I’m reposting here since the playtest forums were deleted (and the issue has not been fixed yet, unfortunately).
When pressing play, the game appears to launch (changes to a stop button), but nothing happens.
Attempted fixes:
Uninstalling all C++ redists, before reinstalling both x64 and x84
updating graphical drivers
manually checking for updates via Windows update
ruled out any other programs interfering with the launch
running as administrator
repairing C++ redists
checked DX version and my hardware compatibilities
Every other fix listed on the known issues page, and on the Steam forums, these forums, and Discord.
Checked event viewer (no plausible event listed)
Tried to find the crash report in the AOM folder in my games, no such subfolder exists anywhere on my machine
Ya I’m having the same issue, the game won’t start, I’ve check compatibility, and C++, and different drivers still aren’t working. AOE2 is still working fine.
game suddenly stopped working today, idk why. I was playing fine for last 14 days after I reinstalled/repaired the C++ redist during launch. They seriously need to fix this ASAP. I am not reinstalling C++redist every two weeks…
Just installed the game and I have a similar issue.
When i click on “Play”, game acts as it is lauching (button goes to “Stop”) and then back to “Play”.
Nothing happens, impossible to launch.
I also tried :
Uninstalling all C++ redists, before reinstalling both x64 and x84
updating graphical drivers
manually checking for updates via Windows update
ruled out any other programs interfering with the launch (0 progams running on my PC)
running as administrator
repairing C++
checked DX version and my hardware compatibilities
disabled Windows 10 “test mode” (saw this on Reddit as a potential fix)
disabled steam cloud
Uninstalling and reinstalling the game
Every other fix listed on the known issues page, Steam forums, these forums, Discord and Reddit.
Hey devs, please help, I really do wanna play the game !
Bon bah une mise à jour, mais toujours le même problème, le jeu se lance quelques secondes avant de s’arrêter avant même la pop-up que le jeu se lance.
You will find attached the report. AOM BUG.txt (2.5 KB)
I deleted all the MSVCP140 files and reinstalled them with C++ vc_redist.x64.
I doesn’t fix the problem, game won’t launch and I still get the same with MSVCP140.dll over and over again.
MSVCP140.dll is up to date, all drivers are good, Windows is up to date, did an sfc/scannow and everything is fine. I also deleted and reinstalled Steam.
Installed Win11 from scratch
Installed Steam
Installed AoMretold
No other driver nor software
=> Still crash at launch (error when running AoMr.exe file
Installed latest GeForce 1660 Ti drivers
=> No change, still crashing
Reinstalled DirectX12 + MS Visual C++ 2015-2022
=> No change, still crashing
Total joke, untill yesterday it was fine, now it doesnt launch, loads for a sec and nothing, no launch screen. I have played a ton since release but cant seem to be able to fix now. And I doubt installing windows 11 will fix it… Anyone else suddenly having this issue?