"Steam must be running to play this game" Start error

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Same issue here. Amazon, if you’re going to make us use anti-cheat, please at least update it so that legitimate players can use the latest updates on Steam DLLs and such. I paid for the game and can’t play it, now - frustrating.

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Lol, if they’re going to make us use anti-cheat? The game would be unplayable without it.

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It doesn’t you wont be able to play if you do this.

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I mean look, I don’t care which anti-cheat software they use - the point is, it should let legit players who aren’t cheating actually play the game.

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found a fix. go into steam library browse local files for new world C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\New World\EasyAntiCheat go into the easy anti cheat folder and start the easy anti cheat setup repair service and after that you should be able to play

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tu é foda pra caralho mano
valeuuu

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Just repair game files. I´m in lol

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This fixed the issue for me too. Ty for finding a solution.

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Yeah made an Account just to post this XD

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This worked for me. Was super quick and easy and worked right away

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Like, share and ring the bell :blush:

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Repairing the game files and disabling the steam overlay worked for me. Everyone should try this.

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heres a tutorial for how to fix it if anyone is still having issues:

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Worked for me

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1: Sign out of Steam
2: Completely delete the “steam_api64.dll” file in the “Steam/steamapps/common/New World/Bin64” folder.
3: Right click on the Steam.exe file and open properties.
4: In the window that opens, check Compatibility/Change settings for all users/Run this program as an administrator, then click Apply/OK.
5: Run Steam now.
6: Right-click on Steam Library/New World and open the Properties. Open Game Files from the menu on the right and verify the integrity of the Game files.
7: After the verification is complete, restart Steam and log in to the game.

Good luck…

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my man <3

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Hey guys,
Let me share with you the official response to this issue

Please try this out and tell me if you have any other upcoming issues :smiley:

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you can enable steam beta in the settings to fix this problem

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Thank you, it worked for me :slight_smile:

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Steam seems to have fixed it. All I did was close steam completely, reopen it & updates started. Proceeded to open New World again & the issue was resolved.