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djda9l's avatar
11 years ago

Failed to install GDF

So i bought Titanfall yesterday and i have been in doubt about it since its release because Origin is the worst garbage i have ever seen.

I cannot install it.. Install button never turns to Play after an installation.. It just keeps wanting me to install it .. 

The log file tells me: "Failed to install GDF" .. An error message i have seen lots of other people has, and it stretches back to when Battlefield 3 was released.

 

Why is not fixed yet ?! 


And what can i do to fix it? 


What i have done so far is to try out the registry fixes around the net:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Origin Games\1011172]
"DisplayName"="Titanfall™"
"Locale"="en_US"
"Install Dir"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Origin Games\\Titanfall"
"GDFBinary"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Origin Games\\Titanfall\\GDFBinary_en_US_64.dll"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Respawn\Titanfall]
"DisplayName"="Titanfall™"
"Locale"="en_US"
"Install Dir"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Origin Games\\Titanfall"
"GDFBinary"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Origin Games\\Titanfall\\GDFBinary_en_US_64.dll"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Respawn\Titanfall]
"DisplayName"="Titanfall™"
"Locale"="en_US"
"Install Dir"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Origin Games\\Titanfall"
"GDFBinary"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Origin Games\\Titanfall\\GDFBinary_en_US_64.dll"

I've also deleted everything, redownloaded the game, reinstalled Origin, but nothing works.. Garbage Origin is screwing things up as expected.

 

4 Replies

  • EA_David's avatar
    EA_David
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    11 years ago

    Hi, in looking into this I was asked if I could get a sample of someone who was affected by this so that we have more to work with. Before taking any other steps, would you be able to take an export of your registry, stick it in a Zip file and PM it to me.


    Then I'd like to try some basic steps, more to cross them off the list. Can you restart your machine with a Clean Boot, start Origin as admin, and change the install location to a different drive, and see if you get the same issue.

    Edit: I notice you have double "\"s in your listed filepaths. It should look more like this: http://s14.postimg.org/sbag6y041/regedit.jpg

  • djda9l's avatar
    djda9l
    11 years ago

    You want a complete dump of my hole registry? It is a 256 mb file. I can do that, just need to be sure that is what you want

    I've tried restarting the machine, both normally and in fail safe mode (just to be sure that nothing interfered with it) and running Origin as Admin. This has not changed anything.

    I have also tried to move the installation to another harddrive, as someon said they have had problems with it on their SSD drive, which was what mine was installed on before, now on a mormal harddrive, but this has not helped either.

    And as for the filepath, this is how it is written inside reg file, for windows to understand the syntax (escape strings). When it is actually inserted into the registry only one "\" is used

  • EA_David's avatar
    EA_David
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    11 years ago

    It should be compressible to a much smaller file, which is what i'd be looking for. We can unpack this to its full size.

    It'd probably we worth including the install log found at C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Titanfall\__Installer


    Thanks for trying the steps and clearing the double slash thing up.

  • kptunox's avatar
    kptunox
    9 years ago

    Hi There,

    You ever solved this problem?

    I have te same problems.

    Grtz

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