Lanfeust Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 I just bought the game, and I waited like 30 min because it kept saying Download starting but nothing actually ever downloaded. So I click on Play which the option was there all the time and a pop-out saying Preparing to launch Football Manager 2011... and it freezes after like 10 seconds every single time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Ant Farley Posted November 5, 2010 SI Staff Share Posted November 5, 2010 Has it actually downloaded? If it has try restarting Steam and launching the game again Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanfeust Posted November 5, 2010 Author Share Posted November 5, 2010 No it just keep saying Download starting after like 30 min nothing happens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
s33r Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 No it just keep saying Download starting after like 30 min nothing happens. Kinda odd. I did have a minor issue with Steam when it downloaded the extra little bit to unlock the game. I had to launch FM11 again for it to start the game but your issue sounds markedly different. Have you got the option, in the right-click menu to delete local content? If so try it as it will make Steam clear everything out and then download afresh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanfeust Posted November 5, 2010 Author Share Posted November 5, 2010 It just says like in the top left corner Download starting... but when I click on the Download tab it does not show any downloads. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
s33r Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 It just says like in the top left corner Download starting... but when I click on the Download tab it does not show any downloads. Did you pre-load FM11? Mine did download, albeit rather quickly, the extra unlock stuff and I had to re-launch. Do you have the option to remove local content? What happens if you close Steam and re-open? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanfeust Posted November 5, 2010 Author Share Posted November 5, 2010 Well it does give me the option, says Uninstalling Football Manager 2011..... and than boom freezes after 10 seconds. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Ant Farley Posted November 5, 2010 SI Staff Share Posted November 5, 2010 Sounds like an odd one. The download doesn't start at all? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
s33r Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Well it does give me the option, says Uninstalling Football Manager 2011..... and than boom freezes after 10 seconds. The plot thickens.. are you getting any crash messages? Edit: Something to try if you're daring. With only Steam up (so don't try running FM11 or uninstall just yet) run Terminal and type "top" without quotations. What are the processes that are running? Oh and to cancel out of top use ctrl+c Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanfeust Posted November 5, 2010 Author Share Posted November 5, 2010 No, just freezes. Like on a iMac just shows the freezing signal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Ant Farley Posted November 5, 2010 SI Staff Share Posted November 5, 2010 If you go to the following location is there a 'Sports Interactive' folder? User > Library > Application Support > Steam > SteamApps > Common If so could you try deleting it and starting the download in Steam again Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanfeust Posted November 5, 2010 Author Share Posted November 5, 2010 I would have to force quit and than I have the option to report the error to Apple. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
s33r Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 If you go to the following location is there a 'Sports Interactive' folder?User > Application Support > Steam > SteamApps > Common If so could you try deleting it and starting the download in Steam again Or try this, far less scary than top I would have to force quit and than I have the option to report the error to Apple. Could you and post the dump information? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanfeust Posted November 5, 2010 Author Share Posted November 5, 2010 There is a Sports Interactive folder but it's empty. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanfeust Posted November 5, 2010 Author Share Posted November 5, 2010 I deleted the folder, now when I reopen steam it says Download preparing instead of Download starting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Ant Farley Posted November 5, 2010 SI Staff Share Posted November 5, 2010 Can you try removing it and start the download again please. Apologies for this inconvenience Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
s33r Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 I deleted the folder, now when I reopen steam it says Download preparing instead of Download starting. Fingers crossed it'll download FM11 again for you. Sounds like nothing was being downloaded. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanfeust Posted November 5, 2010 Author Share Posted November 5, 2010 Now it shows on the download tab the actual game. But when I click resume nothing happens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Ant Farley Posted November 5, 2010 SI Staff Share Posted November 5, 2010 I deleted the folder, now when I reopen steam it says Download preparing instead of Download starting. Is there anything happening in the downloads section now? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanfeust Posted November 5, 2010 Author Share Posted November 5, 2010 It just change to Download starting again, and it disappear from the download tab. Back from starting point.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
s33r Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 It just change to Download starting again, and it disappear from the download tab. Back from starting point.... Is there still nothing in the Sports Interactive folder in SteamApps? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Ant Farley Posted November 5, 2010 SI Staff Share Posted November 5, 2010 This is really odd, have you ever experienced this issue with other games on Steam? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanfeust Posted November 5, 2010 Author Share Posted November 5, 2010 First time using steam. Only bother using it because of this game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KUBI Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Did you make a restart of your mac? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanfeust Posted November 5, 2010 Author Share Posted November 5, 2010 The folder that I had deleted was in the applications folder. Not in any steam folder, but not it does not even appear. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
s33r Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Don't suppose you can post up a screenshot of what is, or isn't happening? Clear the Sports Interactive folder from SteamApps > Common and take screenshots along the way? I think I follow what's going on but there's nothing like telling a story with pictures Edit: Just a thought but after deleting the SI folder last time did you close and then re-open Steam or did you just go ahead and tried again? If the latter, try removing the folder, close Steam, re-open and see what happens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Ant Farley Posted November 5, 2010 SI Staff Share Posted November 5, 2010 Have you looked in User > Library > Application Support > Steam > SteamApps > Common yet? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KUBI Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 /Users/*YOURUSERNAME*/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/football manager 2011 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanfeust Posted November 5, 2010 Author Share Posted November 5, 2010 http://img830.imageshack.us/i/screenshot20101104at854.png/ Those 2 files I had just deleted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
s33r Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 http://img830.imageshack.us/i/screenshot20101104at854.png/Those 2 files I had just deleted. Okay, close Steam. Go to Finder > Your User > Library > Application Support > Steam > SteamApps > Common And delete the Sports Interactive Folder (empty the trash as well maybe?) Re-open Steam and attempt to download FM11 again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanfeust Posted November 5, 2010 Author Share Posted November 5, 2010 I close/reopen steam every time I do something different... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
s33r Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 I close/reopen steam every time I do something different... Fair do's so what I posted above is what you did earlier? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanfeust Posted November 5, 2010 Author Share Posted November 5, 2010 I deleted steam, and anything that has to do with FM. Re-installed Steam and than gives me the option to install FM11. Now it looks like it is actually downloading.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
s33r Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 I deleted steam, and anything that has to do with FM. Re-installed Steam and than gives me the option to install FM11. Now it looks like it is actually downloading.... Crossing my fingers again then, hopefully this time it'll work Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Ant Farley Posted November 5, 2010 SI Staff Share Posted November 5, 2010 Keep us posted Lanfeust, hopefully its sorted this time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Ant Farley Posted November 5, 2010 SI Staff Share Posted November 5, 2010 Any luck now? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanfeust Posted November 5, 2010 Author Share Posted November 5, 2010 Am able to play now, but for some reason am not able to make the screen of the game smaller like the other games I play. Usually does the trick with command+m. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Ant Farley Posted November 5, 2010 SI Staff Share Posted November 5, 2010 Glad you've got it running now. What do you mean by "make the screen of the game smaller" though? Do you mean running in windowed mode? If so press Shift + Cmd + f to toggle between full screen and windowed modes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanfeust Posted November 5, 2010 Author Share Posted November 5, 2010 Ok thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
s33r Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Glad to hear all is okay now enjoy FM11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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