PC Steam version crashing

[John R. Martin]

Crashing on PC version. Here's what I tried to do to troubleshoot, to no avail:
1. Copied the Pinball Arcade folder from the "My Games" folder to another folder, then deleted the orig.
2. Deleted the pinballarcade.exe and pinballarcade11.exe files from the Pinball Arcade folder in Steamapps/common/pinballarcade
3. Exited out of Steam, then restarted my PC.
4. After restart, started Steam again, went to "Properties" for Pinball Arcade, and "Verify Integrity of Local Files", and redownloaded the 2 exe files.
5. Tried to start PA, went through the config utility, then went dark, then back to the desktop again.
6. Copied the saved Pinball Arcade folder back to "My Games"
7. Tried to start PA again, with same results.

Here is my system specs:
Windows 7 Ultimate
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Processor 2.80 Ghz
4GB Ram
nVidia GeForce GT430

 

[Ben Logan]

Same here. Will not startup. Black screen all night.

 

[Snorzel]

I am having the same issue. Dang! I was really looking forward to some tpa tonight

 

[LockeCole]

I wonder if they did a bad update because I came here for the same thing...

 

[Spitfire]

I am also not being able to start TPA anyone solved the problem??

 

[Snorzel]

The pinball bros over on Steam forum say if you set your firewall to block outgoing traffic from pinballarcade11.exe, or turn off wifi you will be able to play! About to try myself

 

[John R. Martin]

Just tried uninstalling PA completely, deleting both the PA folder in steamapps/common, and the one in "My Games", then after restarting again, redownloaded.................same results

 

[John R. Martin]

Seems the only way to get mine to work is to disable my internet connection, course, after uninstalling and reinstalling PA, the only table I currently have access to is Arabian Nights. IF they ever get this fixed, I will have to redownload all my other tables.

 

[wolfson]

shut internet down,you wouldn`t believe,bloody works !!!

 

[Pop Sergeant]

Well ... just to confirm ... having tried everything from uninstalling/re-installing Steam, TPA, and VS ... disabling internet connectivity was the only way TPA PC DX9 or DX11 would launch. Yeah, I know ... nothing new ... just wanted to share the pain. THEY TOOK OUR PINBALL!!!!

Damn it. Weekends are my only time to enjoy TPA in it's full stress-filled glory too!

 

[Kaibun]

Guess we'll just have to wait for an update with a quick fix, because something must be broken here.

 

[Fungi]

Gee, if FarSight ever decides to pack it in, this doesn't worry me at all.

 

[Axlsgolden]

Same here. If I disconnect the internet connection I `m able to play TPA, but 11 tables are missing. They are marked as not bought. No access to TPA if Internet is enabled

 

[Pinballwiz45b]

Crashing here as well. Set your priorities straight, please!

 

[rehtroboi40]

Crashing on PC version. Here's what I tried to do to troubleshoot, to no avail:
1. Copied the Pinball Arcade folder from the "My Games" folder to another folder, then deleted the orig.
2. Deleted the pinballarcade.exe and pinballarcade11.exe files from the Pinball Arcade folder in Steamapps/common/pinballarcade
3. Exited out of Steam, then restarted my PC.
4. After restart, started Steam again, went to "Properties" for Pinball Arcade, and "Verify Integrity of Local Files", and redownloaded the 2 exe files.
5. Tried to start PA, went through the config utility, then went dark, then back to the desktop again.
6. Copied the saved Pinball Arcade folder back to "My Games"
7. Tried to start PA again, with same results.

Here is my system specs:
Windows 7 Ultimate
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Processor 2.80 Ghz
4GB Ram
nVidia GeForce GT430

What version of TPA were you using?

Seriously, there's no way to even tell. All you get is a black screen and a note the pinballarcade.exe isn't working, and my personal favorite the ironic "checking for a solution". I had this problem with both DX9 and DX11.

Guess I'll just play the game referenced in my signature block instead.

 

[FlippyFloppy]

We're looking into the issue.

 

[Axlsgolden]

We're looking into the issue.

Thx FlippyFloppy. Ok, I can access TPA online again. But 11 tables are still marked as not being purchased. But I bought them all. Some of them as complete seasons and others as single tables in the game. It is exactly the same issue as a few days ago. Thank you!

 

[Axlsgolden]

Great!! TPA is working well again om steam/PC version. Thx to flippyfloppy.

 

[FlippyFloppy]

Great!! TPA is working well again om steam/PC version. Thx to flippyfloppy.

Do you have those 11 tables you mentioned earlier? The crashing, login and scores posting to leaderboards should be fixed now.

 

[Axlsgolden]

Do you have those 11 tables you mentioned earlier? The crashing, login and scores posting to leaderboards should be fixed now.

Yes.