Game wont launch

[Кікі Олександр]

I click play to launch EAW. But all it does is open a command prompt and then it closes, nothing appears and the game fails to launch. Has anyone else encountered this?

[Generation X]

Yep, same here. Looking for a fix no luck so far

[borgneface]

Hello there, Just to say that I tested the game and it launches correctly.

[סתטֿעא חטזעה]

I got the same ♥♥♥♥. Initially I had thought it was becuz I installed Vulkan driver for NVIDIA, but then I hopefully met this post and now I think the driver has nothing to do with that... Damn I even reinstalled the whole mod (3GB), but it makes no diffrence.

[סתטֿעא חטזעה]

Hey, pal, looks like I've managed to find a solution - I remembered the way I installed mods 6 years ago on the "pirate" version of the game (moreover - the mod manual gives the same directions) - you just gotta create a shortcut of the original game (clean CoH) launcher at your desktop (or elsewhere), rightclick it and in the section "properties" (field "Object") put this in the line - " -mod europe_at_war" (space included) at the very end of it. I still don't get why the hell it refuses to launch in propper way, but as long as it works so far - I don't give a damn (though I hope the developers DO :D). Good Luck!

[Aurelion Sol]

someone know how to fix it ?

[סתטֿעא חטזעה]

Originally posted by Aurelion Sol:

someone know how to fix it ?

I have already written about the way to fix it, haven't you seen my comment?

[Generation X]

I've found this fix if the game briefly opens then closes a cmd then won't launch:

Run regedit
Go to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor\ or HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor\ or HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor\

For some reason there was AUTORUN key with "EXIT" inside.

Remove the AutoRun key and everything should went back to normal.

[Kaliman]

Even removing all the steam folder, erasing all files (after a full backup) on it, reinstalling Steam plus COH plus CoHEaW only, there were crashing events. The Mod is unstable, crash at any minute you have launch it. There is something done to the mod, there is no other explanation why so many players are having the same issue with the game. Ahh, the cmd window stays over a minnute then dissapears once the game is on, but like I said, crashes miserably in three to five minutes, all the time. There is no bash bug to report, it just go away, dissapears, gone, kaput, the mofo behind this knows well what have done, burying dead the Mod...RIP CoH Europe at War

[Armored Baron]

Originally posted by Kaliman:

Even removing all the steam folder, erasing all files (after a full backup) on it, reinstalling Steam plus COH plus CoHEaW only, there were crashing events. The Mod is unstable, crash at any minute you have launch it. There is something done to the mod, there is no other explanation why so many players are having the same issue with the game. Ahh, the cmd window stays over a minnute then dissapears once the game is on, but like I said, crashes miserably in three to five minutes, all the time. There is no bash bug to report, it just go away, dissapears, gone, kaput, the mofo behind this knows well what have done, burying dead the Mod...RIP CoH Europe at War

Or the non-drama queen alternative answer:

The game is more than 10 years old and is running on an engine from 2004 and the mod has gigabytes of literal content crammed into it so it's entirely possible that it's just reached it's limit and is normal for it to have so many problems considering all of that, especially when you're also playing on the highest possible settings. That's the reason why I also recommend playing on the lowest so the engine is not put under such a strain.

As far as the "mofo" behind this, the lead developer has built the mod for literal years and is busy with real life right now.

So instead of being a drama queen how about you learn how to mod the game and either fix this mod, provided to you for free, or make your own.

[סתטֿעא חטזעה]

Originally posted by 503GD-✠ A. Soldier:

Or the non-drama queen alternative answer:

Such unjustified uppityness :I

[Armored Baron]

Originally posted by סתטֿעא חטזעה:

Originally posted by 503GD-✠ A. Soldier:

Or the non-drama queen alternative answer:

Such unjustified uppityness :I

But implying that the developer, who spent a lot of time, effort and love into this mod somehow on purpose decided to screw with it is not?

Sure, whatever rocks your boat then I suppose.

[סתטֿעא חטזעה]

Originally posted by 503GD-✠ A. Soldier:

Originally posted by סתטֿעא חטזעה:

somehow on purpose decided to screw with

Jeez, you're such a paranoid, dude... No offends, but if you treat all people that way, then I'm definitely not jealous about that bank of phraseology of yours)) Try this one for size: "Вы все ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, один я - Д'Артаньян" Thanks for the enrichment of my vocabulary, by the way and good luck. Ich ha:tte "aufwiedersehen, Drama Queen" sagen, aber ich f:ulle dass wir werden nicht wieder sehen...)

[Kaliman]

A-SOLDIER, TO WASTE MY TIME I WILL SAY:Stand stills soldier while your superior officer talk: I never implied to accuse the developer of been behind the issue with the mod. I was maybe thinking about a crank head( like yours, i guess) that will think the game is boring and too old (you think same way) and decided to inject some poison in the code. There are things that get better with time, like wine, but buttheads like yours can't and will never learn to appreciate. And one more point. Calling names and the sort will bring repulsion from good people as you may have noticed. Stop being a ♥♥♥♥ and life will reward you instead.

[Armored Baron]

Originally posted by סתטֿעא חטזעה:

Originally posted by 503GD-✠ A. Soldier:

Jeez, you're such a paranoid, dude... No offends, but if you treat all people that way, then I'm definitely not jealous about that bank of phraseology of yours)) Try this one for size: "Вы все ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, один я - Д'Артаньян" Thanks for the enrichment of my vocabulary, by the way and good luck. Ich ha:tte "aufwiedersehen, Drama Queen" sagen, aber ich f:ulle dass wir werden nicht wieder sehen...)

I suggest you learn English because I didn't understand a word that you were trying to say.

Originally posted by Kaliman:

A-SOLDIER, TO WASTE MY TIME I WILL SAY:Stand stills soldier while your superior officer talk: I never implied to accuse the developer of been behind the issue with the mod. I was maybe thinking about a crank head( like yours, i guess) that will think the game is boring and too old (you think same way) and decided to inject some poison in the code. There are things that get better with time, like wine, but buttheads like yours can't and will never learn to appreciate. And one more point. Calling names and the sort will bring repulsion from good people as you may have noticed. Stop being a ♥♥♥♥ and life will reward you instead.

I am sorry but I am not a part of your made up Army and thus, unfortunately for you, you are not my "superior officer" as you said it.

As far as your other point goes, while yes you don't directly say it, however Darthborne, the lead and only developer of the mod, is the only person that has access to the files, except for Valve of course.

So you saying "the mofo behind this knows well what have done, burying dead the Mod" is nothing short but implying that he did something, which he did not and I can assure you of that, and I don't believe that Valve would run around and break the codes of games and mods on their store application/system or whatever else you want to call it.

Also, Company of Heroes is my favorite game ever and as a moderator on these forums I do not have access to the game files that have been uploaded to Steam so that argument of yours goes flying out the window as well.

Further more, if you believe that "drama queen" is an insult but "mofo", "butthead", and "♥♥♥♥" aren't well I'm sorry to say this but you are a the biggest hypocrite that I have ever seen.

[סתטֿעא חטזעה]

Yeah, go on pretending) Such a self-indulgent piece of ♥♥♥♥... By the way - I will get my master's degree in translation and interpretation in half a year :D