The Rome II Emperor Edition will not be released.
The Rome II Emperor Edition will not be released.
Hi everyone, the main problem is this:
I wanted to play ROME II Emperor Edition once more after some time.
But after installing it, the game won’t launch.
The launcher seems to be attempting to start the game but then immediately stops and does nothing.
I’ve already tried all the usual steps:
checking the game files, using compatibility mode (with multiple windows), running it as admin, installing on a different drive,
even installing the latest drivers.
I also added all missing files.
Something odd happened though — after these attempts, I tried to install the game on another PC.
There, the missing folder was automatically installed (the one where most ROME II players go for an unrestricted camera view in the game files).
Specifically, the path was: C:\Users<Username>\AppData\Roaming\The Creative Assembly\Rome2\scripts.
But I realized that the entire Rome2 file was missing after the first installation (it wasn’t even installed at all).
I even tried copying it from the secondary machine, but that didn’t help.
Other Total War titles are working perfectly.
On the second machine, the game ran without problems right away.
Both systems have the same Windows version installed.
Current details:
First PC: Ryzen 3300X; B450 tomahawk; GTX 1660 Super; 4x4GB DDR4, M.2 NVMe SSD.
Secondary PC (game works): i5 4690K; GTX 1060 3GB; 2x8 DDR3; SATA SSD.
Both are using Windows 11 25H2.
The game also ran fine on my other PC with no issues, even on Windows 10 and 11.
The issue is that I need to play the game on the second machine, but I’m stuck without a solution.
Both machines have the same Windows version installed.
I’ve listed my current specs:
- First PC: Ryzen 3300X; B450 tomahawk; GTX 1660 Super; 4x4GB DDR4, M.2 NVMe SSD.
- Secondary PC: i5 4690K; GTX 1060 3GB; 2x8 DDR3; SATA SSD.
Both are running Windows 11 25H2.
There are also other Total War games that work without problems.
I question if the license is relevant to this situation
because the game performed perfectly on two other machines .
(It’s possible I bought it on Steam around ten years ago)
Anyway:
There hasn’t been a single solution shared in the Total War (or other) forums
even though at least one of them usually helps others
I also experimented with some of my own tricks without success
But the issue has already been resolved
After reinstalling the operating system and all drivers from scratch,
the game started working immediately (and the Rome II hidden folder was present this time).
If I had to guess, it’s likely that outdated DirectX/redist files needed by the game were missing or corrupted, even though I tried to reinstall/repair them manually earlier.
After a fresh Windows setup and reinstalling all those files, the game now functions properly.