Trouble with Windows 11?

[Majpalmer]

I can't get Empire to run. Did a fresh install, checked the integrity of the files, etc. No Mods. Totally deleted the old folder to get rid of any old Mod files. Any suggestions?

[HazardHawk]

appdata\roaming\the creative assembly\Empire Delete that folder and attempt to start the game again running as administrator.

Empire runs perfectly on windows 11

[Dreadnought]

try play empire on *windowned* mode sometimes this trick works just sometimes

[operating1]

Originally posted by HazardHawk:

Empire runs perfectly on windows 11

Been wondering about that...

[Majpalmer]

HazardHawk! Bingo! It worked! Many thanks!

[HazardHawk]

Originally posted by palmerm:

HazardHawk! Bingo! It worked! Many thanks!

Welcome! Enjoy!

[Motochika FR]

Hi guys, I take the liberty of restarting this thread because I am having the same issues. File cache checked, graphics card driver ok, appdata files deleted, tried to launch the game in windowed and game reinstalled 2 times but still nothing. I am on a windows 10 and there I must say that I am struggling

[Giggity]

Any solution to this? The mouse cursor just loads forever then I have to force my computer to restart which is quite annoying.

[HazardHawk]

Originally posted by Bludgeoned_PP:

Any solution to this? The mouse cursor just loads forever then I have to force my computer to restart which is quite annoying.

appdata\roaming\the creative assembly\Empire\scripts

Open the preferences script and see what it says. If no preferences script or blanks, paste in the following or make a notepad named preferences.empire_script.txt and paste in the following if needed, set screen resolution manually to match your resolution, then try again.

