Everest Crashing on Startup

[neon widget]

Trying to launch Everest immediately crashes with this error message:
"System.EntryPointNotFoundException: Unable to find an entry point named 'SteamInternal_SteamAPI_Init' in DLL 'steam_api64'.
at Steamworks.NativeMethods.SteamInternal_SteamAPI_Init(UTF8StringHandle pszInternalCheckInterfaceVersions, IntPtr pOutErrMsg)
at Steamworks.SteamAPI.InitEx(String& OutSteamErrMsg)
at Steamworks.SteamAPI.Init()
at Celeste.Celeste.orig_Main(String[] args)"

[hollow finch]

have you tried verifying game files and reinstalling everest

[karmic sphinx]

Steam Instructions
Epic Games Store Instructions
If you have Everest installed, you will need to reinstall it after verifying.

[hollow finch]

@ripe pendant it begins

[ripe pendant]

old steam_api64 with new Steamworks.NET

what was the status on that?

[neon widget]

i have, this didn't fix it

[hollow finch]

the status was "the user is trying to downgrade which we don't support"

at least without verifying game files not that i read this twice

all i know is that for whatever reason sometimes the libraries arent copied

[ripe pendant]

ohh right yeah hm

[hollow finch]

delete everest-lib and lib64-win-x64 from the game files before reinstalling everest then

[ripe pendant]

verifying game files should fix it though

[hollow finch]

its library weirdness probably

[hollow finch]

yeah no

remember all those people who had csteamworks crashes

i think only a full reinstall fixed things because it deleted everest-lib and lib64-win-x64

and steamworks.net.dll

i still don't understand whats going on but my running theory is that for whatever reason the new libraries just arent overwritten

[ripe pendant]

but like

its in the depot

steam should overwrite it to the vanilla one

[hollow finch]

the thing is

im pretty sure whats happening is that vanilla is restored properly yes

but then a mixture of old and new dlls are being copied over

why? id like to know myself

i know for sure that this persists a verify and reinstall

#modding_dev message

[ripe pendant]

hmmmmmmmmm

[neon widget]

this also didnt fix it

deleting a couple more files did fix it

specifically steamworks.net.dll and one other file that didnt get reinstalled

[hollow finch]

i kind of expected it

thought they'd get replaced after deleting the folders but apparently not

i wasnt sure if they would

[viral bough]

Sorry, I'm having the same issue as you - what did you do that ended up fixing it? I've just came back to the game after about a year of not playing, and this was a pretty weird way to come back!!

[spiral pewter]

for some reason i can't find the part of the guidelines that tells you not to ask for help in other people's posts (instead of making your own) but don't do that