Games for Windows Live is a hellspawn. Arkham City what the fuck?

SniperGuy

So I have Arkham City. I wanted to play Arkham City. I've played it before and I got the DLC during the steam sale.

Except now, it refuses to start. I get a long error string I can't copy paste, and if I take the file it seems to need and stick it in my Batman folder, it starts, however, GFWL doesn't. Meaning it wants me to start a new game, allllll over again. Any ideas how to fix this terrible piece of shit? The error says something about xlive.dll but now I can't even get that to show up. If I do get the game to start, and I click the GFWL button in the menu, nothing happens.

skeldare

From what I've been able to find out, it looks like most likely either a corrupted or missing xlive.dll file.

Could try troubleshooting here: http://pcsupport.about.com/od/findbyerrormessage/a/xlive-dll-not-found-missing-error.htm

SniperGuy

Well, if I try to start GFWL by itself, it says "Connection error
Can't start the program. There may be a problem with your internet connection or the LIVE service.
Open Internet Explorer and try to open a Web page. If you can't, contact your ISP." etc etc

But, obviously, I have internet.

skeldare

That error seems to indicate a server error on Microsoft's side. I found a post on Microsoft's site about the same issue today. Not sure if it's directly related though.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-gaming/cant-open-games-for-windows-marketplace-client/c0351a84-81f6-4576-8618-7393a86ea831?page=1

SniperGuy

Hrm. They say it seems to work though. Still nothing for me.

SniperGuy

Aaaand this says everything is peachy. http://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-live-status

skeldare

Very strange. Have you tried to reinstall Game for Windows Live?

SniperGuy

Yeah, several times.

skeldare

Found this that you could try:

Navigate to the game's installation directory. Then browse to \Binaries\Win32 folder, and delete the xlive.dll file found there. If you're concerned about deleting, you can try backing up the file first. After doing that, try launching again.

SniperGuy

That file was missing entirely at first actually. When I replaced it, the game started working, but GFWL still wouldn't start. I can get to the menu, but if I click that button to open the overlay or whatever its called it gets all Also tried doing a repair on the .net framwork, same deal.

SniperGuy

Here's the error I get when the .dll isn't in that folder:

skeldare

This might help for that error.

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2254862

Essee

I actually had and fixed basically this same problem (xlive.dll missing) several months ago with some Games for Windows Live game (don't remember which, but it doesn't matter). Unfortunately, after spending all that time fixing the damn issue, I don't remember what I ended up doing to fix it. I'll let you know if I remember it again!

SniperGuy

Well I deleted local files and reinstalled aaaaand still getting the problem. Seems to definitely be a problem with GFWL itself, not Arkham City.

SniperGuy

When I attempt to start the GFW Marketplace, the splash screen comes up, then disappears with no error message. Just flat out crashes silently. What the fuuuuuck.