Make sure that steam is NOT running in windows 8 (or any other) 'compatibility mode'. Could this be causing the problem, and can any one suggest anything else I can do to try and get it working again? The game has run fine on this computer since I brought it, I believe the only thing to have changed since I last tried to play it is updating to windows 10. Just to be clear, I never see the game launch in the first place, no window, no error message, it just stops. I've tried deleting all the Shogun 2 folder in the steam's 'common apps' folder and a fresh re-install, I've tried running the installers in this thread: I have tried advice in every thread I can find with this error, however most are quite old. The benchmark test will still load and run fine, but the game itself completely fails to launch. This then changes to 'Total war: SHOGUN 2 - syncing' very briefly, before reverting back to just 'Total war: SHOGUN 2' as though it has closed.Įven though I can see the game for a short time open in the task manager, the game/window does not at any point open, neither does it appear on the task bar at the bottom of the screen. If I click 'Play Total War: SHOGUN 2', this window closes and nothing further happens.Īccording to the steam library, it says 'Total war: SHOGUN 2 - Running' for about a couple of seconds, and I can see the program briefly in my task manager. When clicking 'play' from the steam library, I am given the option to play the game or run various bench marks at DX9 or 11.

Shogun 2 steam mac wont launch