Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Just trying to load football manager and i get an error box that says; "Fatal Error: Failed to load platform modules" what's this all about? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim_Cdy Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Just been told on MSN that the Steam platform has recently been updated. Something like that could affect data integraty. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carradona Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 check steam for updates. File > Check for updates on the main window Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kvakkis Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 I have this problem today for the first time as well. I'm unable to check for updates as I can't get in to Steam in the first place; regardless of whether I try and start the game or just Steam the same error msg comes up. Anyone found a solution to this? The solution proposed on the Steam forum does NOT work... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigman1985 Posted April 29, 2010 Author Share Posted April 29, 2010 ^^^same mate, tried the registry language change thing and it diddn't work maybe it will later as steam is updated Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giovanni Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 I guess this is more of a technical question and a Steam one actually, but since I 've had it happen to me too, I might as well answer this... DISCLAIMER: the procedure below requires to mess with the steam client (delete a file). I'm pretty sure its safe and it has worked on my computer with no ill effects, but that was just about 2 hours ago, so it's not a totally safe bet... Proceed at YOUR OWN RISK!! I guess the steam update broke something and the steam client (as a whole and not just fm) can't even start... To fix this: - Make sure that no instance of Steam is running or attempting to load, i.e. close all games (if any) based on Steam and check the Processes tab in Task Manager to make sure that there is no Steam.exe process. If there is, kill the process (right click -> End Process) - Go to the folder where you have installed Steam (I think the default is C:\Program Files\Steam). There you will see (among others) a folder named 'steamapps' (without the quotes) and inside that a file named 'winui.gcf' (again without the quotes). - Create a copy of that file (put in on your desktop or some other place you will remember), and then delete it from the 'steamapps' folder. - Start the steam client. It should automatically recreate the 'winui.gcf' file and the client window should launch... Some updates may paused but that's normal... Un-pause them and let them finish... There might also be a message about a Steam client update that has been downloaded and that the Steam client needs to restart for it to be applied... Do as told... - You are done... Check that everything works as expected (you might want to wait for a couple of days) and then you can delete (if you want) the backup copy of 'winui.gcf'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymondafc Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Just did what Giovani said. Worked a treat:thup: Cheers! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kvakkis Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 I guess this is more of a technical question and a Steam one actually, but since I 've had it happen to me too, I might as well answer this...QUOTE] Thanks a million, it worked! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markproud Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Giovanni you have saved a lan game that was 17 days long, i love you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigman1985 Posted May 1, 2010 Author Share Posted May 1, 2010 giovanni, thank u very much Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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