redmustangs7

Okay done same issue. So I do have to wonder if a driver update that came out for the computer might have something to do with it? It is the Dell driver update it came out on January 6th 2021. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto-Regular, Roboto-Light, 'Cordia New', 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Utsaah, 'Devanagari MT', 'Nirmala UI', Latha, InaiMathi, Gautami, 'Telugu Sangam MN', Tunga, 'Kannada Sangam MN', Kartika, 'Malayalam Sangam MN', Shruti, 'Nirmala UI', 'Guja

Okay I deleted the prefs.ini loaded up game and it failed in the same spot again. I then disabled the cloud Steam Cloud found in the general portion of the game properties tab. I renamed the GC3Crusade to GC3CrusadeOld and ran it with the cloud disabled still and a new GC3Crusade showed up in the folder after I ran the game, it also failed at the same point again.

No it did not fix the issue. It still stops loading at the same spot as before. I attempted to uncheck all DLC to make sure it wasn't an issue with the DLC files too.

I whitelisted steam and GC3, I verified the Page File Size, I attempted to run it as an Administrator, I had already reinstalled the Redistributables, and I Re-Installed DirectX. I continue to get an error when I use Steam to validate files it states that anywhere from 3 to 5 files failed to validate and will be reacquired.

No matter what size map or the settings I choose my game will not progress past the setting up players point. I did get the game to work when I initially purchased my laptop on the Huge map size and 4k graphics on the 3rd of January 2021. I am playing on a Dell Inspiron 2 in 1 7506 with an 11th gen i7 4 Core and 8 Thread with16GB RAM and an Intel iRISxe MAX graphics card. When I look at the performance tab of the task manager while in this state is CPU usage around 30, RAM usage aroun