VoiceAttack

Issues => Issues => Topic started by: Oss133 on March 29, 2025, 04:35:11 AM

Title: v1 works fine but v2 will not start
Post by: Oss133 on March 29, 2025, 04:35:11 AM

Hi,

I have been using v1 for years with no recent issues.

I have now bought the Steam v2 and it will not start. No message. No indication hint as to what the problem might be.

I have tried uninstalling v1. I have tried running v2 as Administrator.

Anyone got any ideas?

Thanks

Title: Re: v1 works fine but v2 will not start
Post by: Pfeil on March 29, 2025, 07:50:17 AM

Is there a VoiceAttackFault.txt file in the v2 installation directory?

Have you checked the "Details" tab of Windows Task Manager to see whether VoiceAttack is running in the background?

Have you restarted your computer (using the "Restart" option in the Windows Start menu, not by shutting down and powering back on)?

Title: Re: v1 works fine but v2 will not start
Post by: Oss133 on March 29, 2025, 09:33:24 AM

Unfortunately, there is no VoiceAttackFault.txt file in the v2 installation directory.

VoiceAttack is not running in the background.

and a restart has not solved the problem.

Title: Re: v1 works fine but v2 will not start
Post by: Pfeil on March 29, 2025, 09:44:23 AM

There should be a "Start VoiceAttack With Options" batch file inside the installation directory. If you double-click that, what happens?

Title: Re: v1 works fine but v2 will not start
Post by: Gary on March 29, 2025, 10:07:20 AM

You’ll also want to make sure .NET 8 is installed, and installed properly. It could be that Steam didn’t warn as it should:

https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/8.0

Make sure to download and install the desktop x64 runtime.

From there, I would uninstall version 2 and reinstall it, to find out if you have a borked installation.

If none of these fix your issue, I would seek a refund, download the demo and work with it until you can figure out what is going on with your machine as you would have something going on that has not been accounted for (and if it cannot be solved, you would not be out any money).

Title: Re: v1 works fine but v2 will not start
Post by: Oss133 on March 29, 2025, 10:58:51 AM

Thank you both very much for your help.

.NET 8 needed installing. :-[

Title: Re: v1 works fine but v2 will not start
Post by: Gary on March 29, 2025, 11:20:59 AM

Awesome!  Thanks for the update.  Normally, Steam would indicate that you would need to install.NET 8.  I’m wondering if .NET 8 was being reported as installed, but something may have been up with it.

I will double check with Steve to make sure that everything is square on that end. 

Again, thank you for the heads up!

Title: Re: v1 works fine but v2 will not start
Post by: Oss133 on March 29, 2025, 03:43:36 PM

Would you happen to know if EDDI should work with VA v2? I have installed it to the right App folder but I get an error message.

Title: Re: v1 works fine but v2 will not start
Post by: Pfeil on March 29, 2025, 03:53:59 PM

The last person that looked into this mentioned on the VoiceAttack Discord on the 23rd that it's not yet compatible with v2 for the moment.

For status updates you'll want to ask the developers of EDDI: https://discord.gg/zQjjutY (https://discord.gg/zQjjutY)