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Life is Strange seriesWon't launch. Maybe Steam/GOG conflict?(126 posts)(126 posts)
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Posted June 08, 2020
Same here with the problem of common.dll.

It seams that the game can't access well to that file, even I've re-installed windows 10 from fresh and it still doesn't work. I've contacted but it seems I have to wait a bit longer.
Posted June 08, 2020
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Loger13: You don’t understand how shared libraries work, right?

The file does not have to be bundled with the game so that the game depends on it.
Incompatible may be some specific version (or versions) of this library. Therefore, not everyone has a problem.
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ArcaneTourist: I've *written* shared libraries. And kernel code. Admittedly not for Windows.

I was trying to show that the fact that MSVCR110.dll is needed but not included coupled with the fact that the Steam version works indicates that this library is not the problem. Prior reports from people who saw success after reinstalling that library probably mean they had an old copy or didn't have it at all. Also, as noted in an earlier post, analysis of the crash dumps shows that my copy is crashing from within the "extra" library named common.dll in a routine named SteamAPI_Init.

This doesn't look like something we can fix. (Well, unless we copy the GoG DLC to the Steam version and install a crack, but I'm not going there.) We'll have to see what GoG can do.
They need to stop selling the game to people and taking their money for a non working product.
Posted June 08, 2020
Hi, another first time poster, and in fact first time GoG buyer here. I'm having this issue as well. Same error with common.dll in event viewer. I'm on Windows 7 (64bit).

Do we know if GoG is aware of this issue? Do they monitor these forums for issues like these? Should we be submitting tickets?

Sorry to anyone watching this thread hoping this would be a new reply saying "I've fixed it!!"
Posted June 08, 2020
Hi all. Jumping in to say that I have the same issue as you guys. Tried some of the suggestions posted here but 0 success. Kinda hoping it will get fixed.
Posted June 08, 2020
Same problem. Just bought the complete season edition and game won't start on Win10.
Posted June 08, 2020
Neither Life is Strange or Before The Storm will launch on my desktop. No error message on LiS, but I get a generic error message on BTS. Curiously enough, both of them run on my laptop.
Posted June 08, 2020
Both games don't work for me either.

Steam versions also install their 'steamworks common redistributables', maybe that's what's missing/causing issues?
Posted June 08, 2020
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animegramma: Neither Life is Strange or Before The Storm will launch on my desktop. No error message on LiS, but I get a generic error message on BTS. Curiously enough, both of them run on my laptop.
Are there any notable configuration differences between your two machines? or differences between the install directories? Did you use Galaxy or the backup installer?
Posted June 09, 2020
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animegramma: Neither Life is Strange or Before The Storm will launch on my desktop. No error message on LiS, but I get a generic error message on BTS. Curiously enough, both of them run on my laptop.
Same here. Runs on my laptop but not my desktop. I'm installing and launching from Galaxy.
Posted June 09, 2020
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animegramma: Neither Life is Strange or Before The Storm will launch on my desktop. No error message on LiS, but I get a generic error message on BTS. Curiously enough, both of them run on my laptop.
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Reynard_Muldrake: Same here. Runs on my laptop but not my desktop. I'm installing and launching from Galaxy.
So is there anything with intel or amd? Graphic card?

I mean, I've got AMD chipset and nvidia card, most laptops are intel... could be that an option to consider?
Posted June 09, 2020
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Reynard_Muldrake: Same here. Runs on my laptop but not my desktop. I'm installing and launching from Galaxy.
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Cesarwalls: So is there anything with intel or amd? Graphic card?

I mean, I've got AMD chipset and nvidia card, most laptops are intel... could be that an option to consider?
Video wise, I've got Intel on my laptop, Nvidia for my desktop, if that makes any difference.
Posted June 09, 2020
LiS error box extended info mention error with common/dll

Before the storm's debug/crash dump mention that steamapi64.dll was missing (yes... for a gog drm-free game)

On same computer: both games' steam versions worked fined

Tested gog build on two computers: an intel+nvidia one and an amd+ati one (the amd+ati one had steam installed with both steam versions of the games)

But it seems as gog consider they tested on their machines and it was fine, so for those of us who have issues, well... "shrugs" bad luck...
Post edited June 09, 2020 by Djaron
Posted June 09, 2020
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Djaron: LiS error box extended info mention error with common/dll

Before the storm's debug/crash dump mention that steamapi64.dll was missing (yes... for a gog drm-free game)

On same computer: both games' steam versions worked fined

Tested gog build on two computers: an intel+nvidia one and an amd+ati one (the amd+ati one had steam installed with both steam versions of the games)

But it seems as gog consider they tested on their machines and it was fine, so for those of us who have issues, well... "shrugs" bad luck...
So it seems that the version we have is an illegal one...
Posted June 09, 2020
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Cesarwalls: So it seems that the version we have is an illegal one...
Uh... no. In short: Lazy people are lazy. The long explanation you can find here.
Post edited June 09, 2020 by GrizzledLone
Posted June 09, 2020
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Djaron: Snip...
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Cesarwalls: So it seems that the version we have is an illegal one...
i didn't say that...
i just did say that the crash dump log file reported that what caused the crash was the lack of this dll... Meaning the exe called it, and it wasnt there
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