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TheDieguscus
13 years ago
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[Old Report] DEAD SPACE 2 RELEASE DATE CHECK LAUNCH FAILURE

Yesterday I've just Installed Dead Space 2 on my Windows 8 pc. Everything install perfectly but when It goes to the relase date check, says that it cannot connect to verify and I can't play. I had th...
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    EA_Nils
    11 years ago

    Greetings everyone,

    For those of you encountering a "Release Date Check Failed" error message when attempting to play, please follow the steps below:

    1. If you are installing from the Origin Client, we have published a new build for you. Please uninstall and reinstall once more.
    2. If you are using the DVDs to install, please download the linked file corresponding to your version of the game: 

    Next copy this file from your downloads into your installation folder and replace the existing deadspace2.exe file.

     

    If you are still encountering this exact issue afterwards, please create an Origin Error Report ID and post its ID as highlighted in red in the spoiler below. 

    Spoiler
    1. Open Origin.
    2. From the menu on the top choose "Help"
    3. Select "Origin Error Reporter" (You can read more about it here: http://download.dm.origin.com/oer/en_GB.html )

    You will see three screens as shown below. 

    1. For type of error select "Downloading Games"
    2. For the description of the problem, please include a brief description (copy/paste of your first post should do) and include a link to your forum post.
    3. Check the box to share diagnostic information and click on "Send Report"
    4. The error reporter will show the second screenshot from below and will then show the third screenshot when finished. On the third one mark and choose to copy (or write down) the Error Report ID text string (bolded) and post it here. 

    With this ID we will be able to take a closer look at what exactly has been going on. Thank you very much for taking a look in advance.

    If you are encountering another issue, please create a new thread and describe your issue in as much detail as possible.


    Thank you,
    Nils

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Anonymous
13 years ago

Hello,

I just bought Dead Soace 2 a couple of days ago. When I try to launch it through Origin, I get a program that says:

***

The program you have started requiring that the date checked online before you can run the program the first time.
 
If the release date has passed, the program will receive a key from the server, unpacked and start.
 
This should only be done when you first start the program.
 
Click "Accept" to continue or "Cancel" to cancel the process.***

I click Accept and it goes online, but then suddenly quits and nothing more happens?

I have tried re-installing Dead Space, clearing Origin cache files, launching from the Origin folder directly, but same problem each time!???

Even tried to activate with the activator inside the ORigin Dead Space 2 folder and it says it is activated, but when I try to launch the game the first program I mentioned above starts and quits without launching DS2.

Please help me!

Regards,

Michel

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    EA_Barry
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    13 years ago

    Hi micheloglaend,

     

    Please confirm your Windows date is set correctly.

     

    Barry.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    10 years ago

    I had no problems at all playing all 3 of the dead space games on my old Windows7 system. Last year I bought a new higher spec pc running Windows 8, and now I can't play ANY of the dead space games. Dead Space 3 gives me some message about "could not initialize blah blah blah" and every webpage I found on the issue advised me to edit my "settings.txt" file. Only one problem - there IS NO settings.txt file in the folder they mention. After hours screwing around with that I gave up in disgust and un-installed dead space 3. Then I installed dead space 2 and that won't bloody run either!!!  What the hell?? Tries to go through some stupid launch date check or some * like that, that I've never seen before in any other game, but then fails every time with some meaningless error message. I'm so annoyed now I can't even be bothered installing dead space 1. In fact if they ever release a dead space 4 I probably wont even buy it. EA you need to seriously look at your dead space games and fix these problems under Windows8. Oh yeah, I hate your stupid Origin * as well.

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