Questions tagged [technical-issues]
Technical problems with games, such as installing or running a game. To get helpful answers, include as much detail as possible in your question, e.g., hardware specs, error messages, and what you’ve tried so far to solve the issue. Modded Minecraft tech support is off-topic.
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Minecraft launcher: "java.net.UnknownHostException: s3.amazonaws.com"
When I start the game, I've the next error in the "Launcher Log" tab:
[21:17:34 INFO]: Minecraft Launcher 1.6.48 (through bootstrap 100) started on windows...
[21:17:34 INFO]: Current time is Nov 29, ...
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Why can't I get on Clash of Clans?
Device Information: iPhone 4S, running iOS 9.1.
Clash of Clans Information: Version: latest, Username: ProsecutorPayne, TH: 6, Clan: awesome clan
I cannot get on Clash of Clans. What's happening is ...
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I can't launch recently installed games on Windows Vista?
I recently installed Anno 1503, Mafia, and Praetorians on my PC. After installing each one, not one of them will work leading me to believe these are not individual issues relating to each but one.
I ...
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PS3 Hard drive corrupted file system. Stuck in safe mode "preparing" message
Netflix caused the PS3 (slim, latest firmware) to hang during playback. It wouldn't turn off so I had to cut power. As expected when it started again I had the file system corrupted message but this ...
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Why does connecting a laptop to a TV via HDMI cause a framerate drop?
I have encountered a problem recently: I plug in my computer to my TV with HDMI and suddenly any game will play at snail speed. Like ridiculously slow.
I have tried both of my TVs, lowered the games ...
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Micro-Stutters In All Games After Several Minutes Of Play
So this problem started randomly about a week back, originally I thought it was only with Fallout 4 as that's all I was playing and it hadn't been occurring prior. But once I opened Counter Strike: ...
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Jetpack Joyride issue
So as you can see form the pictures I can not equip my Random Head/Body clothes I do not have such problems with my other clothes whatsoever. Anyone can help? Also I am using Android
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Minecraft crashes before it can even generate a log? [closed]
After having searched for a while, I am finally asking help.
The problem: As soon as I log into a world (no matter MP/SP), the game crashes and I get an error window saying something went wrong with ...
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Unable to start Far Cry 4
I'm unable to start Far Cry 4. It gives me the error:
The application was unable to start correctly(0xc000142)
My computer specs are:
Windows 10 64 bit
8gb RAM
AMD RADEON HD 6670 1GB
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Why does Minecraft get stuck downloading 'guava-17.0.jar'?
My copy of Minecraft seems to get stuck on 'guava-17.0.jar' when I try to download it, and it's always that.
I looked up everywhere how to fix the problem of the launcher staying stuck on this "...
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Is there any way to run an older version of the Steam client?
The latest auto-update of Steam (5 November 2015) has broken the Steam client on OS X 10.6.8. This means I can no longer install or update any of my games, nor even play games that use the Steam DRM ...
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How can Official Game Guides be available for sale at game release dates?
I often search through amazon for new games. When doing this, i always wonder when i see a Official Game Guide book, which is available at release date of the game.
To write such a book, you will need ...
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I have encountered some glitch involving an NPC or Quest, how do I fix it?
In playing Skyrim, I encountered:
insert something related to an area/quest/NPC not working
How do I fix it?
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The game goes back to title screen after character creation
Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy will go through the opening stage of creating a character, but once I have completed this, the game will abruptly take me back to the main menu with the message :
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Dead Rising 3 crashing on Windows 10
Dead Rising 3 seems to crash after 10 minutes or so. There are a few bits of information on this elsewhere on the web, but none of the solutions seem conclusive. I've tried running the game in ...
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Bioshock; walking problem?
In Bioshock when I walk forward and let go of the forward key he keeps on walking, but eventually stops after a couple seconds. Would like to know if I could possibly fix it, or if it's just my ...
