Can't launch any Steam game - Stuck at preparing to launch...

[toastman]

Any here getting similar problems ? I cant seem to launch any Steam games. With every game, it just shows the Preparing to launch Game X... and then it is stuck forever....
Anyway to fix this ?

[RainbowStalin]

Restarting steam fixes this for me.

[Cozzy]

[quote]We are investigating an apparent hardware failure in the Steam rack[/quote]

[url]http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=28279597&postcount=371[/url]

[Frying Dutchman]

Same problem :(

[BMAliens]

The steam friends server has been failing quite big yesterday, today it seems to be the steam cloud server.

[toastman]

When trying to launch the game directly from directory, it tells me something about gameinfo.txt in subdirectory hl2 doesnt exist.
Those two error doesnt even seem to be related.

Also, the date system is failing. I was launching magicka when a window with this came up : ''The Steam Subscriber Agreement has beed updated as of tuesday 8 november 2005.''
What.The.Fuck :tinfoil:

[Frying Dutchman]

[QUOTE=FlyingAlien;34061762]The steam friends server has been failing quite big yesterday, today it seems to be the steam cloud server.[/QUOTE]

Yeah all my cloud files are gone, guess It's time to wait then.

[toastman]

Also, this makes me think how empty my computer experience is without Steam :(

[masterburner]

Same problem here. We're at a lan party and no-one can launch their steam games...

[b]Edit:[/b]
Guys, start steam in offline mode. The games will start again. :)

[BMAliens]

[QUOTE=masterburner;34061810]Same problem here. We're at a lan party and no-one can launch their steam games...

[b]Edit:[/b]
Guys, start steam in offline mode. The games will start again. :)[/QUOTE]

Sadly a lot of Valve games won't work without steam friends in online multiplayer.

[toastman]

Yep, its sure is a cloud problem. When in Offline Mode I have my favorite game selection back and games DO launch.

[Yukinari]

I restarted steam a few times and now i can launch games, but i just hope it doesnt go down again.

[justinx931]

Delete clientregistry.blob?

Works the last time i tried.

[Seibitsu]

I got a Steam update and it worked when I restarted.

[Ctrl+Alt+Llama]

Its a bug, there was a big issue yesterday. Should be fixed now.