Empire total war doesn´t work in windows 10

[Fafis]

I´ve been trying to play this game but since I am using windows 10 this is not working anymore, someone could help me please!?!

[Nyx]

works fine for me

[operating1]

Originally posted by Nyx:

works fine for me

Same here...

[McB]

Just purchased Empire Total War collection today. Ive been trying to play a campaign for 3-4 hours and its froze-up and kicked me to Desktop screen. Any Ideas whats up with game?

[Marc]

works fine for me

[Inardesco]

Verify game cache

[robertraphy]

Originally posted by gary.boggs2495:

Just purchased Empire Total War collection today. Ive been trying to play a campaign for 3-4 hours and its froze-up and kicked me to Desktop screen. Any Ideas whats up with game?

does it in my first go

[McB]

Finally gt it to work for several days now. Then today, it Hosed up and stopped working, had to close program. Now when i try to Lunch save game, start new Campaign or play battle it does the same...stops working and prompts me to close program....im so pissed!

[fconavarroesp]

yo tengo el mismo problema , llevo horas jugando y ahora salta todo el rato y se apaga, tengo Windows 10 , alguna solucion ?, gracias

[komninosm]

Try playing in windowed mode.
Game coders made stupid errors in directx functionality and alt-tabbing (to see other windows/progs) while in full screen tends to crash even on Windows 7.
Google borderless window mode for Empire to make it even better with no window border bars.

[McB]

I finally deleted the game, re installed and now the game wont eve launch....im so dissapointed.

[komninosm]

When Microsoft was pushing windows 10 for free with malware-like hidden/misnamed updates what did you expect? A fully working operating system made for the user or a piece of crap surveilance system for the governments and corporations to spy on you that's full of bugs and incompatibilities?
When you got utilities like Never10 popping up in respectable IT sites you know something's wrong:
https://www.grc.com/never10.htm

[McB]

Im not real computer savvy, so i didnt know what to expect. Just want to play the Darn game...no more no less.

[komninosm]

I'm going to type some suggestions.
Try having Steam to Verify Game Cache again.
Try having ccleaner clean your registry (might as well do a malwarebytes scan too).
If it worked for a time and now it doesn't even load (and you didn't try modding at all) I suspect malware on your computer and/or hard disk failing (or it might just be stupid windows 10 issues, perhaps with .NET versions).

Game stupidly (I hate this lame tradition, games should stay in their folder only) stores some files at:

C:\Users\<YourUserName>\AppData\Roaming\The Creative Assembly\Empire

You could clean those too. Easiest way is to delete them and have Steam Verify Game Cache.
In the script folder there you can find a preferences.empire_script.txt file that you can edit in Notepad (do not use Word) to change graphics settings and such. Google whatever you think you want to change and see if a low setup works. Try windowed mode as that has less problems:

gfx_fullscreen false; # gfx_fullscreen <bool>, Run the application in fullscreen or not #

Usually you should back up that file first before editing it. You can also delete it and use Steam Verify Game Cache to redownload it though so no biggie.

[McB]

Thanks for you comment fella, i appreciate your help. Having said that, i really havent a clue what all that stuff is you said...it might as well be in Chinese. lol

I really think that it might be a Windows 10 issue like you said. PC just hasent been the same since i Downloaded it...DANG!

Like i said...not to computer savvy. :P

Cheers,
Gary

[komninosm]

I'm sorry, do you have like a friend or relative who's a bit more "computer-friendly"? :p
Maybe you could show him this thread and ask him to help you up close (or remotely with teamviewer or similar programs).
Sometimes when we have a problem and see a long/confusing solution our eyes glaze over and we give up (I do this a lot and I'm a procrastinator too). Don't look at the answer as a whole but as "baby steps" and deal with each sentence on its own (do it) before thinking about the next or even reading it. (you know how to google programs right? and how to download and install them and run them and stuff? or how to use your computer search for the preferences.empire_script.txt file)

Heh "Baby Steps" reminded me of this old movie:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_About_Bob%3F