***** Below here*****

write_preferences_at_exit true; # write_preferences_at_exit <bool>, Write preferences at exit #
app_multirun false; # app_multirun <bool>, Allow multiple instances of the application #
x_res 1920; # x_res <int32>, Fixed window width #
y_res 1080; # y_res <int32>, Fixed window height #
x_pos 0; # x_pos <int32>, Window position #
y_pos 0; # y_pos <int32>, Window position #
vfs_log_level 0; # vfs_log_level <int32>, 0 - off, 1 - mod-user, 2 - dev #
unit_test false; # unit_test <bool>, unit test (for daily build) #
campaign_unit_multiplier 0.5; # campaign_unit_multiplier <float>, Set default unit multiplier for campaign #
gfx_first_run false; # gfx_first_run <bool>, First time application run #
gfx_video_memory -589934592; # gfx_video_memory <int>, Override available video memory (bytes) #
gfx_fullscreen true; # gfx_fullscreen <bool>, Run the application in fullscreen or not #
gfx_vsync true; # gfx_vsync <bool>, vertical synchronization #
gfx_hdr true; # gfx_hdr <bool>, Use high dynamic range rendering pipeline #
gfx_low_quality_shaders false; # gfx_low_quality_shaders <bool>, Use SM2 pixel shader code with SM3 vertex shaders and instancing. #
gfx_shadermodel 1; # gfx_shadermodel <int>, Set shader model, 0-2.0, 1-3.0 #
gfx_aa 3; # gfx_aa <int>, Set antialiasing, 0-no, 3-8x #
gfx_texture_filtering 4; # gfx_texture_filtering <int>, Set texture filtering, 0-bilinear, 5- anisotropic 16x #
gfx_texture_quality 3; # gfx_texture_quality <int>, Set the quality of textures. 0 - lowest, 3 - ultra #
gfx_volumetric_effect true; # gfx_volumemtric_effect <bool>, volumetric fog on sea battle #
gfx_ssao true; # gfx_ssao <bool>, Enable Screen Space Ambient Occlusion buffer #
gfx_distortion true; # gfx_distortion <bool>, Enable Distortion Effect buffer #
gfx_depth_of_field true; # gfx_depth_of_field <bool>, Enable Depth of Field effects #
gfx_hardware_shadows true; # gfx_hardware_shadows <bool>, Enable hardware shadow mapping #
gfx_sky_quality 3; # gfx_sky_quality <int>, Set the quality of sky. 0 - lowest, 3 - ultra #
gfx_unit_quality 3; # gfx_unit_quality <int>, Set the quality of units. 0 - lowest, 3 - ultra #
gfx_ship_quality 3; # gfx_ship_quality <int>, Set the quality of ships. 0 - lowest, 3 - ultra #
gfx_building_quality 3; # gfx_building_quality <int>, Set the quality of buildings. 0 - lowest, 3 - ultra #
gfx_water_quality 3; # gfx_water_quality <int>, Set the quality of water. 0 - lowest, 3 - ultra #
gfx_unit_scale 0; # gfx_unit_scale <int>, Set unit scale. 0 - lowest, 3 - ultra #
gfx_shadow_quality 4; # gfx_shadow_quality <int>, Set unit scale. 0 - off, 4 - ultra #
gfx_tree_quality 3; # gfx_tree_quality <int>, Set unit scale. 0 - off, 4 - ultra #
gfx_grass_quality 4; # gfx_grass_quality <int>, Set unit scale. 0 - off, 4 - ultra #
gfx_terrain_quality 0; # gfx_terrain_quality <int>, Set unit scale. 0 - low, 1 - high #
gfx_gamma_setting 2; # gfx_gamma_setting <float>, Set gamma correction #
gfx_brightness_setting 1.2; # gfx_brightness_setting <float>, Set brightness #
gfx_hardware_shadows true; # gfx_hardware_shadows <bool>, Enable hardware shadow mapping #
gfx_disable_terrain_ao_gpu false; # gfx_disable_terrain_ao_gpu <bool>, Disable terrain ambient occlusion term. Supported only on ShaderModel 3.0 #
gfx_screenshot_folder ./screenshots; # gfx_screenshot_folder <folder>, Folder to where save screenshots relative to Empire directory #
gfx_fixed_env_map ; # gfx_fixed_env_map <filename>, cubemap for fixed env.map #
camera_move_speed 100; # camera_move_speed <float>, Set camera movement speed #
camera_turn_speed 5; # camera_turn_speed <float>, Set camera turn speed #
default_camera_type 1; # default_battle_camera <card32>, default battle camera: 0-totalwar 1-rts 2-debug #
enable_sound true; # enable_sound <bool>, enables all audio content (default = true). If disabled none of the database or sound pack files are loaded. #
fix_res true; # fix_res <bool>, Forbid window resizing #
fix_window_pos true; # fix_window_pos <bool>, Forbid window repositioning #
mouse_wheel_sensitivity 50; # mouse_wheel_sensitivity <card32>, mouse wheel sensitivity: <0-100> default value = 50 #
invert_cam_x_axis false; # invert_camera_x_axis <bool>, invert camera tilting up/down #
invert_cam_y_axis false; # invert_camera_y_axis <bool>, invert camera panning left/right #
local_player_name ; # local_player_name <name>, Name used to identify the local player on network and local battles #
minimised_ui false; # minimised_ui <true|false>, show minimised ui #
ui_order_button_mode 0; # ui_order_button_mode <0|1|2>, Only applicable with minimised ui. 0 = always, 1 = slide on, 2 = never #
show_selection_markers true; # show_selection_markers <true|false>, Show the selection markers under the units #
