Unable to load game

[McCaber]

So the intro cinematics play just fine, but when it ends I get a flickering black screen that shows where the mouse has been and nothing else like so. Validating the Steam files didn't work, nor did setting the compatibility to Windows XP/256 colors or deleting and reinstalling it.

Any tips here to get it to work, or am I just out $2 I spent on it?

 

[Korbah]

I'm afraid I have no idea what could be causing the issue but I'll try and get a-hold of someone from tech support who might be able to assist.

 

[Had a dad]

try this, only you'll want to look for the ck entry not the hoi2 one

This would be in your registry ofc and you would add the entry to force direct draw emulation and instead of "E:\\Games\\Hoi2\\Hoi2.exe" you would be pointing at the ck1 exe

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers]
"E:\\Games\\Hoi2\\Hoi2.exe"="$ DWM8And16BitMitigation WINXPSP3 Layer_ForceDirectDrawEmulation"

 

[McCaber]

So after editing the registry as suggested, the intro cinematics display as normal but I get an error that says,

And hitting Ignore on that leads to,

From which any response closes the game.

 

[Had a dad]

try renaming the /movie folder to /oldmovie so the game skips the movie to see if that helps

 

[McCaber]

The movie isn't the problem. It threw the same error, and when I hit "Retry" it crashed to desktop with the message

 

[McCaber]

I checked the log files related to the application, and found:

1. Request to disable the Desktop Window Manager was made by process (Crusader Kings) - 2/12/2015 10:55:35 PM

2. The Desktop Window Manager was unable to start because composition was disabled by a running application - 2/12/2015 10:55:35 PM

3. The Desktop Window Manager was unable to start because of an insufficient display mode color depth - 2/12/2015 10:55:58 PM

4. A request to disable the Desktop Window Manager was made by process (Crusader Kings) - 2/12/2015 10:56:00 PM

5. The Desktop Window Manager was unable to start because composition was disabled by a running application - 2/12/2015 10:56:00 PM

 

[AndrewT]

Right-click on ck.exe (or ckgame.exe, not 100% sure what it's called) and go to properties, compatibility. What's set in there? Best is probably to have Run As Admin and Disable Desktop composition on, everything else off.

 

[McCaber]

Ok, turning off XP compatibility mode was what weirdly did the trick. But considering it didn't work at first install I have no idea what setting changed between then and now.

 

[SAS]

Ok, turning off XP compatibility mode was what weirdly did the trick. But considering it didn't work at first install I have no idea what setting changed between then and now.

But you can play the game now right?

 

[McCaber]

Well, it runs just fine. So far I would hesitate to call what I'm doing "playing", though. I've really just been locking horns with the UI trying to get a handle on how to do things in this game.

 

[McCaber]

But yes, I can play it.

 

[SAS]

But yes, I can play it.

Cheers! But man I see that UI and I scream. CKII is so much better.

 

[Mr. Charisma22]

Not to revive something that has died, but I am having the same issue, and was wondering what else the issue could be? I followed the steps above, and turning compatibility on and off did nothing, and disabling desktop composition/admin on did nothing either...

I am on 64 bit windows 7, 16 gigs of ram, 970 gtx

Tried re-installing into just C:\Games instead of regular 64 bit program files and it changed nothing.