Can't Play Retribution or Elite mod

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Can't Play Retribution or Elite mod

Postby Y3LLOWDAWG » Wed 27 Apr, 2022 7:44 pm

I purchased everything from steam ( dw2, chaos rising, retribution ) and installed. I can play dw2 and chaos rising BUT i cannot play retribution and more importantly elite mod. I used to play dw2 when i first game out and after seeing Turin play it made me nostalgic. I cannot get it to work no matter what I do. I have installed/uninstalled/re-installed multiple times. Each time its' the same issue. When I open elite mod or retribution I get through the intro videos then it stops on the home screen BUT no buttons, no user interface. when I click esc key I get the option to close the game but that's it. Anyone please help. I miss playing this game and seeing this elite mod got me all excited to play. I have searched the web tirelessly for many hours trying everything I could find and have not found a solution. I am running windows 11 pro , with a 2080ti card and a Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9900K CPU @ 3.60GHz 3.60 GHz processor.
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Re: Can't Play Retribution or Elite mod

Postby Paranoid Kamikaze » Wed 27 Apr, 2022 8:05 pm

Things to try:

- Go to game in Steam Library - Right click on Retribution - Properties - Local Files - Verify integrity of game files

- Go to C: - Program Files (x86) - Steam - Steamapps - Common - Retribution - Install - DXSETUP

- Uninstall any mods or anything that might be interfering
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Re: Can't Play Retribution or Elite mod

Postby Y3LLOWDAWG » Wed 27 Apr, 2022 8:23 pm

Thank you so much for your help.. unfortunately I went through our suggestions item by item.. the files checkout, I installed the active x drivers ( I assume that is what I clicked on ) and I have no mods of any kind installed. It's a fresh install. I also checked my windows firewall and it is set to allow dawn of war 2 and retribution through. This is the screen I get no matter what I do.

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Re: Can't Play Retribution or Elite mod

Postby Paranoid Kamikaze » Wed 27 Apr, 2022 8:28 pm

What's the resolution of your screen?
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Re: Can't Play Retribution or Elite mod

Postby Y3LLOWDAWG » Wed 27 Apr, 2022 8:30 pm

3840 X 1080
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Re: Can't Play Retribution or Elite mod

Postby Y3LLOWDAWG » Wed 27 Apr, 2022 8:42 pm

I went through and tried different resolution settings and it did not make a difference. I also can play chaos rising with no issues in the higher resolution.
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Re: Can't Play Retribution or Elite mod

Postby Paranoid Kamikaze » Wed 27 Apr, 2022 8:51 pm

I have no idea what it is then. Will give some advice I don't think will work, but I suggest you ask the Tech Priests on Discord.

- Temporarily disable firewall/antivirus

- Download CCleaner and clean PC. Make sure to back up registry

- Update Graphics card drivers. Clean install
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Re: Can't Play Retribution or Elite mod

Postby Y3LLOWDAWG » Wed 27 Apr, 2022 8:54 pm

Thanks for all your help.. i have tried all of that except tech priests... I will try that next..
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Re: Can't Play Retribution or Elite mod

Postby Y3LLOWDAWG » Wed 27 Apr, 2022 8:59 pm

Do you have a link to that discord server you mentioned?
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Re: Can't Play Retribution or Elite mod

Postby Paranoid Kamikaze » Wed 27 Apr, 2022 9:19 pm

I don't use Discord. One of the other users posts this link though: https://discord.com/invite/vRQsfc8N4K

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