show_path_markers true; # show_path_markers <true|false>, Show paths in naval battles #
show_target_zones true; # show_target_zones <true|false>, Show firing arcs etc #
ui_order_button_mode 0; # ui_order_button_mode <0|1|2>, Only applicable with minimised ui. 0 = always, 1 = slide on, 2 = never #
ui_card_mode 0; # ui_card_mode <0|1|2>, Only applicable with minimised ui. 0 = always, 1 = slide on, 2 = never #
ui_radar_mode 0; # ui_radar_mode <0|1|2>, Only applicable with minimised ui. 0 = always, 1 = slide on, 2 = never #
ui_land_unit_ids 0; # ui_land_unit_ids <0|1|2>, 0 = always, 1 = on mouse over, 2 = never #
ui_naval_unit_ids 0; # ui_naval_unit_ids <0|1|2>, 0 = always, 1 = on mouse over, 2 = never #
ui_mouse_scroll true; # ui_mouse_scroll <true|false>, Allow/disallow scrolling of the map by putting the cursor at the edge of the screen #
battle_time_limit 60; # battle_time_limit <int>, Sets the time (in minutes) for each battle. -1 for unlimited #
battle_difficulty 1; # battle_difficulty <int>, Sets the handicap for battles. Positive gives advantage. -2 is vhard, -1 is hard, 0 normal, 1 easy #
autoresolve_difficulty 1; # autoresolve_difficulty <int>, Sets the handicap for battles that are autoresolved. Positive gives advantage. -2 is vhard, -1 is hard, 0 normal, 1 easy #
campaign_difficulty 1; # campaign_difficulty <int>, Sets the handicap for campaigns. Positive gives advantage. -2 is vhard, -1 is hard, 0 normal, 1 easy #
battle_advice_level 0; # battle_advice_level <int>, Sets advice level in the battle game #
campaign_advice_level 0; # campaign_advice_level <int>, Sets advice level in the campaign game #
campaign_time_limit -1; # campaign_time_limit <int>, Sets the time (in minutes) for each round of the campaign. -1 for unlimited #
show_cpu_moves true; # show_cpu_moves <true|false>, Show/hide the movement of the ai pieces on the campaign map #
automanage_regions false; # automanage_regions <true|false>, Let the AI manage taxes etc in players regions #
limitless_ammo true; # show_cpu_moves <true|false>, Enable/disable Infinite ammo on battlefields #
occupiable_building_markers true; # show_occupiable_building_markers <true|false>, Enable/disable occupiable building markers on battlefields #
multithreaded_model_enabled true; # multithreaded_model_enabled <true|false>, Run the battle model on a separate thread #
subtitles false; # subtitles <true|false>, Display subtitles during movies #
sound_master_volume 73; # sound_master_volume <int>, master sound volume 0-100 #
sound_music_volume 0; # sound_music_volume <int>, music sound volume 0-100 #
sound_speech_volume 100; # sound_speech_volume <int>, speech sound volume 0-100 #
sound_sfx_volume 100; # sound_sfx_volume <int>, sfx sound volume 0-100 #
sound_master_enabled true; # sound_master_enabled <true|false>, master sound enabled #
sound_music_enabled false; # sound_music_enabled <true|false>, music sound enabled #
sound_speech_enabled true; # sound_speech_enabled <true|false>, speech sound enabled #
sound_sfx_enabled true; # sound_sfx_enabled <true|false>, sfx sound volume enabled #
sound_provider 7; # sound_provider <int>, sound provider index (0-?) #
sound_file_caching false; # sound_file_caching <bool>, Sounds are preloaded at start of battle and campaign. increase performance. Default = true #
sound_variations 2; # sound_variations <int>, Number of sound variations (0 == 2 or less, 1 = half variations, 2 = all variations. Fewer variations means fewer sounds but faster performance. #
audio_memory_size_in_megabytes 300; # audio_memory_size_in_megabytes <int>, Audio memory size in megabytes. Default = (100MB). More memory means faster performance. #
sound_channels 256; # sound_channels <int>, Number of sound channels. Fewer channels means fewer sounds but faster performance. #
voice_chat_enable false; # voice_chat_enable <bool>, Enables VOIP functionality in Steam. (default = true) #
voice_chat_microphone_gain 100; # voice_chat_microphone_gain <int>, voice_chat_microphone_gain (0-100). #
voice_chat_microphone_gain_boost true; # voice_chat_microphone_gain_boost <bool>, Boost microphone gain. #
voice_chat_volume 100; # voice_chat_volume <int>, Voice chat volume (0-100). #
voice_chat_quality 2; # voice_chat_quality <int>, Voice chat quality (0-2, 0 = low, 1 = medium, 2 = high). #
voice_chat_transmit_only_when_key_pressed true; # voice_chat_transmit_only_when_key_pressed <bool>, voice_chat_transmit_only_when_key_pressed (otherwise always trasnmitting). #
bink_use_thread true; # bink_use_thread <bool>, tells bink to use asynchronous update, increased performance on some systems, decreased on others. (default = true) #
number_of_threads 24; # number_of_threads <int>, Set the number of threads <= 0 - automatic, >0 = explicit number #

