Rage Plugin stuck on "launching game via steam"

[coded III 1]

Rage Plugin stuck on "launching game via steam" forever. i have verified game files, i have reinstalled rage, i have forced windows mode, idk what else to do. if i try to start gta5 without rage it just gets stuck on "launching game" forever. anyone have a fix? it will give me an error stating that another instance of gta5 is running but the pop up is extremely fast and i was lucky to get a pic of it. i check my task manager and nothing else is running.  thanks guys

 

 

edit *** i cannot for the life of me figure out how to post an image on here less than 4 MB so i have no picture for you

[A Stranger 516]

Clean your folder.
Could be that something in your folder is corrupt if you can't even launch it via Steam. 

[coded III 1]

which folder

i just used an old backup of the game in the roots and it is still doing it . could it be a bad download in open iv?

 

or is that directly connected to your roots

[A Stranger 516]

You can't just use a different folder if it's not linked. 

And your GTA V folder.

Make sure it's just vanilla.

[coded III 1]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i am still looking for guidance. thanks to anyone who responds 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 23, 2021 by coded III

[Medicmojo 53]

I will have this same issue sometimes - found that it seemss to happen if I haven't connected to Steam (independent of any game launch) in a bit.  I don't have Steam set to launch on startup of my computer/laptop - so, sometimes those small/short Steam updates pile up over a few days.  When that has happened, and launching Rage connects through to Steam.........which now has to do a bit longer update in the background, that Rage isn't willing to wait for........and it then gets stuck in the "launching game via Steam" loop.

Not sure if it will solve your issue, but my work around is that - if I know it has been more than a couple days - make sure I connect through to Steam first, independently.  Let the updates go through, and close back out of Steam once my home page comes up.  Then, I launch Rage.