Steam : Fallout: New Vegas

» Sat May 28, 2011 12:14 am

Just finished downloading NV on my steam account. I go to start it up and i get a message saying "the game is currently unavailable". I exit steam and restart my computer, same thing happens. I delete my Blob thingy and still nothing. I even toggled my "read" checkbox on my steam program file. Any ideas, I really would like to be playing this game

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» Fri May 27, 2011 12:38 pm

where do you live? It is only released in US and the rest of the world on the 22nd. So you may have only pre loaded it.

» Fri May 27, 2011 2:04 pm

I live in the us. However whenever i restart steam and click on NV a window comes up saying the files are being unlocked. Then I try to load the game and it says it is unavailable.

» Fri May 27, 2011 5:07 pm

I live in the us. However whenever i restart steam and click on NV a window comes up saying the files are being unlocked. Then I try to load the game and it says it is unavailable.

Definitely a steam issue.Not gonna get much help here. I had similar issue right at release, but I just restarted steam a couple times and then no problem.

» Fri May 27, 2011 4:29 pm

alright, i'll give that a shot. I sent steam an email on their support page so heres hoping it gets resolved soon.

» Fri May 27, 2011 8:38 am

alright, i'll give that a shot. I sent steam an email on their support page so heres hoping it gets resolved soon.

Keep your fingers crossed, I went from the error you are having to one saying steam servers are too busy, ticket has gotten a few replies but no help and in an hr and 20 minutes it will be up for 24hrs.

» Fri May 27, 2011 2:07 pm

Possibly an easy fix. Turn off steam, ctrl+alt+del to ensure its off. After its off, go to your steam folder and delete the clientregistry.blob file. Its something like that, if it isn't named that exactly. After you delete this, run steam and then you will log back in. It will clean out anything on your end and it resyncs. Try that.

» Sat May 28, 2011 12:15 am

I had this problem after the game decrypted, run the "Verify Integrity of Game Cache" option, it is in the properties for the game under the "Local Files" tab. After I did this it found more files that needed downloading, then that error went away and the game would at least load up.

» Fri May 27, 2011 11:58 am

Possibly an easy fix. Turn off steam, ctrl+alt+del to ensure its off. After its off, go to your steam folder and delete the clientregistry.blob file. Its something like that, if it isn't named that exactly. After you delete this, run steam and then you will log back in. It will clean out anything on your end and it resyncs. Try that.

Doesn't work, the issue is on steams end.

I'll copy and paste one of the replys they sent me (it got me no further and has now started a endless download starting loop).

Thank you for contacting Steam Support.

Please exit Steam and go to the folder called C:\Program Files\Steam\ (this is the default location for a Steam installation - if you set a different installation directory, you will need to browse to it).

Delete all of the files in this folder except:

The Steamapps folder and Steam.exe (If 'exe' is not visible, look for the black and white Steam icon)

Restart your computer.

Then, you will need to launch Steam.exe from within the Steam installation folder, and not from a pre-existing shortcut.

With Steam running, re-test the original issue.

Note: This process will not affect your currently installed games.

If the issue persists, view the following article for further troubleshooting:

Title: Troubleshooting Network Connectivity
Link: http://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=1456-EUDN-2493

If you have any further questions, please let us know.

I have managed to find a workaround that relies on luck (I have pulled it off 4 out 5 trys), will let you play the game but you aren't authenticated and won't have your preorder goodies.

» Fri May 27, 2011 9:17 pm

Ya i just checked the integrity of the game cache, redownloaded 19 files and now im good to go. thanks to everyone who helped. now i can enjoy this sweet, sweet game.

» Sat May 28, 2011 12:56 am

Ya i just checked the integrity of the game cache, redownloaded 19 files and now im good to go. thanks to everyone who helped. now i can enjoy this sweet, sweet game.

Reverifying kept telling my it was fine, I uninstalled and now steam won't let me get a connection long enough to redownload...
This looks horrible on all companies cause steam is dropping the ball.

EDIT: Is there somewhere us soft copy people can get a copy from since steam is jerking us around? I ask because last I saw this with steam it was with Sam & Max, TTG made it right by allowing steam customers to dl from a secondary site that they gave the link out for.