Game Won't Work

[Zorzagar]

I' not to sure if I should do this on steam but any way, I got most of the DLCs and some mods and just a few hours ago it was working that I decided to stop playing and then when I wanted to play gain the DLCs and the mods didn't show and when I pressed play game nothing happened... Any Idea what to do?

 

[AndrewT]

To make sure I have this clear - the game and DLC were working fine? Then you quit the game, started it up again some time later and now it doesn't work at all?

What exactly happens? Do you see the Launcher? Any errors or messages?

Try doing a Steam Verify.

 

[Zorzagar]

When the Launcher appears the mods and the DLCs just don't show and when I press play nothing happens...
I forgot to mention I tried downloading Hamachi for a different program... It might have something to do with my problem...

 

[AndrewT]

Please try installing:

First: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5555

After that: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=8328

Then: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35
(If that doesn't do anything then http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8109 )

Then: visit the Windows Update site and allow it to apply all .NET updates/patches it wants to, for all .NET versions.

Then right-click on ck2.exe and ck2game.exe and set them to run as the Admin user.
And then check if you can run the game after that.

 

[Zorzagar]

Here is the issue before I start downloading stuff.. I tried to download Hamachi for a different game and I stopped it when it start giving me other installers and then when I tried to play CK2 nothing happened...

 

[AndrewT]

Are you saying the game worked OK before you installed Hamachi? I don't see any connection between them ... did you do a Steam verify as I suggested?

In any case if the above don't help try a full clean reinstall: move any valued save games elsewhere and uninstall the game from within Steam. Then manually delete ALL the CK2 directories from under BOTH the Steam and MyDocuments folders. Now reinstall the game from Steam, and run the Verify just to make sure it all came down properly.

 

[Zorzagar]

When this first started happening I did delete the two files because I thought it is the same issue that I had with Empire TW but when I deleted the files and uninstalled the game nothing happened and when I went back to Documents the Paradox file wasn't there, and Verify is really doing nothing...

 

[AndrewT]

In a full clean reinstall you do not delete two files, but two whole folders - and you do that AFTER uninstalling the game in Steam. It's not clear to me from what you wrote that you did that successfully.

Also, have you now done those things in post #4?

 

[Zorzagar]

were is the CK2.exe is exactly?

 

[AndrewT]

See the sticky thread above with File locations in its title.

 

[Zorzagar]

still not working...

 

[AndrewT]

Does your ISP charge you by the word or something? Can we have a few details please?

You went through every item in post #4? What happened in each case please, did they find stuff to do? Any errors or messages?

Did you do the clean uninstall, in particular delete every file and folder from under CK2 in both the Steam and Documents folders, before re-installing?


What if you exit Steam, and just manually run ck2game.exe? ck2.exe? What exactly happens, any messages or error please?

 

[Zorzagar]

Want me to tell you every thing? When this started happening I thought it's being like ETW, so I deleted the Paradox File and the Steam Crusader Kings file, then I deleted local content and nothing happened so then I went to Forums and posted this issue... and now that I did the Microsoft thing nothing still happens... I think System restore might help and I'll try that soon....

 

[Zorzagar]

That is what my launcher looks like (I had to pull a random pic off the internet didn't know how to get a pic of my own launcher)

 

[AndrewT]

If your Launcher looks like that, it is pretty much always a DirectX or .NET issue. I'm still trying to get out of you what exactly happened when you tried those 5 things in turn:

- First: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5555

- After that: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=8328

- Then: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35

- (If that doesn't do anything then http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8109 )

- Then: visit the Windows Update site and allow it to apply all .NET updates/patches it wants to, for all .NET versions.


Did anything happen when you ran each of those installers? Did .NET get updated at all? What exact .NET versions are listed as being installed in your PC?

 

[Zorzagar]

I downloaded the stuff you told me to download and nothing still happens...

 

[AndrewT]

Just downloading them does nothing. You must actually execute - run - each of the .exe files downloaded.

 

[Zorzagar]

I did press run...

 

[AndrewT]

Then can you please say what happened when you did that, in each case? What resulted? Did they appear to do anything, or failed with an error , or what?

What exact .NET versions do you have installed in your PC? What if you exit Steam, and just manually run ck2game.exe? ck2.exe? What exactly happens, any messages or error please?

 

[Zorzagar]

Well when they got done downloading and when I pressed run nothing happened...

When I try to run as Admin this is what I get... C:/windows/SYSTEM32/MSVCP100.dll is either not designed to run on windows or it contains an error. Try installing the program again using the original installation media or contact your system admin or software vendor for support. Error status 0xc000012f