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Saints Row 2 not working

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nath

It crashes after dificulty select.
The sad thing is that it's an old problem and nobody (Steam or the developers) tried to fix it.
I bought the Humble Deep Silver Bundle for this game and now I can't play it.

I tried all the fixes I could find on the internet, but none of them worked.

I run Win 7 x64.

EDIT: After vidmavidma sudgested the thing with the controller, I remembered I had one plugged in (but never use it)...so I unplugged the controller, started the game and now it runs without any problems :D
I feel so stupid right now :epicfacepalm:

Thanks everybody for your help.
I'll leave the thread open, in case there are more "geniuses" like me out there :)

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tciulo

damn, just bought the same bundle, still downloading though, I hope I won't have the same issue :/

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nath

let me know how if it works for you...

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vidmavidma

Do you get an error message, or it just crashes?

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nath

an error message saying it stopped working

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vidmavidma

Are you trying to play with a controller?

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nath

nope...keyboard and mouse

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vidmavidma

Try changing sr2_pc.exe settings:

  • Disable visual themes.
  • Run in compatibility mode (XP SP3).

Let me know if it works after you change those settings.

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nath

THANK YOU :)

1 decade ago
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vidmavidma

I guess it worked, then.

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nath

unplugging my controler did (i don't use it and i forgot about it) :D

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NuclearQueso

works fine for me max settings Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit

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nath

hating you right now :P

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AtomicWoodchuck

I'm sure this will be of little comfort to you, but it's always run well for me on Windows 7 64 bit (Ultimate).

If you've tried all the fixes (and there are several), I don't really know what to suggest.

Hope you get it sorted :)

1 decade ago
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wuut

Clicky.

1 decade ago
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nath

thanks, but those are the fixes i already tried

1 decade ago
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RoxXan

I just finished downloading it, started, selected difficulty and game started normally, w/o problems :S

And I'm running win 7 x64

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JoeyBeanz

It's a pretty terrible PC port in the first place, one of the worst I have ever seen. So bad that it tends to ruin the experience at times. I'd recommend buying it and playing it on a console, if you have the option to do so.

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nath

i do not have a console...i'm a pc guy :|

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Zomby
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Personally, I needed to unplug my controller to play that game. Just having it plugged in crashed the game, even if I was not using it.

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nath

did that a few minutes ago...and that solved my problem

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Zomby
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Glad you managed to get past that issue. It took me a couple of days before I figured that one out.

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Closed 1 decade ago by nath.