As of last night, I cannot play CK2, as the launcher will not open. When I press the play button in Steam, a box pops up saying the game is preparing to launch, it says "running" next to CK2 in the list of games, and finally it changes to "syncing" and goes back to normal without the launcher showing up. When I try to manually open the executable, I get the loading circle next to the mouse and the title bar turns white for a second, but then nothing happens.
I've already tried deleting my CK2 folder, reinstalling, restarting my computer, verifying the integrity of the game files, reinstalling DirectX and the C++ redistributables, running as administrator, using compatibility mode, using an older version of the game, and deleting the appcache folder. None of these have helped at all.
There are also 3 batch files in the game's Steam folder called "00_GET CK EXE.bat", "00_GET LT EXE.bat", and "00_GET RK EXE.bat". I don't know if they've always been there or not, but when I opened them, they all gave me error messages and said "the network path was not found".
I'm pretty sure the issue isn't my computer because until last night, I didn't have any problems playing it, much less getting the launcher to open. Additionally, I don't use mods and my antivirus program isn't flagging the game as a threat. At this point, I have no idea what to do; I looked up my problem and while I found a few threads about it here, on Reddit, and on the CK2 community on Steam, none of the solutions helped.
I've already tried deleting my CK2 folder, reinstalling, restarting my computer, verifying the integrity of the game files, reinstalling DirectX and the C++ redistributables, running as administrator, using compatibility mode, using an older version of the game, and deleting the appcache folder. None of these have helped at all.
There are also 3 batch files in the game's Steam folder called "00_GET CK EXE.bat", "00_GET LT EXE.bat", and "00_GET RK EXE.bat". I don't know if they've always been there or not, but when I opened them, they all gave me error messages and said "the network path was not found".
I'm pretty sure the issue isn't my computer because until last night, I didn't have any problems playing it, much less getting the launcher to open. Additionally, I don't use mods and my antivirus program isn't flagging the game as a threat. At this point, I have no idea what to do; I looked up my problem and while I found a few threads about it here, on Reddit, and on the CK2 community on Steam, none of the solutions helped.
