Attila: Total War - Charlemagne DLC?

[mikeck]

Gus: nope. Someone else had the issue and solved it but that didn't work for me

Yeah, I'm going to mess around with it some more but not sure why Rome2 would work and not atilla...same engine and launcher. No idea. Oh well. Carry on. Have fun without me.😥

[Grim.Reaper]

Dammit. No luck...still get the "failed to initialize steam! Are you running steam?" Doesn't matter if I launch Attila or use the Rome launcher and self Attila from there. I even tried replacing the Attila launcher with a copied Rome 2 launcher...no dice. Looked at compatibility modes, running as admin..everything. Sucks because i really loved this game and one day, it just stopped working

I've seen this one mentioned before and to fix the person did the following...might be worth a try for both rome and Attila...

Go to your C:\Users\<insert user name>\AppData\Roaming\The Creative Assembly directory.
Within this directory, there will be a Rome and Attila folder....delete them both (unless Rome is already working, then just Attila)
Restart your computer
Start Rome and Attila

**If you have any important save games, you will want to go into each of the save game folders under each directory and back up...and then after you can start again, copy the save games back.

Hopefully this might work for you...typically folders in the appData director doesn't get uninstalled when you uninstall/reinstall programs, so that might be why it never got fixed with reinstalls...can't hurt to try:)

[mikeck]

 Actually, I did delete that file but I have not restarted my computer. So I went back make sure it was still deleted and I'm trying now

Edit: thought it was going to work but nope. I always get the sega box that asks if it's ok for the program to make changes. Never used to get that. On other games I do but didn't used to for Attila. Just frustrating starting the game on steam and then your computer asks if your sure your running steam...

[Gusington]

I have seen a similar problem as yours solved by using a different desktop shortcut to get to the game launcher but you mentioned you already tried that, as well as a clean install...don't know what else could help.

[Sir Slash]

I also can't play Attila from the previous update. The problem I'm convinced is my processor which is at the minimum end of the specs because while the game ran fine before, my processor fan ran a lot while playing it. So still trying to finagle a little to see if I can squeeze out some more juice to run the game. Thought the new patch would help but alas no.  :-\

[AchillesLastStand]

I also can't play Attila from the previous update. The problem I'm convinced is my processor which is at the minimum end of the specs because while the game ran fine before, my processor fan ran a lot while playing it. So still trying to finagle a little to see if I can squeeze out some more juice to run the game. Thought the new patch would help but alas no.  :-\

The last couple TW titles have been very demanding on the CPU, especially AMD. I also thought I read somewhere that hyper threading on the i7's actually made the game run a bit slower. Creative Assembly needs to ditch the warscape engine doe something more efficient.

[IronX]

That's interesting as I have an i7 too and while I found Rome 2 runs pretty slow, Attila is the first TW game I've had that's basically unplayable. It's a shame as the Warhammer game looks great.

[Gusington]

I read a few posts yesterday at TWC saying that the new patch and DLC are better optimized and have the game running better than before, so take that as you will.

[SirAndrewD]

I read a few posts yesterday at TWC saying that the new patch and DLC are better optimized and have the game running better than before, so take that as you will.

My frame rates are very clean in 40 on 40 battles.  Much better than Rome II. 

[Gusington]

^How about the campaign map with clouds, etc?

[SirAndrewD]

^How about the campaign map with clouds, etc?

Nothing noticeable for me, but I never had issues with those prior. 

My rig is pretty obscene and very effectively powered through Rome II's horrific optimization.  The fact that I had slowdowns at all in battles is a testament to how poorly it ran.

[mikeck]

I have an i7 and when it was running it ran smooth as butter

[Gusington]

On both my old and new rig the campaign map was a but stuttery, if that's a word. Applying the no clouds mod helped but it's out of date now, IIRC.

[Martok]

I've played around with this one a little, haven't gotten deep into it yet. 

Holy cow, the Charlemagne, Westphalia, and Danish campaigns look crazy hard.  I definitely want to tackle them, but don't think I'm ready yet.  For the moment, am sticking to my comfort zone and have started a Mercian campaign.  (Gotta deal with those bloody Welsh first...)  Am enjoying it so far. 

Question:  Is the ability for all factions to abandon a settlement in the base Attila game as well, or was that introduced in the Chucky DLC here?  Either way, though, it's nice to see it as an option. 

[Gusington]

^IIRC every faction had the ability to abandon specific buildings in a settlement, but only specific barbarian factions could abandon whole settlements outright.