L.A Noire Pc problem

Four of a kind

Can anyone tell me what I need to do here to get this game to work? Installed everything and activated the licence, then when I try and restart I get the following error:

PCGS4: Malformed settings file. Please delete settings.ini and restart the game.

System info:

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7, 64-bit, Service Pack 1
Language: English
Processor String: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz
Processor Identifier: Intel64 Family 6 Model 30 Stepping 5
Processor Speed: 2.67 Ghz
Processor Count: 4
System RAM: 4087 MB
HDD Size Total: 953766 MB
HDD Size Available: 544149 MB
Motherboard Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Motherboard Product: P7P55D PRO
BIOS Vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
BIOS Version: 020


Thanks.

ScumLord

I assume you've tried deleting "settings.ini"?

Reinstall the game, if it's still not working you could have gotten a faulty disk. It does still happen from time to time. Happened to me last month had to send the disk back for a replacement.

Four of a kind

ScumLord wrote: »

I assume you've tried deleting "settings.ini"?

Reinstall the game, if it's still not working you could have gotten a faulty disk. It does still happen from time to time. Happened to me last month had to send the disk back for a replacement.

I can't find "settings.ini"??

gizmo

Should be located here: C:\Users\User\Documents\Rockstar Games\LA noire\settings.ini

Four of a kind

gizmo wrote: »

Should be located here: C:\Users\User\Documents\Rockstar Games\LA noire\settings.ini

yeah, it was settings, but no .ini after it. Deleted it and restarted but no use still. Will have to return it.

Thanks.

gizmo

Four of a kind wrote: »

yeah, it was settings, but no .ini after it. Deleted it and restarted but no use still. Will have to return it.

Thanks.

To be honest I doubt they'll let you return it, especially after activating the licence.

In the meantime...

Are you running the game via Administrator Mode? You can do this by right clicking the executable and selecting "Run as administrator".

If that doesn't work, I also remember one of my mate mentioning he had to disable UAC in Win 7 for it to work. To do this follow these steps.

Open Control Panel
Select User Accounts
Select 'Change User Account Control Settings'
Change the slider to Never Notify
Restart your computer now and try running it again either as normal or in admin mode.

Four of a kind

gizmo wrote: »

To be honest I doubt they'll let you return it, especially after activating the licence.

In the meantime...

Are you running the game via Administrator Mode? You can do this by right clicking the executable and selecting "Run as administrator".

If that doesn't work, I also remember one of my mate mentioning he had to disable UAC in Win 7 for it to work. To do this follow these steps.

Open Control Panel
Select User Accounts
Select 'Change User Account Control Settings'
Change the slider to Never Notify
Restart your computer now and try running it again either as normal or in admin mode.

yeah done all that prior to putting this post up. Disappointed now as I was looking forward to playing it over the xmas.

Myrddin

If it's a known issue, maybe someone has uploaded a default settings.ini that you can substitute into your installation. It might be enough to get the game up & running & configure yourself once it's loaded.

B0X

Sure just uninstall it and reinstall. It's usually the best way to fix these things.

Four of a kind

B0X wrote: »

Sure just uninstall it and reinstall. It's usually the best way to fix these things.

For some reason, this worked! Even though I had it done already! Thanks guys for all the help!;)