Is it really necessary to install Visual C++, Direct X and all that crap, every fucking time I run for the first time a game? Its really annoying and I'm kind of sick of it.

Is there a way to make steam NOT to do that anymore?

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I have 18 different C++... from 2005 to 2010. it's not a bad thing, is it? What should I do with them?

clicky

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I've got 11. :)

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You can click "cancel" when it installs these things but it will try to install these things again the next time you start the game. AFAIK you can't do anything about this (other than using Linux ;)).

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Linux users. Where do you even come from? I swear, you weren't here a few months ago...

1 decade ago
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We were always here, we are everywhere. We are just waiting in the dark and plan to take the world over!

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ALL HAIL LINUX XD

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You may cancel Direct X, it's the time consuming one, let the others run and you should be good to go.

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does it really matter that much, it is only a first time install to make sure your game has the best possible drivers for it to run

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I've been wondering the same thing. Here we go, first world problems -.-

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i'm not sure but i think if you delete install.vdf (it's in all games's folder) it will never ask again. sorry for english

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I will look into that, thanks. :)

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you are welcome :)

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Delete these files within a games folder if the game is trying to install them everytime you start it.

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YOU'RE NOT INSTALLING C++, you're only added libraries from the game to the C++ base in Windows, and yes, THAT'S NECESARY, but if you installed with crysis 3 and now you're installing Age of Empires 3, isnt so much.
Trust me, I'm engineer :)

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Exactly

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YOU'RE NOT INSTALLING C++, you're only added libraries from the game to the C++ base in Windows, and yes, THAT'S NECESARY, but if you installed with crysis 3 and now you're installing Age of Empires 3, isnt so much.
Trust me, I'm engineer :)

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"And all that crap" = for me, NOTEPAD one time even... :/

1 decade ago
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Allright, allright, I got it. Thanks everyone for your time. :)

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1 decade ago
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Because he's an Asshole. Doooh.

PS. I'll read that article anyway.

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Ok, fair enough. This seems legit.

"The code to check correctly and repair broken installs all exists in the installer and running it is a guarantee that the correct binaries will exist when you run the game and prevents lots of bad cases where a game would fail to launch with an obscure error if a windows install was either missing the correct version or somehow corrupted in the past."

Your work here is done my friend.

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I don't think it is... If it is, HOW THE HELL DO I DO IT!? I am sick and tired of installing DirectX 11 every time I install a game...

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There's no way apparently. Don't hold your breath. Read all of the above.

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Seriously.. Start the game, when DirectX is about to install, cancel, start the game again and it will skip DirectX, let the others install. I literally did it myself this very day and have been doing so in the past at times as well.

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Oh wow... I will now do that from now on...

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Go to your Steam install folder, then common>steamapps>the specific game you want, look for installscript.vdf, open in notepad, erase everything, save, set it as read only, and now it won't do first time setup for that specific game.

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Closed 1 decade ago by DanMoody.