Warhammer 2 will not open after launching from launcher

[BigPhil]

So I had this issue when the game first launched and it was fixed by a game update a week later. Yesterday it reappeared out of the blue and I cant seem to get it fixed.

Here is what is what I am doing:

• Launch game from steam
  
  
• select Warhammer 2 from list of total war games in launcher
  
• hit play
  
  
• get windows loading curser
  
  
• nothing happens
  
  
• wait 5 min
  
  
• kill the game with task manager

Note: all my other total war games work fine just having issues with Warhammer 2

So here is what I have tried:

• Run Steam as an Administrator
  
  
• Re-downloaded the game
  
  
• removed all mods - had none installed in the first place but checked anyway
  
  
• Checked game files
  
  
• Added a firewall exclusion.

Please let me know if I am missing something I am very close to just uninstalling and giving up.


EDIT after fix: I got it to work with a VPN but its a temp fix. I ended up talking to my ISP and they needed to fix some stuff on their end for it to work the way it should have in the first place.

[ArchAnge1LT]

Have you tried launching Warhammer.exe directly?

Have you been playing it before just fine?

[Kaaz]

Originally posted by BannedBuffalo:
Having a hard time getting Total Warhammer to work? Try this! Fingers crossed for you.

1. Open up Run (Right click Start on desktop)

2. Search for %appdata%

3. Find 'The Creative Assembly' Folder

4. Open 'Warhammer Folder'

5. Open 'Logs' Folder and Delete 'modified.log'

6. Click Back

7. Open 'Scripts' Folder and Delete 'preferences.script.txt' (Don't Empty 'Recycle Bin' until confirmed it works)

8. Close Folder

9. Exit Steam

10. Reload Steam

11. Play Total War: Warhammer!!! WAAAGH!

Good luck!

try that one maybe

[Kaaz]

Originally posted by Quecksilber:

If your Launcher is not loading, please open the following location, “Drive:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\The Creative Assembly"
and delete the “Launcher” folder if it is present. This will remove any corrupted or old Launcher data.

That did it for me.

or that one

[BigPhil]

I have played off and on since launch with no issues till yesterday. Yes I have tried using the .exe and it will just pull up the launcher for me and create the same issue

[BigPhil]

Originally posted by Kaaz:

Originally posted by BannedBuffalo:
Having a hard time getting Total Warhammer to work? Try this! Fingers crossed for you.

1. Open up Run (Right click Start on desktop)

2. Search for %appdata%

3. Find 'The Creative Assembly' Folder

4. Open 'Warhammer Folder'

5. Open 'Logs' Folder and Delete 'modified.log'

6. Click Back

7. Open 'Scripts' Folder and Delete 'preferences.script.txt' (Don't Empty 'Recycle Bin' until confirmed it works)

8. Close Folder

9. Exit Steam

10. Reload Steam

11. Play Total War: Warhammer!!! WAAAGH!

Good luck!

try that one maybe

This did not work for me trying the second post

[BigPhil]

Originally posted by Kaaz:

Originally posted by Quecksilber:

If your Launcher is not loading, please open the following location, “Drive:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\The Creative Assembly"
and delete the “Launcher” folder if it is present. This will remove any corrupted or old Launcher data.

That did it for me.

or that one

No luck with this either

[Kaaz]

You done the distributable repair thing too? That was recommended on a few threads ive seen

[ArchAnge1LT]

Saw a post earlier that said reinstalling windows did it.

[BigPhil]

Originally posted by ArchAnge1LT:

Saw a post earlier that said reinstalling windows did it.

yeah not doing that

[BigPhil]

Originally posted by Kaaz:

You done the distributable repair thing too? That was recommended on a few threads ive seen

I will give that a try later today

[Алзксі Венс]

Did everything up to resetting windows, no fix here. Same problem with Total War: Three Kingdoms, an update must have broken something.

[BigPhil]

Originally posted by Don Jon:

Did everything up to resetting windows, no fix here. Same problem with Total War: Three Kingdoms, an update must have broken something.

yeah the odd thing is three kingdoms works for me. Its just Warhammer 2 that does not

[Ryan Alchemist]

Originally posted by Kaaz:

Originally posted by BannedBuffalo:
Having a hard time getting Total Warhammer to work? Try this! Fingers crossed for you.

1. Open up Run (Right click Start on desktop)

2. Search for %appdata%

3. Find 'The Creative Assembly' Folder

4. Open 'Warhammer Folder'

5. Open 'Logs' Folder and Delete 'modified.log'

6. Click Back

7. Open 'Scripts' Folder and Delete 'preferences.script.txt' (Don't Empty 'Recycle Bin' until confirmed it works)

8. Close Folder

9. Exit Steam

10. Reload Steam

11. Play Total War: Warhammer!!! WAAAGH!

Good luck!

try that one maybe

This work for me,
run admin,
Run compatibility (right click, troubleshoot compatibility , try recommend setting, save setting)

[ArchAnge1LT]

Originally posted by BigPhil:

Originally posted by ArchAnge1LT:

Saw a post earlier that said reinstalling windows did it.

yeah not doing that

Originally posted by Sabrel:

Reinstalling windows and removing all files worked. What a Massive pain in the ass.

[BigPhil]

tried a windows reinstall and nothing. I guess im just ♥♥♥♥♥♥