Empire total war isnt starting!!

**Battle_smurf88** · June 02, 2009, 12:31 PM

after activating the download code for the spesial units. the game dosn't start...

the icon on the desktop is white, and when i try to start it from the desktop or in steam the game dosn't start

What do i have to do to start the game??

PLEAS GIVE ME SOME HELP, I WANT TO PLAY ETW AGAIN

**Laoch** · June 02, 2009, 01:07 PM

What's your computers specs?

**Battle_smurf88** · June 02, 2009, 01:57 PM

Originally Posted by Laoch

What's your computers specs?

is there some place i can se that?

but i know i can play the game

**Brusilov** · June 02, 2009, 01:11 PM

Did the game work before you activated the special forces units?

Do you own the Special Forces Units edition or did you acquire the code elsewhere?

**Battle_smurf88** · June 02, 2009, 02:08 PM

Originally Posted by Brusilov

Did the game work before you activated the special forces units?

Do you own the Special Forces Units edition or did you acquire the code elsewhere?

Yes the game worked before i activated the special forces units.

Yes i own the Special Forces Units edition

But i reinstaled the game befor i activated it because i didn`t se the activation code, ^^ just after i had instaled it again, i find it ^^

**Laoch** · June 02, 2009, 03:17 PM

Click Start, run and type dxdiag

Now list what it says on the front page under system information.

Then go to the display tab and list out what it says under device.

**YD23** · June 02, 2009, 03:22 PM

I doubt it has anything to do with his computer specs, seeing that the game was working fine before. It is something simple probably.

Sometimes when people delete this folder:

Code:

C:\Users\YourNameHere\AppData\Roaming\The Creative Assembly

the game starts working again. Just make sure to backup your saves from there if you have any. That folder is hidden by the way, use control panel > folder options > view tab > show hidden files & folders. I seriously doubt that this will fix it, but might as well try it.

**Battle_smurf88** · June 03, 2009, 01:21 PM

Originally Posted by yelowdogg23

I doubt it has anything to do with his computer specs, seeing that the game was working fine before. It is something simple probably.

Sometimes when people delete this folder:

Code:

C:\Users\YourNameHere\AppData\Roaming\The Creative Assembly

the game starts working again. Just make sure to backup your saves from there if you have any. That folder is hidden by the way, use control panel > folder options > view tab > show hidden files & folders. I seriously doubt that this will fix it, but might as well try it.

show hidden files & folders was already on, and i didn`t find a The Creative Assembly folder anywhere

have the same problem with cod 4

**Laoch** · June 02, 2009, 03:30 PM

I realise most of the time it doesn't, but I can't count the amount of times people say they can handle the game and have played it before when the problem usually turns out to be a very poor system.

I'm not saying the OP is lying or anything it's just something we should eliminate as a possibility. The last three threads I tried to help there crashes and problems were linked to specs.

It would be pretty lame if the thread went on three pages only to find out that he or she doesn't meet the recommended specs in the first place. It's why people should always list their specs when posting in this forum. Anyway, the fact he doesn't know how to find his specs or have any idea of what's in his computer has raised an eyebrow for me.

Most of the very inexperienced computer users won't have bought high end systems or even mediocre ones. They usually by laptops from high street retailers or desktops and most of these machines can't run games.

Tell you what, if I'm wrong I owe you a coke

**YD23** · June 02, 2009, 03:40 PM

I see your point.

No coke necessary.

**Brusilov** · June 02, 2009, 05:07 PM

A lot of people 'think' or 'know' that the computer they use is wonderful and can run anything. Sadly that's not always the case. ETW certainly appears to require a very good system and graphics card at the highest settings. I've got such a PC but it's got an overheating fault and has to be returned to the seller. I am now using a slightly older system (Dimension XPS 710 Core 2 Duo Processor E6700 (2.66GHz,1066FSB, 4MB cache), Memory Dual-Channel 4096MB [4x1024] 667MHz DDR2) and it cannot be used with Ultra settings - high are OK though.

I play at 1920x1200 resolution.

My 'not in use' PC;
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770 (4 x 3.2 GHZ) 1600FSB - 12 MB
Corsair 8GB PC3-10666C7 1333MHz (4x2GB) DDR3
1 TB (1000 GB) SATA HDD UDMA 300 7200 32MB
WD RAPTOR SATA 74GB UDMA 150 10000RPM 16MB
XFX SKT-775 790i ULTRA + SLI 1600FSB
Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional 7.1
2 x Asus 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 GDDR3 (SLI Setup)
TAGEN 1300W ULTRA PSU

**Battle_smurf88** · June 03, 2009, 08:37 AM

Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~2,4GHz
3326MB RAM
DirectX 10
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition, 32-bit

Device:
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX/9800 GTX +
Intergrated RAMDAC
1905 MB
1280 x 800 (32bit) (60Hz)

**DaLeGiOnArY** · June 03, 2009, 03:33 PM

I'm pretty sure that folder path is just for Windows Vista.
On XP it's usually something like this:
C:\Documents and Settings\[profile name here]\Application Data\The Creative Assembly

**Battle_smurf88** · June 03, 2009, 03:40 PM

Originally Posted by DaLeGiOnArY

I'm pretty sure that folder path is just for Windows Vista.
On XP it's usually something like this:
C:\Documents and Settings\[profile name here]\Application Data\The Creative Assembly

i have vista

**YD23** · June 03, 2009, 03:50 PM

One thing you could try to find it is to simply search for it. Go into My Computer and Users. From there on the top right of the window it should say Search Users, do a search for The Creative Assembly. If it does not show anything then you simply do not have it.

**Battle_smurf88** · June 03, 2009, 05:03 PM

Nope don`t have it :s

Why the H*** don`t i have it?!?!?!

i don`t like my pc right now

**Battle_smurf88** · June 11, 2009, 03:26 PM

After i activated the special forces units code on steam, ETW stoped working. i made a thread on the forum but did not get any answer that helped. http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=266647 .it might start again if i remove the thing on steam where it says that i have activated the special forces edition. So is there a way to remove the activation thing for special units?