Mo.AMM Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 I woke up and opened Steam and clicked on FM12 a little box launches very quickly with: FM12 is starting or something but it never starts. Please help Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Neil Brock Posted October 27, 2011 Administrators Share Posted October 27, 2011 We've just released a patch, it sounds as though it's downloading before the game launches. May be worth restarting your Steam if the download has completed and you still can't launch. Let us know how you get on, thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashworth Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 I have tried that but still no avail. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Neil Brock Posted October 27, 2011 Administrators Share Posted October 27, 2011 Make sure the download has completed (there should be a blue bar across the bottom of the screen updating). If it has and the game still won't launch after restarting, please read the following - http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/279162-Football-Manager-2012-*OFFICIAL*-FAQ?p=7184717&viewfull=1#post7184717 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo.AMM Posted October 27, 2011 Author Share Posted October 27, 2011 There is no blue bar across the bottom of the screen and I tried the ClientregistryOld.blob trick so I tried this step 4. Exit Steam and delete everything except SteamApps under the Steam installation directory, ~/Library/Application Support/Steam, this will force Steam to update when you log in and restarted Steam but it says download starting in yellow next to the game and when I click play It brings up a Steam error The steam servers are too busy to handle my request etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Dejyothin Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 There is no blue bar across the bottom of the screen and I tried the ClientregistryOld.blob trick so I tried this step4. Exit Steam and delete everything except SteamApps under the Steam installation directory, ~/Library/Application Support/Steam, this will force Steam to update when you log in and restarted Steam but it says download starting in yellow next to the game and when I click play It brings up a Steam error The steam servers are too busy to handle my request etc. If it says "download starting" then you need to wait for that process to happen and complete before you attempt to play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo.AMM Posted October 27, 2011 Author Share Posted October 27, 2011 So I can't play the game I bought until the Steam servers aren't too busy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Ant Farley Posted October 27, 2011 SI Staff Share Posted October 27, 2011 Have you tried verifying your cache files Mo.AMM? To do this right-click FM in your Steam library and select 'Properties' followed by 'Local Files' and use the 'Verify Integrity of Local Cache' option Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashworth Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Right click on the game title in steam, go to properties, click local files, then verify the integrity of game files. That worked for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo.AMM Posted October 27, 2011 Author Share Posted October 27, 2011 So I did that and all files were succesfully validated but when I click play the Steam error still comes up. "The steam servers are currently too busy to handle your request. Please try again in a few minutes." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Dejyothin Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 So I can't play the game I bought until the Steam servers aren't too busy. You wouldn't be able to play any game while it's trying to update itself, it just needs a little patience. How are you getting on at the moment? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Dejyothin Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 So I did that and all files were succesfully validated but when I click play the Steam error still comes up."The steam servers are currently too busy to handle your request. Please try again in a few minutes." This suggests to me that the game is still updating itself, even once it has downloaded the files it has to install in the background. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo.AMM Posted October 27, 2011 Author Share Posted October 27, 2011 It kept saying "The steam servers are currently too busy to handle your request. Please try again in a few minutes." so I just deleted the local content and tried to install it again and guess what "The steam servers are currently too busy to handle your request. Please try again in a few minutes." Whatever I guess I'll just go and sob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Neil Brock Posted October 27, 2011 Administrators Share Posted October 27, 2011 Please just be patient with this, the game needs to update correctly. Reinstalling just means it'll have to download the update again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Dejyothin Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 It kept saying "The steam servers are currently too busy to handle your request. Please try again in a few minutes." so I just deleted the local content and tried to install it again and guess what"The steam servers are currently too busy to handle your request. Please try again in a few minutes." Whatever I guess I'll just go and sob It's possible you've corrupted something by doing that, though you may still want to wait another 5-10 minutes to be sure. In this case, if your problems don't go away the best suggestion would be to delete all local content from within Steam and reinstall to be sure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo.AMM Posted October 27, 2011 Author Share Posted October 27, 2011 I've deleted all local content and tried to reinstall but still the same error. I'm sorry I'm not a patient person. I must've f*cked something up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Raupach Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 I tried to start the game via Steam this morning on my MBP but it did not load. So after several tries I uninstalled it, and now when I want to install it I get the message the Steam servers are too busy. I bought a CD game, not some download...come on guys. Everything worked fine since friday and I didn't change anything and all of a sudden it doesn't work anymore. Not good... