I need help. Shogun 2, campaing grayed out

[TheFire12]

I have tried all the fixes i could find. I have deleted the app data ran the game as administrator made sure i had no mods what so ever installed and still nothing works. I cant even play a custom, only the tutorial

[easytarget]

Since there's been thousands of threads where people have bought only one part of the game and believed they owned all of it and started threads not unlike this one thinking the game is bugged when in reality they've simply not bought the part of the game grey'd out I'll start with the first response being to ask a simple question:

You sure you own what you're trying to play?

[TheFire12]

yep i have had it for years bought all the DLC and stuff. Cant even play the vanilla campaign any more. I just recently re-downloaded it after about of year of not playing it.

[markeason]

Did you download it onto the same computer it was on previously?

I'm wondering if there are elements of the previous installation on your computer that were not removed and are now causing conflicts.

From Steam select browse local files (for shogun 2) and make sure it is taking you to the place you installed the game and not to some external drive where it may have been previously.

How are you launching the game, from Steam or from the .exe file? Do you get a different outcome on the basis of how you launched the game?

[markeason]

Have you ever had the mod tools installed on your computer (The Assembly Kit and/or TEd)?

If so, it may be worth uninstalling them and making sure they are removed and trying again. I have had conflicts with these that gave me the greyed out buttons until I removed them. The game then launched fine. Once resolved, I could reinstall the tools again.

[TheFire12]

it is a new computer and do you know where the mod tools would be installed

[markeason]

The mod tools would be in a modding folder located here:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Total War SHOGUN 2\modding\

However, I may be mis-remembering what cleared the problem.

It may have been uninstalling MMS that cleared the problem for me. I found that if I backed up save files, screenshots and mods that I have created, then cleared everything shogun related fro m the computer, to give a clean install (which you should have anyway if you are on a new PC) then that cleared the problem for me.

[TheFire12]

i found for some reason the game runs but does not say it runs in steam like my other total war games

[markeason]

Can you clarify what you mean as I am not understanding this.

You start the game how - using the play button in steam or a shortcut to the .exe file in your game's data folder?

The launcher window opens, and if you check in the mod manager there are no mods active?

You select Play on the launcher and the game launches?

At the main menu, the only option you can select is the Tutorial? All other options are greyed out.

Is that what the problem is, or have I missed something?

[Mamooshi]

Originally posted by TheFire12:

I have tried all the fixes i could find. I have deleted the app data ran the game as administrator made sure i had no mods what so ever installed and still nothing works. I cant even play a custom, only the tutorial

Hi , we had the same issue with this game. Tried many things and finally got it work!
This is what I've done:

Deleted the folder in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Total War SHOGUN 2\blob_storage

RIght click on Shogun2.exe in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Total War SHOGUN 2 > Select the Compatibility tab > Uncheck 'Run this Program as Administrator'.

Hope this works for you!

[EmotionallyBroken]

Originally posted by TheFire12:

I have tried all the fixes i could find. I have deleted the app data ran the game as administrator made sure i had no mods what so ever installed and still nothing works. I cant even play a custom, only the tutorial

Tried Mamooshis advice yet? Im curious about this strange issue. (Really it is strange, how the game could be set up for this to even happen is kind of boggling)