Ok, there were a few posts that seemed pretty close to this, but some have been hijacked for other problems and others were solved by solutions that didnt solve my problem, so I'm just gonna make my own post here for my specific issue.
I have a post on the Total War forums too, but no luck yet. Starting to think the mods arent even reading my post; they keep suggesting solutions I already tried and mentioned in my post.
So about a month ago, Shogun 2 stopped running. I run Windows 7 64-bit with automatic updates and windows security essentials.
I clicked Play, and for the first time ever, it gave me a completely new pop-up screen:
"Shogun 2 - Steam
Play Total War: SHOGUN 2
Encyclopaedia
Benchmark DX11 Graphics High 1080p
Benchmark DX11 Graphics Balanced 720p
Benchmark Game Settings
Benchmark DX9 Graphics Balanced 720p
Benchmark DX9 CPU"
I have tried selecting every single one of those options and it freezes immediately on the splash/logo screen every single time (big black screen with the Shogun 2 logo)
I click Play Total War: SHOGUN 2 and I get this next pop-up I also never saw before:
"DirectX Mode
A DirectX 11 compatible graphics adapter has been detected.
Select one of the following modes:
DX9
DX11
Running DirectX 11 mode enables additional graphics options not available in DirectX 9 mode.
You can change between DirectX modes in the front end graphics options."
I've tried running both DX9 and DX11 with the same result.
Now for the solutions I've tried:
Reinstalled the game from CD
Reinstalled the game from Backup
Updated my NVidia drivers
Updated my RealTek sound drivers
Updated my DirectX
Deleted the UserData file
Deleted file 34330
Verified my game cache
Created a new Administrator Account and ran the game with the new account
Deleted the Preferences script
Deleted everything in my Steam folder except the Steam.exe and Common folder
Tried testing other Steam games (including Empire and Napoleon, Supreme Commander 2, Fallout: New Vegas, etc.)
Ran every single option in both menus presented.
I'm running out of ideas here! I have NEVER, EVER worked so hard to make something so broken run on my damned computer!!! I'm beginning to feel like I just paid sixty bucks for the privilege of beta testing this game for a month!




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