Lost Planet Wont Launch!

Whenever I go to Launch "Lost Planet" Steam comes up with a window saying "Preparing to launch..." and then when that shuts nothing happens! No game, No Error Message, No Nothing!

Can you help?

My system specs are.

OS: Windows XP

CPU: Dual Core Processor x86 Family 15 Model 75 Stepping 2 AuthenticAMD ~2199 Mhz (copied from Systems Info, I don't actually understand it, not a big PC gamer >_>)

RAM: 2 gigs

Hard Drive: 232 gigs

Video: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS, Direct X 9.0

Sound : None

It's a new computer, I installed XP about a week ago. I tried the Steam thing, it's still not working.

I'm gonna try reinstalling DirectX 9.

I have an internet connection, Steam and my Graphics card is updated completley. I don't have a sound card but I highly doubt that would cause the game to not launch.

There are no error messages, if there was I would know what to do :l

The problem isn't with steam, I have tested this by downloading the CiV :BTS demo.

Is it maybe because I'm running a non-legit copy of XP? Because I plan on buying a legit copy in the coming weeks so if that's all then maybe I'll just need to wait :l

Nevermind, it's my lack of Sound Card that's causing the problem.

It was because I didn't have a newer version of Windows Media Player. I downloaded WMP 9 and it works fine now. Thanks for trying to help anyway!kieranb2000

That has to be the most stupid reason ever for a game not working.

stuff that, get WMP 11MegaWang

Can't, I already said i'm running a non-legit copy of XP at the moment.

[QUOTE="kieranb2000"]It was because I didn't have a newer version of Windows Media Player. I downloaded WMP 9 and it works fine now. Thanks for trying to help anyway!dbowman

That has to be the most stupid reason ever for a game not working.

I concur. Although I don't think it was WMP itself the game needed but one of the .dll files that comes with WMP 9 + over.

[QUOTE="kieranb2000"]It was because I didn't have a newer version of Windows Media Player. I downloaded WMP 9 and it works fine now. Thanks for trying to help anyway!dbowman

That has to be the most stupid reason ever for a game not working.

[QUOTE="MegaWang"]stuff that, get WMP 11kieranb2000

Can't, I already said i'm running a non-legit copy of XP at the moment.

[QUOTE="kieranb2000"]It was because I didn't have a newer version of Windows Media Player. I downloaded WMP 9 and it works fine now. Thanks for trying to help anyway!dbowman

That has to be the most stupid reason ever for a game not working.

I concur. Although I don't think it was WMP itself the game needed but one of the .dll files that comes with WMP 9 + over.

well no , actually many games have a connection with WMP files & codecs & stuff, like that if you play Rome Total War, without installing some of the codecs for WMP9 then you will have alot of video porblems in the game, & in that time WMP10 wasn't out yet, but usually updating will fix everything.