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Why does Pokémon Gold sometimes delete my save data? [duplicate]
I purchased Pokémon Gold, second hand, but it keeps deleting its save data at random intervals. I started playing it the other day, and when I came back a day later, found that the data had been ...
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Screen shakes/rubberbands on fullscreen
I'm having a weird problem playing the game Outlast on fullscreen. It's not exactly low fps, not exactly screen tearing, and not exacting stuttering. Rather it's almost a combination of all 3. The ...
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Unable to import save file in Witcher 2 and 3
I am having a problem with importing the save files from the Witcher games. I purchased both games from GOG, but I am not able to play my save files.
I get the option of importing my save file but ...
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Fallout Shelter closes after being open for a few seconds
On my iPad, Fallout Shelter opens normally and stays open for about four seconds. Then it kicks itself out of the program back to regular screen. It doesn't stay open long enough to try to do anything ...
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Music sounds all choppy
Whenever I start up Civilisation V the music and sound effects all sound choppy and horrible. I have tried restarting the game and my computer but to no avail. I am on a Ubuntu 14.04 computer running ...
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TTG Minecraft Story Mode cloud saves fail
I have played Story Mode on 5 iOS devices and 2 android devices. On all devices I am unable to get cloud saving to work. One device I was initially able to enable it but it never works (when saving ...
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Portal 2 "Skips frames"
On my MBP mid 2012, I experience some weird lag I've never experienced before. On the title screen and in-game, the game runs normally. However every 5 seconds, the sound cuts off and the game freezes ...
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Pkhex not loading 'main' in Wine?
Pkhex doesn't load my Alpha Sapphire save for some reason. Pkhex doesn't support Linux natively and thus needs to be run through Wine, could this be caused by Wine?
I'm using oothax to get ftbrony ...
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Why does my sound keep playing after I close the game?
I'm on a Ubuntu 14.04 LTS computer and I have installed Civilization 5 from Steam. Whenever I click the "close game" option from inside the game's menu, all the graphics and any icons on the task bar ...
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Can anyone help figure out whats wrong with my file? [closed]
I am playing PC Minecraft, and I know I saved my file while I was in a safe spot the last time I played.
I went to the same file today and I can't see anything, the whole screen was grey and I just ...
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Black screen through Hyperspin & Retroarch on all but the most recently loaded emulator
I know this is specific, but it seems some other articles/posts run into a somewhat similar issue. I have Retroarch, and from the RocketLauncherUI I am able to successfully load all of the emulators I ...
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Pc is squeaking while playing Minecraft?
Every time I open Minecraft my computer starts squeaking a little. Did anyone of you have a similar problem or have a clue what could be the problem? This kind of behavior only occurs when playing ...
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Roblox Launch Error Macintosh
Today I tried to join a game on ROBLOX, but failed in doing so. It gave me an error along these lines
ROBLOX cannot connect to the internet
After trying other games, reinstalling, restarting wi-fi,...
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The Ship Source Dedicated Server not starting
I am trying to run a srcds for The Ship game from Linux (Debian v8). It is downloaded and all the files seem to be there, but whenever I try to run ~/servers/ship/srcds_run -game ~/servers/ship/ship +...
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Why does Minecraft keep crashing in Ubuntu 14.04?
I just installed Minecraft on my Ubuntu system using the Minecraft Installer Peeps PPA. When Minecraft finished downloading and was launched, it crashed and this is what I got:
---- Minecraft ...
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Next Car Game Demo not working
I am trying to get the next car game demo for my computer. After I do everything, the shortcut has not been created and when I try to open up the game, there is an error that says: The program can't ...
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Dragon age Inquisition not responding with controller?
I'm using a PS3 controller plugged into my computer with an emulator to let me play it as a Xbox controller. It's all fine and dandy on other games, but the moment I switch to controller on Dragon Age ...
