Steam Problems FAQ and Basic Crash Troubleshooting

[evan1884]

everytime i try to go on to steam it says failed to load steamUI localization file. any help would be greatful

[Matt ex SEGA]

Google suggests the following - I've never tried it but it might be worth a go...

1.) Exit Steam

2.) Browse to your Steam folder on your computer (usually C:\Program Files\Steam)

3.) Now delelte the following files: ClientRegistry.blob.

4.) Restart Steam and it will do an update and hopefully fix your problem

[jamster_]

"not well-formed (invalid token) at line 1 of default.xml"

like dansheppard i also have this error come up...i have played the game fine on steam for the last 2 months

[Aim_Less]

@jamster_,dansheppard

thats not s steam issue but i will help

First of all you need to turn on hidden files and folders.

XP:

My Computer

'Tools'

'Folder Options'.

The go to the 'View' tab and select 'Show hidden files and folders'

VISTA and 7:

My Computer

'Organize'

'Folder and Search Options'.

The go to the 'View' tab and select 'Show hidden files and folders'

Once this is done, follow the instructions below:

Windows XP:

1. Open “My Computer”

2. Navigate to : “Documents and Settings\<Username>\Application Data\

3. Go into the “Sports Interactive” Folder.

4. Go to the “Football Manager 2010” Folder.

5. Delete the 'cache' Folder found inside here.

Wndows Vista and 7:

1. Click “Start”

2. Click your username on the start Menu

3. Click on “AppData” and then “Roaming”

4. Go into the “Sports Interactive” Folder

5. Go to the “Football Manager 2010” Folder.

6. Delete the 'cache' Folder found inside here

@Afactor4

some schools do those things , find a place to update steam thats no the school , has soon has its finished , go to file and select go offline( next time steam starts it will be offline mode ) . in school it will start in offline mode there however because it pick up the connection it will ask to go online and you will answer remain offline

@evan1884

you shoud had read the faq but the trick matt gave should solve it

@jamster part 2

do this trick get the Netbook skin

link : http://sites.google.com/site/michael...tbook2010-skin

1.and place on the games launch options on steam : -skin=netbook2010 ( rich click FM 2010 properties on steam and click set launch options )

or

2. Manually adjust one of the xml files, first you may need to enable view hidden files, then browse to:

XP: C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2010\settings

Vista: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2010\settings

Inside that folder will be a list of xml files (they may all be inside a Version 1003 subfolder for some reason), now you want to scroll down until you find the 'skin.xml' file open this with notepad and you will see something like this:

<record>

<string id="valu" value="netbook2010"/>

</record>

sory for late answer but i have been rather busy

[Afactor4]

Thank you Aimster

[jamster_]

@aim_less

mate thanks very much! couldnt get to that link to get the netbook skin though, it said 'site not found'

do i need to get the skin? or can i do without it?

cheers again

[jamster_]

damnit....its coming up with the same error again.

have deleted the cache files as you said but nothing has changed :/

help, my mediocre saints team needs me

[jamster_]

EDIT and also @dansheppard

Have now fixed it!

delete the 'cache' as suggested by aimless

also delete the 'settings' folder in the same place...

so

Windows XP:

1. Open “My Computer”

2. Navigate to : “Documents and Settings\<Username>\Application Data\

3. Go into the “Sports Interactive” Folder.

4. Go to the “Football Manager 2010” Folder.

5. Delete the 'settings' Folder found inside here.

Wndows Vista and 7:

1. Click “Start”

2. Click your username on the start Menu

3. Click on “AppData” and then “Roaming”

4. Go into the “Sports Interactive” Folder

5. Go to the “Football Manager 2010” Folder.

6. Delete the 'settings' Folder found inside here

also try downloading the latest Microsoft XML Parser from this link:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7F6C0CB4-7A5E-4790-A7CF-9E139E6819C0&displaylang=en

once again thanks aimless for pointing in the right direction

[Aim_Less]

np if you still get the fm is already running

here is the skin link, it should work now

http://sites.google.com/site/michaeltmurrayuk/Skins/netbook2010-skin

[evan1884]

