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Mikstaslaya · 08-06-2009, 08:26 AM

I bought Prey a long time ago via Gamestop's download service for the game and I was able to play the game fine for a while. I even beat it and, well, this game is absolutely amazing. I stopped playing it for a while and recently decided to try playing the game again and now, the game doesn't even launch. I double click on the desktop shortcut and nothing ever happens. I have gone to the actual Prey.exe and clicked on that and again, nothing happens. I have reinstalled the game many times and no matter what I do, the game refuses to work. My mouse just shows that it is loading something but even if I leave the computer on for an hour, nothing ever comes up. I check the task manager processes and it says that Prey.exe is running but again, nothing happens.

I have searched numerous forums for answers to this problem but I can't seem to find one that works. I have also tried patching up the game right after I install it, I downloaded patch 1.4. If I wait until the patch is finished installing and then checked "launch Prey now" at the end of the installation before hitting "finish", then I get a different error: Couldn't Load Default.cfg. So I said "ok well, obviously it's not working if I start the game up that way, so I'll try the .exe again directly and see if that works now that the game is patched."

Again, nothing happens. Not even a "couldn't find default.cfg" error. The funny thing is, I tried installing/downloaded the Prey Demo and the demo launched and ran with no problems whatsoever. The full game, however, is just not working for me any more. I have tried these five solutions so far and none have worked:

-Turning off Firewall
-Temporarily disabling McAfee, my virus protection software
-Patching up the game completely, all the way up to 1.4.
-Reinstalling the game (I tried this many times).
-Redownloading the setup directly from Gamestop's site.
-Putting this at the end of the "Target" line in the Prey shortcut:+set s_forceNoOpenAL 1 (I heard somewhere on a forum that this would work, but it didn't change anything).
-Installing the latest video drivers
-Emailed Take2 support, I hope to get a response some time soon.

I definitely meet the minimum/recommended requirements for Prey as well. I ran the game at full graphical capability with 60FPS nearly all the time and no lag. Here are my specs (I would have added the Dx Diag file but it was too large):

OS: Windows XP
CPU: Intel Premium D 2.66GHz
RAM: 4GB
Video Card: GeForce 8600 GT (256MB VRAM)

Any help with this problem would be MUCH appreciated because I would LOVE to play this game again.

08-06-2009, 08:26 AM	#1
Mikstaslaya	Prey will not even start! Please help! I bought Prey a long time ago via Gamestop's download service for the game and I was able to play the game fine for a while. I even beat it and, well, this game is absolutely amazing. I stopped playing it for a while and recently decided to try playing the game again and now, the game doesn't even launch. I double click on the desktop shortcut and nothing ever happens. I have gone to the actual Prey.exe and clicked on that and again, nothing happens. I have reinstalled the game many times and no matter what I do, the game refuses to work. My mouse just shows that it is loading something but even if I leave the computer on for an hour, nothing ever comes up. I check the task manager processes and it says that Prey.exe is running but again, nothing happens. I have searched numerous forums for answers to this problem but I can't seem to find one that works. I have also tried patching up the game right after I install it, I downloaded patch 1.4. If I wait until the patch is finished installing and then checked "launch Prey now" at the end of the installation before hitting "finish", then I get a different error: Couldn't Load Default.cfg. So I said "ok well, obviously it's not working if I start the game up that way, so I'll try the .exe again directly and see if that works now that the game is patched." Again, nothing happens. Not even a "couldn't find default.cfg" error. The funny thing is, I tried installing/downloaded the Prey Demo and the demo launched and ran with no problems whatsoever. The full game, however, is just not working for me any more. I have tried these five solutions so far and none have worked: -Turning off Firewall -Temporarily disabling McAfee, my virus protection software -Patching up the game completely, all the way up to 1.4. -Reinstalling the game (I tried this many times). -Redownloading the setup directly from Gamestop's site. -Putting this at the end of the "Target" line in the Prey shortcut:+set s_forceNoOpenAL 1 (I heard somewhere on a forum that this would work, but it didn't change anything). -Installing the latest video drivers -Emailed Take2 support, I hope to get a response some time soon. I definitely meet the minimum/recommended requirements for Prey as well. I ran the game at full graphical capability with 60FPS nearly all the time and no lag. Here are my specs (I would have added the Dx Diag file but it was too large): OS: Windows XP CPU: Intel Premium D 2.66GHz RAM: 4GB Video Card: GeForce 8600 GT (256MB VRAM) Any help with this problem would be MUCH appreciated because I would LOVE to play this game again.