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Counter Strike 1.6 crashes when patching with UCP
I've installed Counter Strike 1.6 and when I open it; it works just fine. However when I attempt to patch it with UCP it shows this:
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application ...
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How to stop TF2 from crashing when attempting to play Invasion maps?
I can play and host other maps just fine, but whenever I try to play the 2015 Halloween event, Invasion, the map loads to about 80% and then hl2.exe crashes.
I made sure to have enough free RAM and ...
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"Your connection to matchmaking servers is not reliable" message on CS:GO?
When ever I try and connect to a Counter Strike: Global Offensive (casual or comp) game it gives me this message:
Your connection to matchmaking servers is not reliable.
How can I fix this?
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How to run Mortal Kombat X on laptop with two video cards?
I have Intel Graphics and GT 540m. Apparently game at the start chooses integrated graphic card and message pops out "Your video card or drivers do not meet minimum system requirements".
I set global ...
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Heroes VII memory usage > 8Gb issue
When I try to run Heroes VII on My PC it runs out of physical memory during game load (even before it gets to the game main menu) and windows stop responding until finally crash.
Sys: intel i7 / 8Gb ...
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Why won't GTA won't save my progress in story mode?
My son has played GTA on this console for a couple of years with no problems. I set up my own character recently and it has never once saved my progress. I have passed the first couple of missions (...
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How to reinstall Terraria on Steam
I recently added unsupported files to my Terraria and edited my files. This was a error on my part because now Terraria won't load.
I have no way to fix this and am not good enough at file ...
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"Proxy lost connection to the server" error when attempting to connect to server
Every time I try to connect to any server. I always get either, [Proxy] lost connection to the server, or a existing connection was forcibly closed by a remote host. I can't join any server! Can ...
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Minecraft 1.8.8 gives error "Couldn't initialize twitch stream"?
I don't need twitch, so what do I do when this pops up?
24-09-15 21:22:38: Starting Launcher...
24-09-15 21:22:38: Online mode...
24-09-15 21:22:38: Checking Minecraft for updates...
24-09-15 21:22:...
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Grand Theft Auto V exited unexpectedly - Rockstar edition
Hi after downloading GTAV from the social club plus all the updates I am receiving the error "Grand Theft Auto V exited unexpectedly".
My Asus ROG G751JY specs are:
Intel® Core™ i7 4860HQ /4710HQ ...
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Wii remotes disconnect as soon as I enter a channel
I own a original USA rvl-001 wii unmodded.
Original motion+ controllers.
They sync fine at the health and safety message. They work for long periods if I stay in the wii menu or settings page. But if ...
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Is Internet needed to play games on the PS4?
My cousin wants a PS4 for his birthday but he doesn't have Internet in his home. My friend said Internet is needed, but I heard that it's not. If my cousin only wants to play games locally, will he ...
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LWJGL games crash with EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION
I have this problem in almost all games that use Java/LWJGL, like Minecraft, 3079 -- Block Action RPG, and 3089 -- Futuristic Action RPG.
Computer specifications
OS: Windows 8.1 x64
CPU: Intel i5-...
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Minecraft Login Problem
I had been having an issue since yesterday. Whenever I log in, this message pops up:
Sorry, but we could not connect to our servers. Please make sure that you are online and that minecraft is not ...
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Japanese text in Windows game won't display correctly
I tried to play Action Mogura, a Japanese freeware game, on Windows 10. The game itself runs fine, but the Japanese text in the game is mangled, i.e. seemingly random characters are displayed.
I've ...
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Typing into signs crash the game
This has been an issue since 11.0, or so.
When I place a sign and I start typing, it either closes the game without saving or it shuts down my entire device (kindle fire).
If one happens to work I ...
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Clash of Clans crash on boot due to different icloud/gamecenter accounts?
My sons both have Clash Of Clans on their IPod 4s'. Both IPods are linked to my Apple ID which I signed up with on a device that has been gone for a few years. It has been convenient for sharing ...