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Neil Brock Posted October 27, 2011 Administrators Share Posted October 27, 2011 There was no need to uninstall, you just have to be patient with the updates. If you leave Steam for a few minutes and look in your Steam game library, you should be able to see whether it's downloading the files or not. If it has finished, I'd suggest restarting Steam, making sure it's no longer updating and then verifying your cache as described here - http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/279162-Football-Manager-2012-*OFFICIAL*-FAQ?p=7184719&viewfull=1#post7184719 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Raupach Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 There was no need to uninstall, you just have to be patient with the updates. If you leave Steam for a few minutes and look in your Steam game library, you should be able to see whether it's downloading the files or not. If it has finished, I'd suggest restarting Steam, making sure it's no longer updating and then verifying your cache as described here - http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/279162-Football-Manager-2012-*OFFICIAL*-FAQ?p=7184719&viewfull=1#post7184719 How should I have know? I clicked play game for like 10 times, with reboots etc. No sign of any download. So how can it be my fault now? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Neil Brock Posted October 27, 2011 Administrators Share Posted October 27, 2011 Verify your cache as shown in the link above. Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo.AMM Posted October 27, 2011 Author Share Posted October 27, 2011 I deleted all FM12 and Steam files and reinstalled both It's working for me now. Thanks for trying. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo9 Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Same problem for me. No sign of a 'download' happening... I tried to get on it, nothing, tried to quit Steam, got told I needed to quit FM first but couldnt. I 'verify game integrity' or whatever it was, and now the FM logo pops up in my dock finally, but instantly I get an error message and bang, it goes off again. Pathetic this is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronaldseah Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 A Mac User.. I have been trying to get my football manager to work through Steam. Every time I tried starting, a window will pop-out saying "All files successfully validated" and then another window pop-out saying "The Steam servers are currently too busy to handle your request. Please try again in a few minutes". I have tried everything from restarting the comp, restarting steam, verify integrity etc. Please help. Much appreciated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 I am on the same situation as everyone here. Tried everything said. Except I did not delete or uninstalled anything... yet. As suggested, I have been patient for one hour. But no download starts. Am I not being patient enough? The only solution left is to spam this thread so SI can see that someone is dropping the ball... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcdavies Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 i just uninstalled steam and reinstalled and now fm12 is reinstalling, give that a try Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrpeeps Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 I'm in the exact same boat as everyone here...Hendo9 explained it perfectly...a fix would be great! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Dejyothin Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Can those of you on the Mac make sure that you kill the Steam and FM processes using Activity Monitor. You can find Activity Monitor in your /Applications/Utilities folder. Launch this app and it will display a list of running apps and processes on your machine. Look for "fm" or "Football Manager 2012 v 12 .0 . 3 f 231654" and for "Steam" and select each of them and then select the "Quit Process" button at the top. If you see "fm" it means that the game has not launched or initialised itself properly, but this can sometimes hang in memory for some reason, and this appears to interfere with Steam even if you restart it. Once you've done then, then restart Steam and see how you get on. From there, you may need to verify your cache once again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champions_09 Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 when i click play it tells me that it is starting the game and nothing happens, any suggestions? Iv done the cache verification btw. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Dejyothin Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 when i click play it tells me that it is starting the game and nothing happens, any suggestions?Iv done the cache verification btw. Please see my comment above. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champions_09 Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Please see my comment above. Fm does not show in my activity monitor at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Dejyothin Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Fm does not show in my activity monitor at all. If you don't have "fm" or some form of FM, simply kill the "Steam" process and then relaunch Steam. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champions_09 Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 If you don't have "fm" or some form of FM, simply kill the "Steam" process and then relaunch Steam. Iv done this many times and still nothing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Dejyothin Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Iv done this many times and still nothing You did this many times using Activity Monitor or an alternative method? What happens exactly when you select "Play" from within Steam? Does the pop-up box that says it's launching stay visible or does it disappear? Are you pressing "Play" several times, or just the once? Can you post a screenshot showing your Activity Monitor window? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac_attack_daddy Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 same here - zzzzz would love a couple of games tonight Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champions_09 Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 You did this many times using Activity Monitor or an alternative method?What happens exactly when you select "Play" from within Steam? Does the pop-up box that says it's launching stay visible or does it disappear? Are you pressing "Play" several times, or just the once? Can you post a screenshot showing your Activity Monitor window? When i click play the launch box pops up for like a second and just disappears, and I'm only clicking once. Here is a screen of my activity monitor: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/823/screenshot20111027at195.png/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac_attack_daddy Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 any news - wife has gone to bed......what else can i use my laptop for? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
