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vertitacial
2 years ago

[Steam] PvZ Garden Warfare 2 Deluxe Edition not launching

I bought this game on steam while it was on sale, and I can't even play the game. I am given the "Preparing Game..." prompt, and it just disappears without launching the game. It says I'm playing the game, yet I am just stuck on the steam app waiting for it to just magically appear. I have tried verifying the integrity of the files, clearing download cache, and doing a clean boot.

PC Specs if that helps:

OS: 64-bit Windows 10

Processor: Intel(R) Core (TM) i7-10700K CPU @ 3.80 GHz, 3792 Mhz, 8 Core(s), 16 Logical Processor(s)

Memory: 16 GB RAM

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

DirectX: Version 12

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  • FloofieWilde's avatar
    FloofieWilde
    2 years ago

    EA App is on the C: drive (SSD), PvZ:GW2 is on the D: drive (internal HDD).

    Never affected It Takes Two for example btw, even if it is on an external slower HDD lol

    Figured out that I can't launch PvZ via Steam, but can via the anticheat .exe file (doesn't links to Steam so there's maybe a license breach here), and via EA app directly, and it seams to _sometimes_ links to Steam.

  • vertitacial's avatar
    vertitacial
    2 years ago

    I don't seem to be stuck in preparing anymore, but I'm getting this error now. I had reinstalled, and it worked perfectly until I shut down my computer. Once I shut down my computer, it does this error, and I'm not trying to reinstall every single time just to play this game.

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