[Bobs McGee]

Originally posted by HazardHawk:

Open the preferences script and see what it says. If no preferences script or blanks, paste in the following or make a notepad named preferences.empire_script.txt and paste in the following if needed, set screen resolution manually to match your resolution, then try again.
#

Mine seems to match up with the correct resolution, I don't think this is the issue at all. Also, I will say that this issue has seemingly appeared out of nowhere. It's been a while since I played this last, but I never uninstalled it and it hasn't been updated since. I don't understand why it suddenly won't launch.

Note: When I try and start through the Empire Total Factions mod, under the troubleshoot menu it lists an error relating to flash player not being installed. This is a error relating to a file from the mod, but could this be causing an issue within the game? Doesn't make much sense to me, but I also don't understand why it isn't working.

[Majpalmer]

I had the same problem. Do a fresh install, again. But don't open it from the Steam menu. Go into the Empire directory and start the App there "RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR." I did that and it opened the first time. After that you can open it normally from Steam.

Don'rt ask me why., I have no idea.

Someone, I forget whom, answered my own query with that info.

Thanks to him, again, if he sees this.

[HazardHawk]

Originally posted by Bobs McGee:

Originally posted by HazardHawk:

Open the preferences script and see what it says. If no preferences script or blanks, paste in the following or make a notepad named preferences.empire_script.txt and paste in the following if needed, set screen resolution manually to match your resolution, then try again.
#

Mine seems to match up with the correct resolution, I don't think this is the issue at all. Also, I will say that this issue has seemingly appeared out of nowhere. It's been a while since I played this last, but I never uninstalled it and it hasn't been updated since. I don't understand why it suddenly won't launch.

Note: When I try and start through the Empire Total Factions mod, under the troubleshoot menu it lists an error relating to flash player not being installed. This is a error relating to a file from the mod, but could this be causing an issue within the game? Doesn't make much sense to me, but I also don't understand why it isn't working.

The flash error is directly related to the ETW launcher and some of its animation and sub links.

You can do the next suggestion here...

Originally posted by Majpalmer:

I had the same problem. Do a fresh install, again. But don't open it from the Steam menu. Go into the Empire directory and start the App there "RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR." I did that and it opened the first time. After that you can open it normally from Steam.

Don'rt ask me why., I have no idea.

Someone, I forget whom, answered my own query with that info.

Thanks to him, again, if he sees this.

BUT it is a little more complicated than this. Use Windows Apps and features to uninstall Empire, then go manually delete the empire folders in steam and in appdata\roaming\The Creative Assembly, empty your recycle bin, download and install fresh.

OR, if you would like to try the step in between first, go to steam games list, select software and tools to display, uninstall the Steam redistributables, reboot, reinstall (the redistributables), reboot, and that should reregister all broken links and not just this one. If this doesnt work, the next step I give is then uninstall, delete the remnants, and download and install again.

[Bobs McGee]

I've found a fix! Pretty simple:

1) Quit Steam, as in go into task manager and end all the Steam processes.

2) Start the game from the executable in /common

That fixed it for me and the game started up straight away. I had messed around with deleting the AppData files but I restored them before trying this, give that a go if this doesn't work.

If you're still having trouble, try following the steps listed by Dusteuh on the total war forums - search "EMPIRE DOESN'T LAUNCH IN WINDOWS 10 Dusteuh" and you should find the post.

