(Hopefully this saves people from the huge amount of time I spent chasing down dead ends)
On a fresh Windows 8.1 machine, Steam client installs fine, DoW2R downloads fine... but will not launch.
Symptom: Click "play". Mouse pointer does the wheel spin... then back to normal pointer, with no error message. Game does not launch.
Fruitless googling, many dead ends. Verify game cache does not solve problem. Reinstalling graphics drivers does not solve problem. Setting compatibility mode does not solve problem.
What solved the problem (for me anyway) was... reinstalling older version of DirectX (9.0c). I downloaded and ran the "DirectX End-User Runtime Web Installer" from Microsoft Downloads. Game has been working since.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download ... aspx?id=35
Failure to start on Windows 8.1
Failure to start on Windows 8.1
All Eldar are witches... even the men
Re: Failure to start on Windows 8.1
Steam should actually have run the pre-launch for Retribution, which should've included the latest DX9 distributables.
It's odd (read: stupid) that MS chose not to include at least the latest revision of DX9 in Vista and up, especially considering that games that use DX9 are still being made.
It's odd (read: stupid) that MS chose not to include at least the latest revision of DX9 in Vista and up, especially considering that games that use DX9 are still being made.
Re: Failure to start on Windows 8.1
Jes wrote:Steam should actually have run the pre-launch for Retribution, which should've included the latest DX9 distributables.
didn't happen for me... it really drove me crazy, since I actually got the new PC specifically to play DoW2! can you imagine, when I kept trying to launch it and it didn't...
It's odd (read: stupid) that MS chose not to include at least the latest revision of DX9 in Vista and up, especially considering that games that use DX9 are still being made.
I guess it's a business decision to try to force people to move in a particular direction... Apple did the same thing with the first release of Mavericks, they actually took out USB syncing for iDevices (I think they thought everyone would be happy to just sync to iCloud); lucky for me the uproar was enough that they put it back in the next patch
All Eldar are witches... even the men
Re: Failure to start on Windows 8.1
The DX9.0c "web installer" will refuse to run if it detects any trace of a pre-existing DX9c installation (even if it's broken). To work around this, you can use the "full" installer which will just plunk everything down without caring (which is what you want to happen if it's not working for you) -
https://www.microsoft.com/en-sg/downloa ... px?id=8109
https://www.microsoft.com/en-sg/downloa ... px?id=8109
All Eldar are witches... even the men
Re: Failure to start on Windows 8.1
Do you know why my download might not fully work
im on win 10
the Dow2Ret is great
i download this mod
it makes a file in the DOW file called elite
but there is no shortcut
the download says it should be in the desktop
not there
help please
im on win 10
the Dow2Ret is great
i download this mod
it makes a file in the DOW file called elite
but there is no shortcut
the download says it should be in the desktop
not there
help please
Re: Failure to start on Windows 8.1
Deadpwner wrote:Do you know why my download might not fully work
im on win 10
the Dow2Ret is great
i download this mod
it makes a file in the DOW file called elite
but there is no shortcut
the download says it should be in the desktop
not there
help please
If the shortcut wasn't pre-made, then you can make it yourself.
In Steam, right click on DoW2Retri. Once there, go to Properties -> Set launch options. Make sure:
-nomovies -modname Elite
Is in there. Once that is done, right click on DoW2Retri again in your Steam and hit "Create Desktop Shortcut" and that should do it!
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