Fatal error could not initialize video

[Beeblebr0]

can anyone help how i fix this problem? (Win 7)

[LasagnaMan12]

Same problem

[Rusma]

same problem but on windows 10

[franchil]

same problem with windows 10. What steam and paradox are waiting for correcting this essential problem???

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Same problem with Windows 10. It used to work. The problem doesn't occur when using the integrated graphics of the Intel CPU, so maybe using an older driver for the AMD card would solve the problem.

[Gabrielet Pi Calçabravada]

Same problem here on Windows 10 (64).

[走走]

Almost same problem on Win10. The game exit innomally while initializing globle. But it used to work well once.

[No Face]

My game crashes too. Windows 10.

[Rak]

I run the game on Windows 10 fine but I run it in compatabilty mode as means to help it run way better.

[Daniacea]

I know this is a very late reply, but if anyone else has a similar problem, try this. Right click on the exe file > Properties > Compatability > Select reduced color mode 16 bit

[Ionian Sun]

Same problem here. it cannnot load the game. It appears as running, but never intiating. I tried the low colours or win xp compatability and it does not work. What is going on?

[kuriamu]

if it is same ploblem i came across , please test compatibility mode(probably another name)
right click game's exe file and choose property ,after that you will find
game's exe file is in the file [windows(C:) program files(x86) , Steam , steamapps , common , (gamename you want to play)

if you can't play this way , i don't have more information , so i can't help you
sorry

[leejh3224]

I know this is a bit of an old issue but I was able to resolve this issue by renaming `avi` folder into `avi_back`. I found this solution on an old post in the victoria forum so it's not clear where I get this information. After you've changed the name of the folder, an intro video will be skipped and you'll be able to play the game as normal.

[3dDuck]

used the compatibilty but cant save the game?