[trevorwmorgan]

Hey all, had the same issue and running as an administrator also didn't fix the issue. BUT I downloaded the latest version of DirectX (on Microsoft's website) and it worked instantly. I purchased a used/refurbished computer and for some reason it didn't have the latest version. Hope this helps.

[Huck]

Hallelujah, I was about to give up all earlier fixes didn't work, as I was typing my frustrations about appdata and run as administrator I updated my DirectX and it immediately started from the Exe 😂😂😂😂

Thanks much

[sgtcmarshall571]

Originally posted by HazardHawk:

Originally posted by Bludgeoned_PP:

Any solution to this? The mouse cursor just loads forever then I have to force my computer to restart which is quite annoying.

appdata\roaming\the creative assembly\Empire\scripts

Open the preferences script and see what it says. If no preferences script or blanks, paste in the following or make a notepad named preferences.empire_script.txt and paste in the following if needed, set screen resolution manually to match your resolution, then try again.

***** Below here*****

write_preferences_at_exit true; # write_preferences_at_exit <bool>, Write preferences at exit #
app_multirun false; # app_multirun <bool>, Allow multiple instances of the application #
x_res 1920; # x_res <int32>, Fixed window width #
y_res 1080; # y_res <int32>, Fixed window height #
x_pos 0; # x_pos <int32>, Window position #
y_pos 0; # y_pos <int32>, Window position #
vfs_log_level 0; # vfs_log_level <int32>, 0 - off, 1 - mod-user, 2 - dev #
unit_test false; # unit_test <bool>, unit test (for daily build) #
campaign_unit_multiplier 0.5; # campaign_unit_multiplier <float>, Set default unit multiplier for campaign #
gfx_first_run false; # gfx_first_run <bool>, First time application run #
gfx_video_memory -589934592; # gfx_video_memory <int>, Override available video memory (bytes) #
gfx_fullscreen true; # gfx_fullscreen <bool>, Run the application in fullscreen or not #
gfx_vsync true; # gfx_vsync <bool>, vertical synchronization #
gfx_hdr true; # gfx_hdr <bool>, Use high dynamic range rendering pipeline #
gfx_low_quality_shaders false; # gfx_low_quality_shaders <bool>, Use SM2 pixel shader code with SM3 vertex shaders and instancing. #
gfx_shadermodel 1; # gfx_shadermodel <int>, Set shader model, 0-2.0, 1-3.0 #
gfx_aa 3; # gfx_aa <int>, Set antialiasing, 0-no, 3-8x #
gfx_texture_filtering 4; # gfx_texture_filtering <int>, Set texture filtering, 0-bilinear, 5- anisotropic 16x #
gfx_texture_quality 3; # gfx_texture_quality <int>, Set the quality of textures. 0 - lowest, 3 - ultra #
gfx_volumetric_effect true; # gfx_volumemtric_effect <bool>, volumetric fog on sea battle #
gfx_ssao true; # gfx_ssao <bool>, Enable Screen Space Ambient Occlusion buffer #
gfx_distortion true; # gfx_distortion <bool>, Enable Distortion Effect buffer #
gfx_depth_of_field true; # gfx_depth_of_field <bool>, Enable Depth of Field effects #
gfx_hardware_shadows true; # gfx_hardware_shadows <bool>, Enable hardware shadow mapping #
gfx_sky_quality 3; # gfx_sky_quality <int>, Set the quality of sky. 0 - lowest, 3 - ultra #
gfx_unit_quality 3; # gfx_unit_quality <int>, Set the quality of units. 0 - lowest, 3 - ultra #
gfx_ship_quality 3; # gfx_ship_quality <int>, Set the quality of ships. 0 - lowest, 3 - ultra #
gfx_building_quality 3; # gfx_building_quality <int>, Set the quality of buildings. 0 - lowest, 3 - ultra #
gfx_water_quality 3; # gfx_water_quality <int>, Set the quality of water. 0 - lowest, 3 - ultra #
gfx_unit_scale 0; # gfx_unit_scale <int>, Set unit scale. 0 - lowest, 3 - ultra #
