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Hello, Sorry if this has already been addressed but I have been unable to launch the game since the steam update this past week. I am not sure what to do about this. I have tried to uninstall and verity the steam game files but it still get nothing. I wish it would give me an error message or something so I would have more to go off of but, when I click play I select "Play Gear City" and then I get the indicator from steam saying the game is launching but nothing happens and then steam just allows me to select play again like the game was never launched. I was wanting to try out the 2nd Gear DLC Beta but now I am unable to launch the base game as well as any betas. 
Let me know if there is any additional information I can give. I am running a Windows 11 Pro machine but have had no issues with the game before now. I made sure to unsub from any workshop content and there are no mods installed that I am aware of.

Open the main game folder: https://wiki.gearcity.info/doku.php?id=t...tallfolder

Run GearCity.exe.

Let me know if you get an error message or you can check out the common ones yourself: https://wiki.gearcity.info/doku.php?id=t...onproblems


If you have Nvidia graphics, a recent driver upgrade may cause you to need to reset the game's graphic cache using the external settings editor: https://wiki.gearcity.info/doku.php?id=g...ngs_editor

Alternatively, a clean reinstall can fix that issue too: https://wiki.gearcity.info/doku.php?id=t...nreinstall


Finally, Windows Defender or any other Antivirus software may have issues with the game files. Please whitelist the game folders in your AV software if applicable.

I am getting the OpenAL32.dll was not found when running gearcity.exe, even after doing clean reinstall and clearing the graphics cache.

(06-18-2023, 03:06 PM)TiddyBoii33 Wrote: [ -> ]I am getting the OpenAL32.dll was not found when running gearcity.exe, even after doing clean reinstall and clearing the graphics cache.

It looks like you uninstalled the OpenAl sound library. Steam is supposed to install this for you, but it will not reinstall it if you uninstall it.

Download and install the OpenAL: http://www.gearcity.info/Downloads/Beta/oalinst.exe

https://wiki.gearcity.info/doku.php?id=t...g:openal32

If that still doesn't work, let me know.

(06-18-2023, 05:06 PM)Eric.B Wrote: [ -> ]

(06-18-2023, 03:06 PM)TiddyBoii33 Wrote: [ -> ]I am getting the OpenAL32.dll was not found when running gearcity.exe, even after doing clean reinstall and clearing the graphics cache.

It looks like you uninstalled the OpenAl sound library. Steam is supposed to install this for you, but it will not reinstall it if you uninstall it.

Download and install the OpenAL: http://www.gearcity.info/Downloads/Beta/oalinst.exe

https://wiki.gearcity.info/doku.php?id=t...g:openal32

If that still doesn't work, let me know.

Hmm, I will have to give that a try when I am home later. Thanks, for the assistance and looking forward to seeing the new content!