Game wont play

Anyone having issues getting the game to start up? Launching the game just closes the window launcher and the game wont run.

I already have Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86).


Im trying to run the game on an Asus G60 with Win 7 so I know it should work

open your eu3 forlder, click eu3, not eu3game... should have paradox logo

press play(or start, can't remember), then it should give you an error, if it says dx, install direct x 9 from the internet

[lordnine]

Game wont work for me either. Windows 7 64bit. I get a black screen with a spinning hourglass that I manually have to close from task manager.

[verashkhal]

Originally Posted by aletopuppy

open your eu3 forlder, click eu3, not eu3game... should have paradox logo

press play(or start, can't remember), then it should give you an error, if it says dx, install direct x 9 from the internet

Where is the eu3 folder located? I can't find it in Program Files (X86) or in Program Files.

I also looked for a Paradox folder.

[verashkhal]

Found it. It's in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\europa universalis iii - complete

[Aetius]

Originally Posted by lordnine

Game wont work for me either. Windows 7 64bit. I get a black screen with a spinning hourglass that I manually have to close from task manager.

Happen to me to when i upgrade to W7 but mine would stay black and my computer would freeze and i would have to do a hard reboot.

Anyway, this is how i got around it: Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\europa universalis iii - complete then click 'settings.txt'

Look for fullscreen and change yes to no. Once you launch the game, adjust the in game video settings to your desired configuration then restart the game. Exit the game again and change fullscreen back to yes.

This worked for me although about 50% of the time, I'd get a black screen when exiting the game from fullscreen mode so i just play it windowed now. I keep forgetting to report the problem.

Anyway, when i played the game on XP, it was completely stable.