Obby's FULL NUKE NS2 GUIDE (Only way to be sure)
Obraxis
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Hi there.
I've noticed a number of people on the Tech forums have various different issues, which could be fixed by following these next steps:
Disable all mods from within NS2 first, and unsubscribe from any in your Mods list. (You must go through steam to properly unsubscribe!)
Then.....
Delete NS2 from Steam. Then do a manual NS2 Cleanup (this is not done when Steam deletes NS2 from your Library) like follows:
1) Delete NS2 from Steam the normal way.
2) Go to your hidden folder where settings are saved C:\Users\YOURUSERNAMEHERE\AppData\Roaming and Delete the 'Natural Selection 2' folder.
3) Go to your SteamApps\common Directory and make sure you delete 'natural selection 2'
4) Restart your PC (to be on the safe side)
5) Reinstall NS2 fresh from a new download.
Try those steps. Chances are, your NS2 is now working fine!
If that does not help then post a thread with your issue, with as much evidence as possible (screenshots/video) and also run techsupport.exe in your NS2 Steam Directory. Then upload it somewhere for us to see & report back.
Thanks all!
I've noticed a number of people on the Tech forums have various different issues, which could be fixed by following these next steps:
Disable all mods from within NS2 first, and unsubscribe from any in your Mods list. (You must go through steam to properly unsubscribe!)
Then.....
Delete NS2 from Steam. Then do a manual NS2 Cleanup (this is not done when Steam deletes NS2 from your Library) like follows:
1) Delete NS2 from Steam the normal way.
2) Go to your hidden folder where settings are saved C:\Users\YOURUSERNAMEHERE\AppData\Roaming and Delete the 'Natural Selection 2' folder.
3) Go to your SteamApps\common Directory and make sure you delete 'natural selection 2'
4) Restart your PC (to be on the safe side)
5) Reinstall NS2 fresh from a new download.
Try those steps. Chances are, your NS2 is now working fine!
If that does not help then post a thread with your issue, with as much evidence as possible (screenshots/video) and also run techsupport.exe in your NS2 Steam Directory. Then upload it somewhere for us to see & report back.
Thanks all!
Comments
Clearly, you've never had to deal with the amount of different NS2 problems I have.
You can uncheck steam cloud use easily in Steam settings. Verifying Game cache works half the time only. The rest of the time, my guide will work fine.
My guide still stands
Doesn't meant to be rude its just unchecking steam cloud won't reset bindings and there were some mods messing with these files. And ofc verfying the gdc wont install the dxsetups.
If I were a betting man, my money would definitely be on that optimization hiccup where the game ran it twice. Just for info, I did alt+tab while it was running, so that may have caused problems (though I think a lot of people must alt tab while waiting.) Probably best not to do this and just let the game do it's thing. Thanks guys.
Batch script that will fully nuke NS2. Easy to use.
Might wanna sticky that.
Can't be uploaded to forum. Had to put on ftp. If it displays as text just save to a .bat or .cmd file.
How do i find hidden folder?