Shogun 2 wont load in steam

[JumBie]

I've had this game since it came out, played it like twice, however I recently decided to start playing again which brings me to my problem. The game says preparing to launch, then nothing happens, I can see shogun 2 in the task manager as a process but the program its self never loads. I've verified the game cache, and also de-fragmented it, but its made no difference. I really don't want to re-download and reinstall the game, any suggestions?

 

[The Green Bean]

Check the game for integrity. Chances are it will make you redownload the game. It has happened to me before too. The problem is with Steam.

 

[Anteaus]

Check in the game directory to see if there is a directx installer. If so, run it, regardless of your OS. I know it sounds stupid and it may not solve your problem, but it's worth looking at. I downloaded a game on Steam recently that didn't trigger the DX installer and the game wouldn't run properly until I did it.

 

[you2]

Check if the game is being updated.

 

[Nik]

Always always always, if it's a game problem on Steam, post on the Steam forums.

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1082

 

[Sulaco]

I've had this problem as well.

This is a problem caused by TCA's latest patch (great job, guys ).

There is supposedly a patch in the works to address this issue, but there is also a workaround.

WARNING-If you play a lot of online Avatar Conquest, this workaround MAY affect or delete your progress. It has no ill-effects on singleplayer however.

Anyway, this is the fix I found, suggested by Sega support:

If you are not able to start Shogun 2: Total War then please delete the preferences.script.txt file you will find at the following location:


- Windows Vista/7:

C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\The Creative Assembly\Shogun2\scripts

Sounds simple enough, but it worked for me.

 

[brblx]

would not go to steam, probably need to complain to CA. check their forums for stickies and big threads about similar issues.

shogun has been trouble-free for me, but empire was a shitpile. sorry to hear you're having troubles, the game itself is pretty great; as was empire, which i couldn't play. so i feel your pain.

 

[BD231]

Just log off then log back on your windows seven account and the game should start up fine, it's the game not steam.