Help, i cant start the game, it says i need to install visual c++ which i already have

[Froda Baggins]

just the title, please do help

[liam83]

There are many different visual c++ versions, did you got the right one?

[Froda Baggins]

yup, it asked for Visual C++ Redistributable, and i got the latest one

[DerBremer]

I have the same problem !

[DerBremer]

Can't start the game !

[VinceFr]

You could have the answere here :
https://quoramarketing.com/fix-victoria-3-launching-game-failed-visual-c-redistributable-and-net-framework-error/
AVX CPU tech is needed .
If you don't have AVX
you have old Intel UC :
you can try SDE software with cmd
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/license/pre-release-license-agreement-for-software-development-emulator.html
It could run Victoria 3 slowly. I'm trying it today. If it doesn't work I've 200 e to pay new CPU

[VinceFr]

i've found a solution to launch even without AVX tech on my old Intel PCU I7:
SDE is a program to emulate AVX. SDE target the program you want to emulate as if you had AVX
download last INTEL SDE https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/license/pre-release-license-agreement-for-software-development-emulator.html
extract folder and place it to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Victoria 3\binaries
next create shortcut from sde.exe (extracted to binaries folder)
go to properties on this shortcut:
target must be "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Victoria 3\binaries\sde.exe" -hsw -- "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Victoria 3\binaries\victoria3.exe"
start in muste be "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Victoria 3\binaries"

launch it as admin...

The game will take long time to configure (45 min) sometimes with 100% CPU. After 50%...
Next the game run correctly.

[Froda Baggins]

Hey thx for the reply, what does hsw in your txt mean?

Originally posted by VinceFr:

i've found a solution to launch even without AVX tech on my old Intel PCU I7:
SDE is a program to emulate AVX. SDE target the program you want to emulate as if you had AVX
download last INTEL SDE https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/license/pre-release-license-agreement-for-software-development-emulator.html
extract folder and place it to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Victoria 3\binaries
next create shortcut from sde.exe (extracted to binaries folder)
go to properties on this shortcut:
target must be "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Victoria 3\binaries\sde.exe" -hsw -- "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Victoria 3\binaries\victoria3.exe"
start in muste be "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Victoria 3\binaries"

launch it as admin...

The game will take long time to configure (45 min) sometimes with 100% CPU. After 50%...
Next the game run correctly.

[VinceFr]

hsw is a property of SDE commands.

https://emulator174.rssing.com/chan-24567372/latest.php

"Generate the instruction mix histogram for your application using Intel SDE as follows:
sde -<arch> -iform 1 -omix myapp_mix.out -top_blocks 5000 -- ./myapp.exe
<arch> is the architecture that you want to run on(e.g ivb,hsw,knl)
Compile the binary correctly for the architecture you are running on.
Supports multi-threaded runs"

"HSW's RTM mode is supported with the "-rtm-mode full" option. This feature is very new and the Intel SDE implementation might be a little unstable."