Hello. I have recently received a new computer and I thought, "Hey, I can finally play GTA again!" only to find out, it doesn't even start up. I installed EFLC on Steam earlier today, and was very excited. The game went through the first "start-up" processes (DirectX, etc.), and then brought up the Social Club Menu. I clicked "play offline", clicked okay, and then the game didn't start. Nothing. Not a pop-up from the game, absolutely nothing. I am disappointed, and I don't know why this is happening. I have looked all over Google, and nothing helped. I have tried running as administrator, running via Steam, putting it in compatibility mode for Windows 7 as I have Windows 8, but nothing works. I was wondering if someone knew a fix around this. Any help would be appreciated, thanks! 

 

-I have Windows 8 (mentioned above)

-Steam edition of EFLC

After you clicked the Play Offline button on Social Club, does the EFLC game show up in your Task Manager? 

 

You can check this by clicking Ctrl + Alt + Delete, and starting up your task manager. It should be a button to start up task manager after you click those keys.. I'm not exactly sure how it is on Windows 8, though. 

 

After it starts up, click on the Processes tab at the very top. Does EFLC show up at all in that list? 

 

 

After you clicked the Play Offline button on Social Club, does the EFLC game show up in your Task Manager? 

 

You can check this by clicking Ctrl + Alt + Delete, and starting up your task manager. It should be a button to start up task manager after you click those keys.. I'm not exactly sure how it is on Windows 8, though. 

 

After it starts up, click on the Processes tab at the very top. Does EFLC show up at all in that list? 

No, there is no process related to GTA IV and/or EFLC after I click the Okay button to start the game. The only thing that shows up that is related to this is the Steam tab, but that's always there because I usually have Steam up when I am using the computer.

No, there is no process related to GTA IV and/or EFLC after I click the Okay button to start the game. The only thing that shows up that is related to this is the Steam tab, but that's always there because I usually have Steam up when I am using the computer.

 

Okay, have you tried starting EFLC out from the program files instead of using Steam to start it? 

 

You can do that in these directories: Program Files > Steam > Common > Episodes from Liberty City > EFLC > LaunchEFLC

Yes, I have tried running it as administrator in the directory of the game, but the same problem occurs.

Have you verified the game cache? 

Have you verified the game cache? 

How exactly may I do this?

Right click the game in steam, click Properties and there should be an option to verify the game files on one of the tabs.

I have tried it, and it is telling me that 102 files failed to validate and will be reacquired. What exactly does this mean?

That some files might have been faulty and will be re-downloaded. 

So after they redownload I should be able to play?

I'd hope so :p If not, we try something else. 

I'd hope so :p If not, we try something else. 

The game files were fixed according to Steam. I tried again, and nothing. D: