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[FAQ] Common Problems, read before posting!
Posted: 04 Sep 2015, 10:25
by Armynator
If something does not work, always check if vanilla CoH works first. Just start 'Company of Heroes (New Steam Version)' in your steam library.
If this does not work too, it's probably not a problem with the mod itself.
Here are some common problems listed, including a (mostly) working solution.
DO NOT POST IF YOU DID NOT BOUGHT THE STEAM ORIGINAL GAME, OR IF YOU DO NOT HAVE AN ORIGINAL LICENSE KEY OF THE GAME TO REGISTER YOUR COH ON STEAM, WE DON'T AND CAN'T HELP YOU TO FIX YOUR TECHNICAL PROBLEMS ON PIRATES COPY OF COH WHO CAN'T BE UPDATED AND WILL BUG/CRASH YOUR GAME! ON TOP OF THAT, IT IS ILLEGAL, Buy the game, it cost peanuts, you will Have much less troubles and will not waiste our time searching something who work perfectly well on the original game!
1. Game is not being run as known steam productThis normally happens, when another CoH mod was installed via Steam directly. This solution works in most cases:
- Create a shortcut to the Steam.exe (default path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam.exe)
- Rightclick it, and add the following to the target line:
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-applaunch 228200 -mod Blitzkrieg -nomovies -dev
The full target line should be like this then:
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"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam.exe" -applaunch 228200 -mod Blitzkrieg -nomovies -dev
Click OK and rename it to 'CoH Blitzkrieg Mod' or something similar. You can select another icon for it too if you want.
Just start BK Mod using this shortcut, and it should work.
If it's still not working, restart Steam and try running Steam as Admin.
It's described
here too.
First check, if vanilla CoH is working! (CoH without mods, start 'Company of Heroes (New Steam Version)' in your Steam library.)
This sometimes happens, if a configuration file or other temporary files are corrupted. This should fix most of the problems:
Go here: (insert your own windows username)
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C:\Users\WINDOWS_USERNAME\Documents\my games\Company of Heroes Relaunch
Rename the folder or delete it. The default configuration will be restored automatically once you start CoH again.
Note that replays, savegames and other game settings are inside this folder, so it's highly recommended to make a backup of the folder. Just rename it to something like 'Company of Heroes Relaunch - BACKUP', so it doesn't keep the original name.
This happens with some maps sometimes. Here is a fix:
Go to C:\Users\WINDOWS_USERNAME\Documents\My Games\Company of Heroes Relaunch, rightclick the playback folder and select properties.
Set it read-only, so the .temp replay can't be created anymore.
Note that CoH won't create replays automatically anymore then. You may won't be able to save them anymore too, so this is rather a bad solution.
There can be different reasons for this. If this happens in vanilla CoH too, your graphics card is probably too old.
First make sure that your graphic card drivers are up to date, and that you are using the latest DirectX version for your OS. (DirectX should normally auto-update with windows updates)
If this doesn't help, you can try all or a mix of the following things:
- Unactivate HD ground and HD inf textures (in BK launcher)
- Unactivate shadows in options menu
- Use lowest graphic quality options
- Run CoH in compatibility modes:
Go into your CoH folder, and locate RelicCOH.exe (default in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Company of Heroes Relaunch\RelicCOH.exe)
Rightclick RelicCOH.exe, select properties and go into the compatibility tab. Try running it with older OS versions. (Windows 7, Windows XP)
If you kept everything from the older OS and didn't deleted and reinstalled everything, you may get problems with running Company of Heroes or other games via Steam.
The best solution is to completely delete Steam, all Steam games you having installed and everything else related to steam. Then install Steam again, download and install Company of Heroes (New Steam Version) and start it at least once, before you install BK Mod.
If you don't want to reinstall everything, you can let Steam verify your game files too.
Go into your Steam library, rightclick Company of Heroes (New Steam Version), click properties and select 'Verify integrity of game cache...' in the Local files tab.
You can find an article directly from Steam Support
here too. It's described there pretty well.
If the problem isn't listed here, or the solution does not work, start your own thread including as much information as possible.
If possible, provide screenshots, the warnings log, system specifications (dxdiag export) and other infos that may be relevant.
