Game sticks at load screen??

[Poacher886]

I went to play DM NTW today and it loaded as expected to the DM screen with Vader / Napoleon (before you get to the option header screen) and just stayed there trying to load?

I've spent the last 8 hrs verifying cache files a' la steam, and have now tried to run NTW without the mod installed, and i get the same result!!??

It just sits at the loading screen....

Whats happening?

[deeptrance83]

http://forums.totalwar.com/showthrea...oleon-load-fix
Go there. It works.

[DARTH VADER]

Poacher886
You have DMN v2.1 installed? (uninstall and install again to clear any left overs of past versions)
Restore the game to vanilla from the launcher.
Enable again the mod with Settings-> Enable SP

[Poacher886]

Darth. its a steam issue not your mod!

Someone mentioned adjusting steam settings to join the "beta testing group" works......it does!, what i dont understand, is why do we now have to do this to make NTW work, and who managed to work this out???