Orcs Must Die! won't launch - SOLVED

I've just tried to run Orcs Must Die!, but I had a problem. It wouldn't run at all, just launch the icon and then disappear quietly.

I found the solution in this FAQ by the game authors. It is fairly easy:
- Find the game on Steam (if you have a large list like me, might be easier to switch to Recently Played games first)
- Right-click on the game title
- Choose the Local Files tab
- Verify Integrity of Game Cache

There were 8 files with problems on mine. After that the game ran fine. And I have to say that so far I like it a lot - see Orcs Must Die! Review for my opinion.

Comments

Seth Fogarty said…
Seconded, 8 files, suspect issue is an upgrade from demo.
October 26, 2011 at 5:47:00 AM GMT-2
Ian Slinger said…
Fix confirmed! I had 7 files, probably from the same source.
November 4, 2011 at 1:28:00 AM GMT-2
theissen612 said…
fix confirmed! thanks guys
November 9, 2011 at 3:21:00 PM GMT-2
Maciej Schuttkowski said…
@Seth Fogarty:
confirmed, 8 Files,
indeed upgraded from Demo.
@STG: fixed it, thank you very much for the Solution :)
November 10, 2011 at 3:09:00 AM GMT-2
Unknown said…
Thank you. There have been a lot of other fixes that weren't very good out there. I am so glad I found this one because it was the easiest and best. :)
December 21, 2011 at 5:11:00 AM GMT-2
The Key Pusher said…
Yep, I upgraded from demo too. Thanks a lot!
December 21, 2011 at 8:58:00 AM GMT-2
truPrince said…
same exact issue solved the same way. Thank you for sharing.
December 23, 2011 at 1:59:00 PM GMT-2
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