How to post the warnings log or a dxdiag export?Warnings log:
1. Go to C:\Users\WINDOWS_USERNAME\Documents\My Games\Company of Heroes Relaunch, using your windows username instead of the placeholder
2. Put the warnings.txt file into a ZIP archive and attach it to your post, or open it with any text editor and post its content with
pastebin.com (no signup required)
DxDiag export:
1. Press Windows key + R and enter 'dxdiag.exe', press enter and wait for the progress bar
2. Press the 'Save All Information...' button, name the file like your forum topic and add your username behind it, then save it where you will find it
3. Put the file into a ZIP archive and attach it to your post
Attaching files to a post:
1. Scroll down to the bottom of the editor, there are different tabs, one is called 'Upload attachment'
2. Select a file under 'Filename: ' and press 'Add the file', it will start uploading - add a file comment if possible
3. Submit your post, your file will be automatically displayed at the end of your post, available for all users to view/download
Re: [FAQ] Common Problems
Posted: 04 Sep 2015, 13:25
by kwok
This is fantastic.
Re: [FAQ] Common Problems, read before posting!
Posted: 25 Oct 2015, 11:15
by Black-Death
Hello
My problem is number 2 but i don't have company of heroes relaunch folder . . .
Start Up Failure - Crash report
Posted: 16 Apr 2016, 17:57
by Ewok
When I try to start up the mod I get a crash report but I can't seem to get around it I've tried changing launch options but it won't work. solutions? I've attached an image of the crash report
Re: [FAQ] Common Problems, read before posting!
Posted: 17 Apr 2016, 17:56
by Devilfish
Might be you've played a custom map? Try to delete C:\Users\_insert_username_here\Documents\My Games\Company of Heroes Relaunch\playback\temp.rec.
If it doesn't help, just reinstall whole mod or even whole coh. Will be much quicker than figuring out the problem.
Re: [FAQ] Common Problems, read before posting!
Posted: 19 Apr 2016, 11:27
by Kasbah
yes, you have to delete playback folder after every custom map game
Re: [FAQ] Common Problems, read before posting!
Posted: 19 Apr 2016, 12:41
by Jagdpanther
delete temp.rec and after it creates a new file, make it read only.
Re: [FAQ] Common Problems, read before posting!
Posted: 02 May 2016, 22:43
by Wouter038
I have the number two problem, and i followed the instructions with no succes. Is there another thing i could try out?
Thanks in advance.
PS i tired this with the new steam version, and with the seperate Tales of valour on steam both didnt work.
Re: [FAQ] Common Problems, read before posting!
Posted: 31 Oct 2016, 19:05
by Sudatus
Hey, I have COH instaalled latest version...
From before i remember a lot of different maps, but i only see a few BK-mod ones too, when joining a game i can join those maps, but cnt accualy pick them in Host game menu.
NVM, fixed.
Re: [FAQ] Common Problems, read before posting!
Posted: 14 Jun 2018, 12:39
by ResFu
Can you fix stupid AI encampment building in MY BASE WHICH DISABLES FOR ME CONSTRUCTION OF MY CORE BUILDINGS? I will not play this online so dont even ask, i want plain old skirmishes with AI
Sherman bug
Posted: 24 Mar 2019, 09:05
by 9th Armored Division
How to fix Sherman bug with purple arrow help
Re: Sherman bug
Posted: 24 Mar 2019, 18:29
by Panzerblitz1
9th Armored Division wrote:How to fix Sherman bug with purple arrow help
Your install is missing some files, you need to clean all that, and reinstall COH and the mod.
Re: Sherman bug
Posted: 24 Mar 2019, 18:51
by 9th Armored Division
Panzerblitz1 wrote:9th Armored Division wrote:How to fix Sherman bug with purple arrow help
Your install is missing some files, you need to clean all that, and reinstall COH and the mod.
tried the same thing(
Re: Sherman bug
Posted: 27 Mar 2019, 08:26
by Panzerblitz1
9th Armored Division wrote:Panzerblitz1 wrote:9th Armored Division wrote:How to fix Sherman bug with purple arrow help
Your install is missing some files, you need to clean all that, and reinstall COH and the mod.
tried the same thing(
The details models cursor is at max in your graphic settings?
Re: [FAQ] Common Problems, read before posting!
Posted: 27 Mar 2019, 09:04
by idliketoplaybetter
Hey, im sorry for small offtop, but what may be an issue that im unable to set Terrain details to Ultra? It is simply greyed out for me, only High settings are available.