gfx_shadow_quality 4; # gfx_shadow_quality <int>, Set unit scale. 0 - off, 4 - ultra #
gfx_tree_quality 3; # gfx_tree_quality <int>, Set unit scale. 0 - off, 4 - ultra #
gfx_grass_quality 4; # gfx_grass_quality <int>, Set unit scale. 0 - off, 4 - ultra #
gfx_terrain_quality 0; # gfx_terrain_quality <int>, Set unit scale. 0 - low, 1 - high #
gfx_gamma_setting 2; # gfx_gamma_setting <float>, Set gamma correction #
gfx_brightness_setting 1.2; # gfx_brightness_setting <float>, Set brightness #
gfx_hardware_shadows true; # gfx_hardware_shadows <bool>, Enable hardware shadow mapping #
gfx_disable_terrain_ao_gpu false; # gfx_disable_terrain_ao_gpu <bool>, Disable terrain ambient occlusion term. Supported only on ShaderModel 3.0 #
gfx_screenshot_folder ./screenshots; # gfx_screenshot_folder <folder>, Folder to where save screenshots relative to Empire directory #
gfx_fixed_env_map ; # gfx_fixed_env_map <filename>, cubemap for fixed env.map #
camera_move_speed 100; # camera_move_speed <float>, Set camera movement speed #
camera_turn_speed 5; # camera_turn_speed <float>, Set camera turn speed #
default_camera_type 1; # default_battle_camera <card32>, default battle camera: 0-totalwar 1-rts 2-debug #
enable_sound true; # enable_sound <bool>, enables all audio content (default = true). If disabled none of the database or sound pack files are loaded. #
fix_res true; # fix_res <bool>, Forbid window resizing #
fix_window_pos true; # fix_window_pos <bool>, Forbid window repositioning #
mouse_wheel_sensitivity 50; # mouse_wheel_sensitivity <card32>, mouse wheel sensitivity: <0-100> default value = 50 #
invert_cam_x_axis false; # invert_camera_x_axis <bool>, invert camera tilting up/down #
invert_cam_y_axis false; # invert_camera_y_axis <bool>, invert camera panning left/right #
local_player_name ; # local_player_name <name>, Name used to identify the local player on network and local battles #
minimised_ui false; # minimised_ui <true|false>, show minimised ui #
ui_order_button_mode 0; # ui_order_button_mode <0|1|2>, Only applicable with minimised ui. 0 = always, 1 = slide on, 2 = never #
show_selection_markers true; # show_selection_markers <true|false>, Show the selection markers under the units #
show_path_markers true; # show_path_markers <true|false>, Show paths in naval battles #
show_target_zones true; # show_target_zones <true|false>, Show firing arcs etc #
ui_order_button_mode 0; # ui_order_button_mode <0|1|2>, Only applicable with minimised ui. 0 = always, 1 = slide on, 2 = never #
ui_card_mode 0; # ui_card_mode <0|1|2>, Only applicable with minimised ui. 0 = always, 1 = slide on, 2 = never #
ui_radar_mode 0; # ui_radar_mode <0|1|2>, Only applicable with minimised ui. 0 = always, 1 = slide on, 2 = never #
ui_land_unit_ids 0; # ui_land_unit_ids <0|1|2>, 0 = always, 1 = on mouse over, 2 = never #
ui_naval_unit_ids 0; # ui_naval_unit_ids <0|1|2>, 0 = always, 1 = on mouse over, 2 = never #
ui_mouse_scroll true; # ui_mouse_scroll <true|false>, Allow/disallow scrolling of the map by putting the cursor at the edge of the screen #
battle_time_limit 60; # battle_time_limit <int>, Sets the time (in minutes) for each battle. -1 for unlimited #
battle_difficulty 1; # battle_difficulty <int>, Sets the handicap for battles. Positive gives advantage. -2 is vhard, -1 is hard, 0 normal, 1 easy #
autoresolve_difficulty 1; # autoresolve_difficulty <int>, Sets the handicap for battles that are autoresolved. Positive gives advantage. -2 is vhard, -1 is hard, 0 normal, 1 easy #
