cant start the game

Diggiee

reinstalled 3 times , still the same.

any help would be appreciated

GeneralZezo2

download it again like what i did .

Diggiee

doing it now for the third time lmao

Abel95

When reinstalling the game, please try to follow these steps:

1. Control Panel -> Z8Games -> CrossFire -> Uninstall CrossFire.
2. Open Up My Computer.
3. Delete the CF directory (Program Files/Z8Games/CrossFire/).
4. Delete the CF directory (/Document/CrossFire/) (Make sure you backup any screenshots or replays you may have before doing this).
5. Disable your anti virus.
6. Download the newest client from our downloads site.
7. Install the game from the new download.
8. Add the entire crossfire folder to your antivirus exceptions.
9. Re-enable realtime protection.
10. Start CrossFire as Admin.

Hope it works for you.

Diggiee

ty gonna try that out.

Diggiee

still not working

ZEWFWE

Can you post your PC specs here?
Are u running CF in compatibility mode?
Or do you have anything running next to CF, like a virus protection program or something that might scan (and possibly modify) the binary headers?

Abel95

Try running the game as Admin from the patcher.cf.exe from the CrossFire folder?

Diggiee

ZEWFWE wrote: »

Can you post your PC specs here?
Are u running CF in compatibility mode?
Or do you have anything running next to CF, like a virus protection program or something that might scan (and possibly modify) the binary headers?

1. what specs you want to know? if its the windows, its 8.1
2. Nope
3. Steam , TS3, Avira is running ( but not realtime scanning as able said)

[MOD]Abel wrote: »

Try running the game as Admin from the patcher.cf.exe from the CrossFire folder?

already tried

had that problem back in the days too, but it was fixed with reinstalling. dunno why it isnt working now

GrSkill

go to CF folder>version>edit>and change the lastest version to 1283>save

after start the game

Diggiee

cant save it, access denied

77hcShadow

got the same error and reinstalling doesn`t work !!!! and i can`t change the version folder because no acces pls help ?

Diggiee

few of my friends have the same , hope kanadian saw this thread and is telling them about

I_Sasuke

I have the same problem, the patcher doesn't download anything.

Diggiee

i sent a support ticket, lets see what happends .
you should do the same

DanMag

i seen that error before . made a new user on my desktop and it worked

Diggiee

tried, same issue

crazyevil18

I got this error too when i reinstalled the game , you arent the only one , there is sth wrong
But i was lucky that one of my friends gave me these specific errored rez files and then game works well now

BigMeanie

Dont bother its not worth it old friend.

Diggiee

BigMeanie wrote: »

Dont bother its not worth it old friend.

Dona my old friend

Pooyan

Uninstall the game. Delete Z8games folder in C:\Program Files(x86). Open the folder C:\Windows\Prefetch and delete everything inside. Open the folder C:\Users\YOURNAME\Local\Temp and delete everything inside. If it says some files' can't be deleted, just skip them. Restart your PC and install the game.

winnnetou

I dont know what u guys do with ur pc, but mine is just for surf on the internet
and play crossfire, and never had any problem with patches.
So erase all other programs and games , and maybe it will work.

Diggiee

Pooyan wrote: »

Uninstall the game. Delete Z8games folder in C:\Program Files(x86). Open the folder C:\Windows\Prefetch and delete everything inside. Open the folder C:\Users\YOURNAME\Local\Temp and delete everything inside. If it says some files' can't be deleted, just skip them. Restart your PC and install the game.

tryin this, ty

winnnetou wrote: »

I dont know what u guys do with ur pc, but mine is just for surf on the internet.

cleaning my dishes , making food , repairing my car..... doing everything with my pc ...

tbh like im not doing same . just gaming and surfing
so its not on me. last patches went down without any problems. and im not the only one with this problem

Snowflake15

Tried everything everyone said here, and my CF still doesn't start up.. It doesn't surprise me that only a few players get this error

Pooyan

Try restoring your PC to a point prior to the patch and then uninstall, redownload and reinstall again. Try installing on a different drive than the default one. Last option would be to reinstall windows.

77hcShadow

its actually funny everyone says fix virus scanner / firewall sweeth guys but that sh1t don`t solve the problem

Diggiee

going to upgrade on win10 tomorrow, wanted to do that anyways . gonna hit u up if that works .

KinqCF2001

So first of you have to go to the crossfire folder.
At the bottom of the folder you find the file "version".
Rightclick it and remove the "read-only" checkmark.
after it you open the "version file" and safe it at the desktop.
after it you delete the version file out of your crossfire folder.
then you open up the version file on your desktop and change the LatestVersion from 1282 to 1283 and safe it.
after it you should put the "read-only" checkmark back on it.
you put the version file back to the crossfire folder and close it.
after it you should run CrossFire as Admin and the game should start patch and work perfectly fine afterwards.

Kindest Regards.

I_Sasuke

KinqCF2001 wrote: »

So first of you have to go to the crossfire folder.
At the bottom of the folder you find the file "version".
Rightclick it and remove the "read-only" checkmark.
after it you open the "version file" and safe it at the desktop.
after it you delete the version file out of your crossfire folder.
then you open up the version file on your desktop and change the LatestVersion from 1282 to 1283 and safe it.
after it you should put the "read-only" checkmark back on it.
you put the version file back to the crossfire folder and close it.
after it you should run CrossFire as Admin and the game should start patch and work perfectly fine afterwards.

Kindest Regards.

This worked, thanks

Diggiee

It finally worked !

Pooyan

And they played heavily ever after.