ToMI Steam Version - Error 51
 

The game absolutely will not run for me. I bought the series through Steam, and I get an error code 51. When I try to run the game manually, I get "Application Load Error: 3:0000065432" Steam support hasn't been helpful, and I've updated my video, sound and network drivers, update DX and .NET, and started to sacrifice small rodents.

Any hints on my problem?

I moved this post to a new thread so it gets found easier and the other one is not disturbed by solving the problem.

I don't know much about steam though. Do you have the problem with both chapters?

Don't really know anything about Steam, but other reports I've found about similar error messages seem to suggest that it has to do with access rights. If you're under Vista, could you try going to the ToMI directory, right clicking and chosing "run as administrator"?

Same Error :-(

Could you try to re-verify your installation? If you right-click on the game in Steam, there should be an entry like "Re-verify game cache" or something like that.

Integrity of the file checks out, and I've deleted and reinstalled about five times...

I would be a shame to pay another $35 to get the game straight from TellTale... I didn't even know I could until yesterday. I don't really like Steam.

Oh.. I forgot to answer DjNDB's question... Every other game from Steam works, including the first chapter (and it still works).

Me neither... bad luck. The next most common thing I read about where .net related issues, but you said you already updated that. Which version do you have installed?

I have .NET 3.5 SP1 installed, and I just installed MS Visual C++ 2005 SP1. All to no avail.

Urgh... maybe it's simply a generic error and we should try the usual stuff: Is your desktop set to 32bit color depth?

Yep; I've tried switching it to 16-bit, changing the desktop to 800x600 and 1024x768 (right now it's in 1280x1024). I'm rerunning a repair of .NET 3.5 SP1, but I don't have high hopes for it.

You've tried pretty much everything I would try and I'm pretty much out of ideas... especially since that error messages is so damn informative.

If you want you can post a dxdiag log (start/run/dxdiag/save all info)... but I'm not sure it will help.

I know... I'm about to just order it through my Wii, yell at Valve for my money back and give up.

Well, you should definitely yell at Valve. At least they could tell you what that error message means in general.

Honestly, I would suggest contacting Steam. I don't know enough about their system, and there may be some esoteric detail to the error that we just don't know about here. Although do let us know what they say, because I'm curious.

Oh.. I've been talking to their support for four days now. They've been no help.

Does anyone know if the Wii version works better?

In that case, could you tell us what they told you? We may be able to gleam enough information from that to figure out what's going on.

The Wii version has its own set of issues... mainly framerate and audio quality. Can you yell at them loud enough to give you back your money, so you can try the TTG version? You should ask one of the officials in advance, but I'm pretty sure you can get a money back guarantee for the TTG version if it doesn't work.

I don't know if that helps, but if you are of the experimental type, you could try adapting this solution to your problem.
I think the manually deleting files part is something not everyone would normally try.

In the gamestar-board someone had crashes too and solved them by disabeling his anti-virus software...