james.kilgarriff Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Glad I'm not the only one having problems with this! Champions_09, I'm exactly the same as you...Steam shows up in my Activity Monitor but not fm, when I try to quit Steam it tells me fm is running when it clearly isn't...there is no download bar in Steam for any update so I am forced to force quit Steam and try again, to no avail. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champions_09 Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Glad I'm not the only one having problems with this! Champions_09, I'm exactly the same as you...Steam shows up in my Activity Monitor but not fm, when I try to quit Steam it tells me fm is running when it clearly isn't...there is no download bar in Steam for any update so I am forced to force quit Steam and try again, to no avail. Yeah thats exactly what happens wit me, been trying to play since 6 hopefully we will get some sort of fix/solution soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellas2 Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Exact same problem as me - Trying to run gets the "Preparing to laucnh FM2012 message" which disappears almost immediately - Verified game cache - Nothing FM related in Activity Monitor - Cant quit Steam because "FM2012 is running" - No download progress toolbar visible Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champions_09 Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Looking at the steam logs and it says 27/10/2011 20:46:41.589 com.apple.launchd.peruser.501: ([0x0-0x58058].com.sigames.eur.FootballManager2012[575]) posix_spawn("/Users/*******/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/football manager 2012/fm.app/Contents/MacOS/fm", ...): No such file or directory 27/10/2011 20:46:41.590 com.apple.launchd.peruser.501: ([0x0-0x58058].com.sigames.eur.FootballManager2012[575]) Exited with code: 1 27/10/2011 20:46:41.594 [0x0-0x56056].com.valvesoftware.steam: Couldn't get PID for app /Users/******/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/football manager 2012/fm.app (-600) 27/10/2011 20:46:41.594 [0x0-0x56056].com.valvesoftware.steam: Game update: AppID 71270 "Football Manager 2012", ProcID 4294967295, IP 0.0.0.0:0 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Ant Farley Posted October 27, 2011 SI Staff Share Posted October 27, 2011 Those of you who are getting the 'Cannot quit Steam as FM2012 is Running' message, you can force Steam to quit by right clicking the Steam icon in your dock and holding 'alt' before pressing 'Force Quit' You should then be able to have another go at verifying cache files/uninstalling and re-installing when you start Steam the next time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellas2 Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Personally speaking I've done the force quit and restart Steam option, and restart Mac, a number of times with no success Are you seriously suggesting a need to reinstall it? Is that not rather excessive? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dundee Dave Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 I'm exactly the same. Game has been running ok but tried to start it today. - when starting via Steam get the "Preparing to launch FM2012 message" which disappears almost immediately and then nothing. - Verified game cache - done - Nothing FM related in Activity Monitor - Can't quit Steam because it claims "FM2012 is running" - No download progress toolbar visible Any word on when this is getting fixed ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champions_09 Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Tried to re-install, servers are too busy :mad: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aj2kuk Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 I'm exactly the same. Game has been running ok but tried to start it today.- when starting via Steam get the "Preparing to launch FM2012 message" which disappears almost immediately and then nothing. - Verified game cache - done - Nothing FM related in Activity Monitor - Can't quit Steam because it claims "FM2012 is running" - No download progress toolbar visible Any word on when this is getting fixed ! Seconded here - totally exasperating experience Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dundee Dave Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Ant / Neil, Like Hellas2 I have tried force quiting Steam a few times now, verified cache files okay but no difference when trying to start the game - prepare to launch game then nothing. Are you saying that I need to uninstall and reinstall Steam now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dundee Dave Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Can't understand why this has suddenly just started today but previously the game was fine. Incidentally if it helps trouble-shoot, the data editor loads up and starts fine - its just the game that won't appear !! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foulenough Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Same problem for me. I get the "preparing to launch..." message, which disappears almost immediately, then I can't quit Steam because football manager is supposedly running, although nothing is showing up in the Activity Monitor. I've tried force quitting as well as quitting in Activity Monitor and then relaunching steam, but the same thing just happens again. Up to now it's worked fine, so what's happening? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellas2 Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Any news on this? Won't be online tomorrow and have a very long train journey that I was going to spend time during playing some FM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dundee Dave Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Has this got something to do with patch 12.0.3. Last time I played the game on patch 12.0.2 it was fine. Was that the same for you guys. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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