Came won't start.

[johnyoga]

Hello,

The game worked before the last major patch, now it simply hangs at the loading screen.

The launcher works fine, as all my other PDX games launch just fine.

And, yes, I uninstalled the game/reinstalled it multiple times, deleted the folders, no mods, turned off ALL virus detection, etc.

Any ideas?

Not happy.

 

[AndrewT]

Please go here:

Latest supported Visual C++ Redistributable downloads

This article lists the download links for the latest versions of Visual C++ Redistributable packages.

support.microsoft.com

And run the x86 and x64 installers there.

If that doesn't help, Please do a full **clean** re-install:

- move any valued save games elsewhere
- "uninstall" in Steam-Imperator
- manually delete both the Steam/SteamApps/common/Imperator AND Documents/Paradox Interactive/Imperator folders
- re-install game in Steam, run a Steam Verify when done.
- add imperator.exe to the exceptions list of your antivirus app; ESPECIALLY if you have Windows Defender, add it to the Ransomware "Apps Allowed Through" list.
- start the game with no mods active and test

In particular you need to make sure there are no files or folders left under either the Steam Imperator or Documents Imperator locations, before installing again.

Also if you have the MSI Gaming App installed, disable it as it clashes with this game.

If that doesn't help:
DXDIAG is a program you run from the Windows search box on the task bar. After running it will open a window and start collecting info with a progress bar in the lower-left corner. When it completes click the 'save all information' button and save it to a file then attach that file here.

Please attach here your Documents/Paradox Interactive/Imperator/pdx_settings.txt.
From your Documents/Paradox/Imperator/logs/ folder, attach here system.log , error.log

 

[johnyoga]

Thank you for your reply. I'll give it a go.