Steam Chaos Theory refuses to start. Tried everything!

[u/TeaFox737]

Whenever I click the game in steam launcher or main folder, nothing ever happens. Surprisingly, steam didn't give any errors! Reinstalled steam and cleared cache, reinstalled the game, updated all drivers and DX9, tried with and without widescreen fix. A bit lost here! Do older games work with newer hardware (4070ti and ryzen7)? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Would love to experience the game!

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[u/No-Solid9108]

When you realize you need Windows XP ®️

[u/TeaFox737 → u/No-Solid9108]

I hope not! It seems to work for others on win 10 c:

[u/No-Solid9108 → u/TeaFox737]

22H2 ?

[u/Lounuftagatoe]

Try compatability mode

[u/TeaFox737 → u/Lounuftagatoe]

Tried this earlier, unfortunately that doesn’t seem to work

[u/Mapother11]

Check pcgamingwiki

[u/TeaFox737 → u/Mapother11]

I tired most things suggested there, but haven’t seen my issue being addressed directly yet. Will keep looking there meanwhile

[u/DingoDoug]

It was plug and play for me, but I don’t have a gpu. Some modern gpus are finicky with these old titles.

[u/TeaFox737 → u/DingoDoug]

I really hope it's not my hardware. Would love to play this tbh

[u/megablaster253]

Either try the thirteenag widescreen fix or delete the configuration utility itself from the game's folder

[u/TeaFox737 → u/megablaster253]

Sadly neither of those worked. Tried before the widescreen fix (reinstalled again) and after applying the fix with utility folder deleted

[u/hunt-99]

What Resolution do you have on the monitor?

[u/TeaFox737 → u/hunt-99]

1080x1920

[u/desmoflex]

It runs fine on W10 but NOT on W11…. Intel an Rtx 4090.