Also, every time i set Antianallising to 8xQ CSAA it resets my Resolution to standart square 1280x1024 and doesnt save new settings anyhow.
What may be an issue?
My PC is also fairly new, late 2017 card and CPU, so im kinda surprised since i havent checked settings previously..
Thanks
Re: [FAQ] Common Problems, read before posting!
Posted: 27 Mar 2019, 10:15
by Krieger Blitzer
in order to enable Ultra terrain, you will first need to set "Shader Quality" at Ultra. And that's not recommended because it would eventually force CoH to use Dx10 which is not very well optimized with this old game engine.. the same way with A-A settings, you gotta keep it at x4 maximum, no matter how good your PC is.
The most important option though, is the "Model Detail" cursor, that one has to be at MAX value, otherwise you might experience very unsettling invisible unit models that keep disappearing at the edges of the screen.. even when all your other settings are ultra.
Re: [FAQ] Common Problems, read before posting!
Posted: 27 Mar 2019, 10:30
by idliketoplaybetter
Cheers, but on the pic provided by PzBlitz, i can see that his Shader quality is set to high, though Terrain detalisation is Ultra, that confused me, as well as A-A there is equals 8.
Re: [FAQ] Common Problems, read before posting!
Posted: 27 Mar 2019, 10:42
by Krieger Blitzer
Yup, that confused me the first time when I saw it, as well.. it's a valid observation. However, i think it's nothing more than edited picture, and not actual saved settings. His point is.. those options can be tweaked as much as you like if available, based on your PC capabilities.
Re: [FAQ] Common Problems, read before posting!
Posted: 27 Mar 2019, 18:26
by Panzerblitz1
Tiger1996 wrote:Yup, that confused me the first time when I saw it, as well.. it's a valid observation. However, i think it's nothing more than edited picture, and not actual saved settings. His point is.. those options can be tweaked as much as you like if available, based on your PC capabilities.
Correct.
Re: [FAQ] Common Problems, read before posting!
Posted: 27 Mar 2019, 19:12
by mofetagalactica
I was never able to fix the purple missing texture on the sherman gunner, and i tried everything already.
Re: [FAQ] Common Problems, read before posting!
Posted: 28 Mar 2019, 00:35
by Panzerblitz1
mofetagalactica wrote:I was never able to fix the purple missing texture on the sherman gunner, and i tried everything already.
this aint normal, if your graphics are set the correct way, the gunner should be visible, if you still have the texture missing, it means your textures files are corrupted.
Its just weird that 99.9% of people don't have this problems, is it related to your graphic card? what kind of GPU you have?
Re: [FAQ] Common Problems, read before posting!
Posted: 28 Mar 2019, 19:09
by mofetagalactica
Panzerblitz1 wrote:mofetagalactica wrote:I was never able to fix the purple missing texture on the sherman gunner, and i tried everything already.
this aint normal, if your graphics are set the correct way, the gunner should be visible, if you still have the texture missing, it means your textures files are corrupted.
Its just weird that 99.9% of people don't have this problems, is it related to your graphic card? what kind of GPU you have?
I see the gunner, the texture is corrupted, i have a 1050gtx, i have my drivers updated, tried reinstalling, tried searching for missing files.
Re: [FAQ] Common Problems, read before posting!
Posted: 28 Mar 2019, 21:48
by MarKr
Yes, but what Pblitz meant was that most people don't have this problem and only a few do. If there was a problem within the game files everyone would experience this. That suggests that the issue is coming from the side of the users that experience the problem. Since we don't have access to the PCs of those players, we cannot compare similarities between them and so it is hard to tell what could be causing it. :/
Out of curiosity...what resolution do you use in CoH?
Re: [FAQ] Common Problems, read before posting!
Posted: 29 Mar 2019, 02:25
by mofetagalactica
MarKr wrote:Yes, but what Pblitz meant was that most people don't have this problem and only a few do. If there was a problem within the game files everyone would experience this. That suggests that the issue is coming from the side of the users that experience the problem. Since we don't have access to the PCs of those players, we cannot compare similarities between them and so it is hard to tell what could be causing it. :/
Out of curiosity...what resolution do you use in CoH?
1920x1080 , tried with other res, thats not the problem.
Re: [FAQ] Common Problems, read before posting!
Posted: 29 Mar 2019, 03:03
by Panzerblitz1
did you tried to re-install all games and mods? do you have EaW mod?