Left 4 Dead 2 Forum

Unfortunately with L4D2 retail decrypting is crashing. Haven't been able to find a way around it yet.

My current theory on what people should do if they run into this issue is delete local content for the game and then re-download. Currently doing this myself.

mine decrypted fine after restarting steam. however, i got the famous incomplete install curse.

currently re-downloading the entire game without the pre-load/decrypting nonsense. heard there was already an update to fix some install/startup issues as well. i'll check back in when i get fully installed again.

I tried restarting steam several times, though that did not fix my issues. It may be a general steam bug looking at the steam forums, but I can't really say.

I hope it works for you, let us know and I'll start deleting and re-downloading too. Or if some admin could please make me an advocate so I can download 8.1.0 and play L4D2 I would greatly appreciate it!

PS - i am running 8.1.0rc1 with this problem, but this is not a CXG issue, as users all over the steam forums are reporting the incomplete installation bug.

Chris Sooley wrote:

I hope it works for you, let us know and I'll start deleting and
re-downloading too. Or if some admin could please make me an
advocate so I can download 8.1.0 and play L4D2 I would greatly
appreciate it!

You can sign up to be an advocate by yourself;

http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/advocate_overview/

Cheers!

You can sign up to be an advocate by yourself;

http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/advocate_overview/

Cheers![/quote]

Thank You! I just could not find this. It's late....3:15am I'm signed up and will get a reply soon.

Reinstalling has given me the "incomplete installation (2)" error. Going to fiddle with it more.

Edit:

I have tried verifying the integrity of the data, which turned back 100% fine. I then attempted the fix I posted to get the Demo working. First time it booted up but then errored when I got to the menu. Now its giving the same error.

I've signed up to be an Advocate last night, still not allowed to download 8.1.0 Zombie Mallard. What is the time frame from signing up to becoming an Advocate?

The final 8.1 is out. That fixes the bug for everyone