Cannot Initialize SteamAPI

[BlackAnt1968601851]

I tried to initialize steamapi and it keeps telling me

No appID found. Either launch the game from Steam, or put the file steam_appid.txt containing the correct appID in your game folder.

even tho I have steam_appid.txt in the same directory.

Here's the appid inside the txt file

Here's my code

I am using the latest release Steamworks.NET-Standalone_2024.8.0

[Sousa8697]

I ran into a similar problem where the steam_appid.txt file seemed like it was set up exactly how it should be but if the steam_appid.txt file is encoded as utf-8 with BOM and not just utf-8 it caused problems reading the app id. I can see in the photo of the steam_appid.txt that it is the case, the encoding is located in the bottom right of your notepad app. Try adjusting the encoding to be just utf-8 and see if that resolves the problem. If its still not working after adjusting the encoding to utf-8, try using app id 480 for testing. Hope this helps!