I bought Empire Total War about two weeks ago. The game played perfectly with no graphical issues to speak of or CTD's. A couple of days ago I decided to download Darthmod Ultimate Commander. After downloading and installation I tried playing and I had some issues with there being no sound and some CTD's. So I decided to uninstall darthmod and just play the regular old Empire. That's when my trouble began...Empire no longer works. I get to the first loading screen, the one with the copyright info, and then the game crashes. I have updated all my drivers (by the way I've only had my computer for about three weeks, it's brand new) and uninstalled and reinstalled steam and Empire three times to no avail. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated as I have enjoyed playing Empire and would like to do so again. Thanks!
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System Information
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Time of this report: 10/27/2010, 08:25:01
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.100618-1621)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
System Model: p6674y
BIOS: BIOS Date: 07/21/10 09:12:50 Ver: 6.02
Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 820 Processor (4 CPUs), ~2.8GHz
Memory: 6144MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 5888MB RAM
Page File: 2359MB used, 9413MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7600.16385 32bit Unicode