Q.1 My password got changed on steam but i did not change it did this happen to any1 else

Q.2 Can you get facepakes and stuff on steam

[WGC]

My Steam downloaded the update but I can't find it on my editor at all, is there any way to put it on there so can make some changes...ie Warnock - QPR etc

Cheers

[Aim_Less]

@evan1884

Q1: if it changed and you cant login your account was hijacked follow these instructions and contact support asap

Q2: yes you cant its the same has normal version

@WGC go to steam folder usualy C:\programfiles\steam\steamapps\common\fm2010\tools\editor editor is there

[WGC]

@evan1884

q1: If it changed and you cant login your account was hijacked follow these instructions and contact support asap

q2: Yes you cant its the same has normal version

@wgc go to steam folder usualy c:\programfiles\steam\steamapps\common\fm2010\tools\editor editor is there

thanks!!!!

[evan1884]

everytime i go on to football manager on steam it says not well-formed (invalid token) at line 1 of default.xml

[Aim_Less]

solution http://community.sigames.com/showpost.php?p=4927295&postcount=458

[evan1884]

solution http://community.sigames.com/showpost.php?p=4927295&postcount=458

thanks it worked much apprecieated:D:D:D

[Bregazzi]

I'm having problems with offline mode in Steam. My wireless internet connection is not working properly as I have exceeded my allowance for the month, so I'm unable to log in to Steam between 4pm and 12am. Having stayed up past midnight the other day, I set Steam to operate in offline mode, and consequently I was able to play the game in offline mode last night. However, today all of a sudden I get a message saying that offline mode is not possible as my login details are not stored. This is complete rubbish, and it keeps happening all the time. It's so frustrating as it means I basically cannot play the game during week nights. Am I doing something wrong without realising, or is this an error?

[tommy1872]

what iz the verification code cause am not getting an email

[tommy1872]

anyone there

[OUFC are MAGIC]

Hi,

everytime i go to load my save a message comes up saying that the footbaal manager memory is running dangerously low and i need somthing like 2000000 bytesto run, it then proceeds to crash after this message. Ive tried deleting all the saved games bar the ones im playing and deleting fm 2007, 2008 and 2009 off my computer yet the same message comes up when trying to load my game, why is this? cheers

[Aim_Less]

what iz the verification code cause am not getting an email

what verification code? have you checked the spam box?

@OUFC are MAGIC : do you use xfire ?

[OUFC are MAGIC]

Having fixed my last problem a new one has occured! Whenever i click on football manager it come up with an invalid token at line 1 message and a football manager is already running message. I have had the invalid token problem before and so have already deleted the cache and settings files to fix it a couple of weeks ago. Any ideas how i can fix it in a different way? cheers

[OUFC are MAGIC]

I cant beleive this, having fixed the problem above, now when i get onto the main screen i have the same problem as badbahoy with the black background and overlapping writing when you click on anything, ive followed the steps of putting in a new skin but this hasnt worked. Do you know how i could fix this? Thanks

[Aim_Less]

the token error the only none fix is that one

and about the black background try this

Step one Verify Game cache

How to :

-Load Steam

-From the My Games tab, right-click on FM2010 and select Properties from the menu.

-Select the Local files tab and click the Verify integrity of game cache... button.

-Steam will verify the game cache files (GCF's) - this process may take several minutes.

-Once the process is completed, the Check Window will automatically exit.

Step Two : Restart Steam

Step Tree Verify Game Cache again

it should download the damaged files

OUFC are MAGIC do you use a netbook?

[1992 martini]

Hiya guys i need some help

Basically i woke up this morning with steam not showing me football manager 10. so i went to activate the game again put the code in and it says its already been activiated by an existing account (the one i use) but i cant use the game. so i deleted everything and started again with steam but still the same thing

how do i get a activation steam code without buying the game again? coz i think this is steams fault

[Snoop Robbie Rob]

I am getting 'Fatal Error: Failed to load platform modules

Not changed anything compared to what I usually do, started up steam, it updated then it does this when the account is connecting, after taking a lot longer than usual to start FM up last night, now this.

