Problem with Demo

[Shadow]

I downloaded the demo through steam, but when i started the game it hang at the black screen with words. The mouse cursor change from a hourglass to a gold arrow and i heard shouting in the background however its struck in a loop.

I am using Win XP, 2 GB DDR2, intel core 2 duo CPU E4600 @ 2.40GHz and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT.

Anyhelp here? Really worry that i can't play Empire when its finally release.

[Fisherking]

I have had the same problem with the land battle. It doesn’t meant the other parts of the Demo don’t work though.

If the other parts don’t work (tutorials and naval battle) then try a reinstall. The land battle seems to have more trouble loading.

[Shadow]

For me i can't even enter the menu. I am struck at the loading screen.

[Sir Beane]

For me i can't even enter the menu. I am struck at the loading screen.

I'd definitely try an uninstall/reinstall. If that doesn't work check to see if you have the latest drivers for your graphics card, that can sometimes cause problems. Thats probably the best advice I can give you.

[Roka]

I downloaded the demo through steam, but when i started the game it hang at the black screen with words. The mouse cursor change from a hourglass to a gold arrow and i heard shouting in the background however its struck in a loop.

I am using Win XP, 2 GB DDR2, intel core 2 duo CPU E4600 @ 2.40GHz and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT.

Anyhelp here? Really worry that i can't play Empire when its finally release.

I have the same problem, none of the battles load at all for me. At least they don't visually load, you get the loading screen for the battles and it freezes on that, then you can hear the sounds of the battle going on.

[batemonkey]

intresting, i've got a dual core AMD and i just noticed that the demo doesn't use the second core at all.

we've been told the actual game will be optimised, this gives me hope for higher settings.

maybe that your problem

[Monk]

intresting, i've got a dual core AMD and i just noticed that the demo doesn't use the second core at all.

we've been told the actual game will be optimised, this gives me hope for higher settings.

maybe that your problem

Yeah, apparently the demo uses really old code and doesn't take full advantage of your CPU. Try the things SB suggested, if they don't work.. well it's still kinda hard to troubleshoot because the demo is optimized so poorly.

A lot of people had similar problems.

[Shadow]

I see. I will try reinstalling and check if there are new updates for my graphic drivers.

[Shadow]

Updated my drivers and reinstalled the demo. Good news i can play but the whole thing is sluggish.