Game doesn't start after "Preparing to launch..."

[ursus]

So I got this game Section 8 on steam, and it installs.
I click "Play", the "Preparing to launch..." dialog comes up, and nothing else happens.
From what I know, this is a fairly common problem. But I have no idea how to fix it.
I've verified cache files way too many times, I've ran with -windowed parameters, I've followed every possible Steam help article, and nothing.

[Tomcat]

reinstall gmod

[YomoFox]

or Get Lunch

[Buddha]

wat pixel shader version do you have and wat version does it need?

[ursus]

wat pixel shader version do you have and wat version does it need?

engrish plox

[» Magic «]

Restart steam

[Jman]

Delete sys32 

[Buddha]

DirectX®: DirectX 9.0c (Shader Model 3.0)

[» Magic «]

DirectX®: DirectX 9.0c (Shader Model 3.0)

It's not his GPU .-.

[Deathie]

The reason why it does that is because the game failed to initialize.

Meaning there's an issue with your hardware, drivers, software, something. It's not steam. Steam is able to run the game just fine, but when it 'starts' to run, it crashes.

Look up "Section 8 CTD" or "Section 8 Crash to Desktop" on google and search for common issues.

[Devie]

This happened to me before!
Ruben was nice enough to team view with me and fix it.

It got supa fixed!

delete binaries.

[Don]

Just saying since he's too lazy,
he got it to work on XP and is setting up dual-boot xp/7.

[ursus]

This happened to me before!
Ruben was nice enough to team view with me and fix it.

It got supa fixed!

delete binaries.

Err, more specific? :I

[Don]

So I got this game Section 8 on steam, and it installs.

[ursus]

go into ur gmod folder
username>garrysmod
then delete bin, config and hl2 (not the file folder)

then restart steam, then start up gmod.

>she thinks im trying to fix gmod
>i almost lol'd