Help?

[Snoop Robbie Rob]

Ignore, I done the 'move clientregistry.blob thing, worked fine.

[Mirko Spalletti]

solution worked . (:

[rammsteinally]

my pc just switches off after the 2nd half, i just used to the disk to install, delselected all the display stuff like the crowd etc, its running on 2d and i haven't played it for a few weeks now. i'm really fed up any advice would be welcome

[technical problems]

I have downloaded fm 2010 through steam and thats fine. when i click on it to load the game this message comes up, football manager 2010 10.3.of104859 has stopped working. any help will be mch appreiciated, thanks

[Neil Brock]

I'd suggest deleting the following: http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/177053-Football-Manager-2010-FAQ-and-Online-Manual?p=4455401&viewfull=1#post4455401

I'd also make sure your graphics card drivers are up to date: http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/177053-Football-Manager-2010-FAQ-and-Online-Manual?p=4455407&viewfull=1#post4455407

Let me know how you get on, thanks.

[technical problems]

no look with that, i cant install off line either, it says please get another copy of the installer and try again. any other ideas?

[Deraxi]

okay so i was on steam saturday (at my parents)

and i moved to somewhere else sunday....since sunday i cant use my steam it gives me this message

Steam.exe (main exception): To run Steam, you must first connect to the internet

i have deleted clientregistry.blob i have renamed clientregistry.blob i have changed it with an old clientregistry.blob i didnt get the same message but still it didnt work

i have tried to delete steam and reinstalled it like 5 times..... didnt work

i have added some ports that are in the faq...stil it wont work

i have been on 10+ sites but doesnt seem to find any help... please help me

i have xp

[Aim_Less]

do you have any firewall turned on?

[Deraxi]

do you have any firewall turned on?

i do but i already tried to turn it off and start steam that way but i still get the same error...

my antivirus is avast btw

[Aim_Less]

try this remove steam

delete everything on the steam folder except for the steamapps folder

install steam

turning off Windows Compatibility on the steam executables, and running steam has Administrator.

do you have any IP filtering software. (e.g. PeerBlock, Peer Guardian, etc)

[Deraxi]

ive already deleted the entire steam folder so that little late now xD and no i dont have any softwares like that ( notas far as i know)

[Aim_Less]

is it working now?

[Deraxi]

no but i think i know why ^^ sorry for bothering, goodnight.

[Aim_Less]

no problem glad you solved it

[technical problems]

I have installed football manager 2010, when go to load the game it comes up with this, football manager 2010 10.3.0f104859 has stopped working. any ideas?

[technical problems]

I have installed football manager 2010, when go to load the game it comes up with this, football manager 2010 10.3.0f104859 has stopped working. any ideas?

Neil, i tried what you said previously, but had no luck. do you have any other ideas?

[Aim_Less]

read the FM faq and my faq try any of the solutions provided

update Directx and graphics card drivers aswell

[TheBigBoss]

I've lost all the team badges on fm 10 i rebooted my laptop and i installed fm again ive tried to play it but all the badges are gone can you explain how i get it back please?. I've been told to delete the cache folder if thats the case how do I do that please?

[LouisSmith1991]

what is crash dumps about? my football manager just closes because of a serious error due to crash dumps??

[sammj]

been trying as of midnight allways just says servers too busy try again in a few minuetes been 7 hours!!!

[Eles Gergo]

Were are you from?

Did you try and reinstall Steam?

[sammj]

its cool mate i think its working now...

thanks for the reply anyway mate.

[corbs87]

Yeah mine still isn't working. Steam is so *****.

[Blaupunkt]

try changing your server options, boot up steam, once steam has loaded in the top left corner click STEAM - from the drop down menu click SETTINGS - on the next menu click DOWNLOADS + CLOUD - on the next screen try and select a download speed that is close to what you get and you can also change the server you try and download form.

i am not saying this will work but sometimes it does, pick servers close to you, London or Manchester, is these don't work try Ireland etc.