civ 5

[1951hurrel]

I have tryed to fix for 2 days had enough now

[soturno❤️catz]

Yep, I can't run it either

[kkeday]

Did you read the patch notes?
We've pushed out an update that removes the 2K launcher.

Please see this 2K Support article for more details, as well as troubleshooting instructions: https://support.2k.com/hc/articles/34845053169939

[soturno❤️catz]

This is the link: https://support.2k.com/hc/en-us/articles/34890889538707--Civilization-V-Launcher-Removal . I'll try and see if this fixes it, I'll notify in this thread if indeed it does

[soturno❤️catz]

Yep, nothing, still the same, I've followed all the instructions, I think it may be some launcher incompatibility with some windows versions and some CPUs

[1951hurrel]

Iv done every thing , nothing works. so i deleted game I LOVE BEST.

[1951hurrel]

Id pay 10 a year or small fee, jest to keep game. now they have scrap it , they treat us like dirt . i have played well over 3000 hrs .and enjoyed game.

[KhunChai]

Try to start with %command% in Steam-start-options-commandline.
For me it was working.
Good luck.

[ReferalofInformationfromInternet]

Originally posted by kkeday:

Did you read the patch notes?
We've pushed out an update that removes the 2K launcher.

Please see this 2K Support article for more details, as well as troubleshooting instructions: https://support.2k.com/hc/articles/34845053169939

"T2GP Launcher" I can absolutely 100% assure you that this was not causing the problem. I've had Civ 5 for years and have never even seen this folder (because it has never existed in appdata local or roaming). The fact that 2k is "suggesting" users need to clean up some random folder in order to get the game working is ridiculous. Besides, the "LaunchPad" folder is still in the Steam apps folder under Civ 5- so what difference would it make?

[ReferalofInformationfromInternet]

Originally posted by soturno❤️catz:

Yep, nothing, still the same, I've followed all the instructions, I think it may be some launcher incompatibility with some windows versions and some CPUs

The 2K "fix" doesn't have any effect on anything because years ago 2K stopped using that app data folder (i've never seen it or heard of it till now). I just got through installing windows 11 for the third time after 6 attempts of getting it to work on Windows 10 with no luck. I booted up steam, installed Civ 5 and it didn't work. Then I rebooted a few hours later.. and it worked. It runs/ checks the VC runtime installer and directx- then it runs just fine. 2K can't even figure out why the game wasn't working, and I doubt it has anything to do with their crappy launcher that they share with Civ 6.

[donald23]

If you encounter the "updating executable" please follow this with Steam Support:
https://help.steampowered.com/en/wizard/HelpWithGameIssue/?appid=289070&issueid=701&transid=876340478075203789&line_item=876340478075203793

Steps:

1. Go to the Steam Support site and choose your game.
   
2. Select "Gameplay or technical issue" and then "The game won't download or install".
   
3. Select "Contact Steam Support".
   
4. Provide them with as detailed as possible information on the error and when it happens and hit "Send".

You can go through the first three options, but most will end up hitting "Contact Steam Support". Then provide them with as much detail as you can regarding when you see the error.

This is actually an install error from the Steam client.