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[Cattoaster]

Hej there,

newest beta patch was downloaded and the server was going to restart. Well, it failed to start.

The cause is a missing c++ runtime DLL (MSVCP140.DLL) which is included in Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015.

However, why isn't this (or any other required runtime dll) static linked? A compiler can directly linked the runtime into the executable file (LiF:YO server exe). The executable will be significally bigger, but it will run without any need of runtime dlls.

[Custodian]

The cause is a missing c++ runtime DLL (MSVCP140.DLL) which is included in Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015.

Redistributable packages can be found at _CommonRedist\vcredist\2015 folder of both client and server steam installation.
Dependencies should be handled by steam. May be something is wrong with the precondition rules/checking.

However, why isn't this (or any other required runtime dll) static linked?

Static link of runtime can cause different issues, like heap management, if application is linked against other libs with dynamic runtime and they share memory management.

[Cattoaster]

Thanks for your reply Custodian.

Double checked the server directory, but there is no '_CommonRedist' directory. It's missing or was never downloaded/created. We are using SteamCMD to update our LiF server as a post-start running script. Could be one of the reasons that the files are missing

I'm currently downloading the missing redistributable .. but have to wait for a server admin with administrative privileges to install.

edit:

Static link of runtime can cause different issues, like heap management, if application is linked against other libs with dynamic runtime and they share memory management.

I quite understand your objection, but I would suggest a small reference in patch notes if a patch leads to new dependencies

[Cokll]

Could not start api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll lose
OS:Windosw 2008 R2

[Airco]

drop the beta , official patch is out