Rome Gold VV will not start

[unmerged(206279)]

When I start Rome nothing happens. I have been playing the current game for over three months. I saved it last night. This morning nothing. The only infomation I could find was in the Application Log (below). I restored the system to 5 days prior. Same error in the log. I reloaded the game. Same restults. Running Windows 7. Everything is up to date. During the last 18 months I have been playing Rome I have had no problems.

Log Name: Application
Source: Application Error
Date: 8/15/2011 6:09:28 PM
Event ID: 1000
Task Category: (100)
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: Alien1
Description:
Faulting application name: RomeGame.exe, version: 1.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x4c446099
Faulting module name: ntdll.dll, version: 6.1.7601.17514, time stamp: 0x4ce7ba58
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x000332ff
Faulting process id: 0x174c
Faulting application start time: 0x01cc5b97febf1c70
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Paradox Interactive\Europa Universalis - Rome\RomeGame.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ntdll.dll
Report Id: 3ddefdfb-c78b-11e0-a9ab-0025648c37fc
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Application Error" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>100</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2011-08-15T22:09:28.000000000Z" />
<EventRecordID>31059</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>Alien1</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>RomeGame.exe</Data>
<Data>1.0.0.0</Data>
<Data>4c446099</Data>
<Data>ntdll.dll</Data>
<Data>6.1.7601.17514</Data>
<Data>4ce7ba58</Data>
<Data>c0000005</Data>
<Data>000332ff</Data>
<Data>174c</Data>
<Data>01cc5b97febf1c70</Data>
<Data>C:\Program Files (x86)\Paradox Interactive\Europa Universalis - Rome\RomeGame.exe</Data>
<Data>C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ntdll.dll</Data>
<Data>3ddefdfb-c78b-11e0-a9ab-0025648c37fc</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

 

[AndrewT]

I'd recommend a full clean reinstall outside the system path.

Uninstall the game, and then manually delete the game directory - this is important. Reinstall Rome:Gold - choose a new directory like c:\games\rome\ instead of the suggested path. Download the 2.32c patch, and run it to install it; make 100% sure you point it to that same new directory above so that for instance the new rome.exe overwites the old one, the new romegame.exe overwrites the old one, and so on. Once done right-click on the game's desktop icon and set it to run as administrator, and to disable desktop composition.

 

[unmerged(206279)]

That worked. Thanks. But.
I have lost my widescreen capability.

 

[AndrewT]

I don't understand what you mean, sorry. You can set you screen resolution by editing the Rome settings.txt file.

 

[unmerged(206279)]

My bad. I forgot to change the resolution to 1024x1080 under options/video.
Thanks for your help.

 

[unmerged(206279)]

Make that 1920x1080.