Hey guys, thanks for the help. Was having the same problem re black screen on load up, tried all solutions and eventually managed to get the game working again by changing gfx_device to 0. However now when I start a new game the campaign map graphics are terrible and the the battle graphics are also much worse . Have never had any graphic problems with before! anyone know why this would affect the graphics so badly??
After patch 15 update I had to edit the preference.scripts folder as such:
gfx_enable_directx11 true; # gfx_enable_directx11 <bool>, Enable DirectX 11 rendering #
Change the text of "true" to "false"
gfx_enable_directx11 false; # gfx_enable_directx11 <bool>, Enable DirectX 11 rendering #
however this didn't downgrade graphics. very confused! any help would be greatly appreciated!