campaign_difficulty 1; # campaign_difficulty <int>, Sets the handicap for campaigns. Positive gives advantage. -2 is vhard, -1 is hard, 0 normal, 1 easy #
battle_advice_level 0; # battle_advice_level <int>, Sets advice level in the battle game #
campaign_advice_level 0; # campaign_advice_level <int>, Sets advice level in the campaign game #
campaign_time_limit -1; # campaign_time_limit <int>, Sets the time (in minutes) for each round of the campaign. -1 for unlimited #
show_cpu_moves true; # show_cpu_moves <true|false>, Show/hide the movement of the ai pieces on the campaign map #
automanage_regions false; # automanage_regions <true|false>, Let the AI manage taxes etc in players regions #
limitless_ammo true; # show_cpu_moves <true|false>, Enable/disable Infinite ammo on battlefields #
occupiable_building_markers true; # show_occupiable_building_markers <true|false>, Enable/disable occupiable building markers on battlefields #
multithreaded_model_enabled true; # multithreaded_model_enabled <true|false>, Run the battle model on a separate thread #
subtitles false; # subtitles <true|false>, Display subtitles during movies #
sound_master_volume 73; # sound_master_volume <int>, master sound volume 0-100 #
sound_music_volume 0; # sound_music_volume <int>, music sound volume 0-100 #
sound_speech_volume 100; # sound_speech_volume <int>, speech sound volume 0-100 #
sound_sfx_volume 100; # sound_sfx_volume <int>, sfx sound volume 0-100 #
sound_master_enabled true; # sound_master_enabled <true|false>, master sound enabled #
sound_music_enabled false; # sound_music_enabled <true|false>, music sound enabled #
sound_speech_enabled true; # sound_speech_enabled <true|false>, speech sound enabled #
sound_sfx_enabled true; # sound_sfx_enabled <true|false>, sfx sound volume enabled #
sound_provider 7; # sound_provider <int>, sound provider index (0-?) #
sound_file_caching false; # sound_file_caching <bool>, Sounds are preloaded at start of battle and campaign. increase performance. Default = true #
sound_variations 2; # sound_variations <int>, Number of sound variations (0 == 2 or less, 1 = half variations, 2 = all variations. Fewer variations means fewer sounds but faster performance. #
audio_memory_size_in_megabytes 300; # audio_memory_size_in_megabytes <int>, Audio memory size in megabytes. Default = (100MB). More memory means faster performance. #
sound_channels 256; # sound_channels <int>, Number of sound channels. Fewer channels means fewer sounds but faster performance. #
voice_chat_enable false; # voice_chat_enable <bool>, Enables VOIP functionality in Steam. (default = true) #
voice_chat_microphone_gain 100; # voice_chat_microphone_gain <int>, voice_chat_microphone_gain (0-100). #
voice_chat_microphone_gain_boost true; # voice_chat_microphone_gain_boost <bool>, Boost microphone gain. #
voice_chat_volume 100; # voice_chat_volume <int>, Voice chat volume (0-100). #
voice_chat_quality 2; # voice_chat_quality <int>, Voice chat quality (0-2, 0 = low, 1 = medium, 2 = high). #
voice_chat_transmit_only_when_key_pressed true; # voice_chat_transmit_only_when_key_pressed <bool>, voice_chat_transmit_only_when_key_pressed (otherwise always trasnmitting). #
bink_use_thread true; # bink_use_thread <bool>, tells bink to use asynchronous update, increased performance on some systems, decreased on others. (default = true) #
number_of_threads 24; # number_of_threads <int>, Set the number of threads <= 0 - automatic, >0 = explicit number #

Hey, thanks for posting this! I had a terrible time trying to get my game to start and it would not work. I found this and it booted right up! Thank you again!

C.