Microsoft Vc Redist Package Download Steam
Figure out what redists it is installing over and over again, and download the same one from the Microsoft site (make sure it is the same bitness as the one being installed), and run it manually. If it offers to repair, then do so.If Steam is repeatedly running the installer for a Visual C Redistributable then it means that particular version and bitness isn't installed correctly and the Steam Client does not detect the necessary registry values to indicate it is installed.
When running in quiet mode it may be thinking it is installed and skipping the process entirely.
I have never encountered this problem before and thought I would post the fix I used just in case anyone else runs into the same issue. I read the troubleshooting for BT4 and tried all the stuff. I ran DX10, tried to repair the two different versions of the vc package but it would never finish trying to install them when I ran the game through Steam.The simple fix I did to finally get it to work on Steam was going into my C:Program Files (x86)SteamsteamappscommonSteamworks SharedCommonRedistvcredist2015 and deleted the file called installscript.vdf.
Age Of Empires 2 Microsoft Vc Redist Package
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Game started right up.On a side note, I was able to bypass the error and play by running the BardsTale4 application file in The Bard's Tale IV folder: C:Program Files (x86)SteamsteamappscommonThe Bard's Tale IV but it was not running through Steam so I am guessing you wouldnt get any badges or whatever. But it was a way to play if you absolutely need to play!