[Solved] Can't start game through Steam

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[Solved] Can't start game through Steam

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Hey! It seems I can't install and run the game properly through Steam.

I had the demo installed before installing the game through Steam. After that I could not start the game through Steam and running /Applications/factorio.app directly started the demo. I deleted /Applications/factorio.app manually and then deleted all game files through Steam and reinstalled the game through Steam. Still could not start the game.
Here's the error I'm getting:
"Unexpected error occurred. You can help us to solve the problem by posting the contents of the log file on the Factorio forums"

Even after reinstalling /Applications/factorio.app does not exist at all. Here's the log file:

0.001 2016-03-18 13:48:28; Factorio 0.12.26 (Build 17762, mac)
0.001 Operating system: Mac OS X 10.11.2
0.001 Program arguments: "/Applications/factorio.app"
0.001 Read data path: /Applications/factorio.app/Contents/data
0.001 Write data path: /Users/<...>/Library/Application Support/factorio
0.001 Binaries path: /
0.042 Available display adapters: 1
0.042 [0]: resolution 1440x900px at [0,0]
0.042 Create display on adapter 0. Size 1280x720 at position [70, 72].
1.675 Initialised OpenGL:[0] NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M OpenGL Engine; driver: 2.1 NVIDIA-10.8.14 310.42.15f01
1.851 Graphics options: [FullScreen: false] [VSync: true] [UIScale: 100%] [MultiSampling: OFF] [Graphics quality: normal] [Video memory usage: high] [Light scale: 20%] [Screen: 255]
1.929 Loading mod core 0.0.0 (data.lua)
1.933 Loading mod base 0.12.26 (data.lua)
2.226 Initial atlas bitmap size is 16384
2.228 Created atlas bitmap 16384x3921
12.240 Factorio initialised
18.875 Goodbye

Any ideas?

[EDIT]
I realized the data in /Users/.../Library/Application Support/factorio was from the demo. I removed this and also /Users/.../Applications/Factorio.app and reinstalled, but no progress. Instead, now I can't even find any log files.

[EDIT 2]
I reinstalled again, then before starting the game I quit Steam and reopened. After that the game could be started.. no idea why, but I'm glad it works!
Last edited by Koub on Sat Mar 19, 2016 7:49 am, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: Added solved tag
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Re: [Solved] Can't start game through Steam

Post by Koub »

Glad you quickly solved your problem :).
Added solved tag to your topic. Have a nice time playing Factorio.
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