it loaded in the end took over an hr though, have no idea why it took so long but now wont even let me start a campaign, just quits to the menu every time i press continue after picking my faction, tryed to run a validation test it runs the test fine sais press any key to open, i do so and i get

Cannot find the ebValidationResults.txt file.

Do you want to create a new file?

im sure my computer should be able to run this i had EB on my old comp and it ran perfect with no problems and my new one is better.