Unable to create a game.

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I get to the map screen and select a map, select winning conditions and it won't create a game. I click on the button and nothing happens. I have completely removed the game, downloaded it from GG and then patched it from steam and it still won't work. Any suggestions?
I have waited a long time for this game, pre-ordered it and spent the last day trying to get it to work. I understand sh1t happens, and even if it wasn't a spit and polished version I would at least like to get into it and start learning how to play.

 

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More info:
I load the game, the main menu screen comes up. The background is black and it won't let me click on anything. Once the background battle scene loads up I can click create game. Once I select map etc it won't accept me clicking on the create game. I have tried loading the game from inside steam, loading it as a "non-steam" game, using the mars.exe and the sotsii.exe loading from shortcuts, 32 and 64... always the same.

 

[Pzt_Dragoon47]

Same problem here, can't even choose a faction, which I could do with the broken beta version steam released.

 

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Same problem here, can't even choose a faction, which I could do with the broken beta version steam released.

same with me. This is very frustrating.

 

[Pzt_Dragoon47]

Show me your log file, I fixed it through a renaming and/or re-installation of steam due to the file path.

 

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Which log file? I see Appinfo, cloud, connection, download, installscript.

 

[Qzzzz]

in game start option, select highest texture quality, it may help, it happen to me when I set lowest texture quality

 

[Syr]

Interesting... thats contrary to what a lot of people have been saying about reducing the graphical quality to improve stability (advice which I have disregarded because the game is just too pretty to do that)