Как запустить total war shogun на windows 10

Hello everyone,

I know that there are problems running Shogun Total War on Windows 10 for one reason or another, but I was wondering if anyone would care to comment on the following;
For quite some time I have been successfully playing Shogun Total War ; The Mongol Invasion, on a now old PC which has Windows XP as its operating system. Using the relevant `compatability`options that were available, the game runs successfully with a patch that made it into V 1.11, and with the relevant Mongol Invasion disc in the drive. I am still playing this at the time of writing.
The one and only glitch within the game is the occasional flickering on the menu panel prior to playing the game itself (and I have seen this mentioned elsewhere. However this is not a problem as it does not affect the actual gameplay on the Campaign map or the battles themselves, so that minor blip is something that I can easily live with.
Fast forward to today when I now have two new PC`s both using WIndows 10, and I would like to try and get Shogun Total War, with or without the Mongol Invasion, to play on it.

I have some programs which are so old that they won`t actually install any more on these new machines. So I managed to get round this by simply copying the folder from Program Files on the XP machine, then plonking that same folder into the program files on the C; drive of my Windows 10 machine, made a new shortcut to the desktop, and it works (!). I have managed to get a very basic photo program working on windows 10 without actually installing it.

So I tried this same method with the folder that contains Shogun Total War; the Mongol Invasion on the XP machine.

Transferred it to the program files (X86) on the Windows 10 PC, clicked all the`compatability` options, made the shortcuts — both Shogun Total War and the Shogun Total War Mongol Invasion and the following is what happens…

When I click on the StW Mongol Invasion shortcut nothing happens, but when I doubleclick the STW shortcut the game starts up…

Having a widescreen monitor, there follows quite a bit of switching between a totally black screen and one less so, then there
is a very brief appearance of the desktop on screen with a large part of it blacked out, then the game starts OK, only it is now in its original 4.3 format with the resultant black bar on each side. Note; on my old XP machine (with the same widescreen monitor), the game is stretched to 16.9 (why is that?).
Anyway, another thing I noticed is that the screen saying Shogun Total War. Warlord Edition comes up. I am a bit mystified by this as I have never bought that particular version of the game — (I only have the original STW and the Mongol Invasion discs), although I suspect that is something to do with the patch that brings it up to V 1.11 (?)

Everything runs fine; the Intro, cut-scenes, the lot. The problem comes when I attack a neighbour and I click on the `Command the attack personally` button;

After a bit of flickering similar to that after staring the game up, the loading screen comes up and once the loading bar gets part way I get the following message;

Failed to load Dead-Sprites Page.
Unknown Error (0) (00000000)

At that point if I press the Enter key the game reverts back to the campaign map but without the battle being fought. If I did not do that then the only way of getting out of the game is the Task Manager via Control/Alt/Delete.

Also I have noticed that some of the graphics are wrongly placed as far as the buildings are concerned, such as;

Click Large castle and the `Port` graphic and text comes up.
Click to build a Port and I get the `Golden Palace` graphic and text.
Click the Improved farmland and I get the Famous Swordsmith
Click the Border Watch Towers and I get the Famous Medical School

Also on the Unit Training; when I click the Emissary, I get the correct Emissary text but the Graphic shows a Mongol Guardsman (!)

These are minor problems, but I can almost get the game to run on Windows 10. There must be an answer if I am getting so close.

Has anyone any thoughts on what I can do regarding that `Dead-Sprites ` error message?

regards

Viper21

Have you been having issues getting Total War: Shogun 2 to work? Game crashing to the desktop whenever it loads? I was having the same issue, and this is how I fixed it. But before you start panicking, make sure you’re running Shogun 2 as an admin.

First Attempt

I tried what seemed to be the most common fix first, which was reinstalling all 3 redist files found in “..Steam\steamapps\common\Total War SHOGUN 2\redist\”. Alternatively, you can right-click on Shogun 2 in your Steam library, click on “Properties”, then click “Local Files” and then “Browse Local Files…”, from there just navigate to the redist folder and then follow these steps in order if you want to try it for yourself.

1. Close steam.
2. Install vcredist_x86
3. Install vcredist_x86_90
4. Install vcredist_x86-sp1
5. Restart computer
6. Play Shogun 2! (run as admin)

Unfortunately this didn’t fix Shogun 2 for me, but it has worked for a lot of other people, so give it a shot! After reinstalling the redist files, I was still left with a broken game that I really wanted to play and more searching was in order…

After searching around for a while I found quite a few threads explaining the exact same issue that I was experiencing, but it didn’t seem like many people had found many solid solutions. That’s when I found this thread that explained what was causing this error that seemed to have been plaguing you, me, and almost everyone else who uses McAfee Internet Security / Anti-Virus.

UPDATE 08/11/15: It’s been confirmed that this issue exists on Windows 7/8/8.1 and Windows 10.

The Culprit – McAfee WebAdvisor

The issue lies within McAfee’s Web Advisor / Site Advisor extension for Chrome and other browsers, it blocks Shogun 2’s iteration of the Total War encyclopedia which causes the game to crash. The Web Advisor extension basically “grades” websites and gives you an indication of how safe it is in the form of a little icon, and an annoying pop-up box for some links.

There are other anti-virus programs with similar extensions that have been reported to block Shogun 2 in the same way, they are: Lavasoft Web Companion and Symantec Endpoint Protection. So if you’re not running McAfee, but you are running one of these other anti-virus programs, check for those extensions.

Simply removing this feature will enable you to play Shogun 2 without a problem, and you can rest safe knowing WebAdvisor is not important to any key McAfee function like the anti-virus and live-scanning, etc. By removing it, you’re not opening yourself up to any malicious attacks, malware, or viruses – unless you’re visiting sites that you shouldn’t have been visiting in the first place.

Keep in mind that Web Advisor needs to be completely removed for this fix to work, just deactivating it won’t do anything, unfortunately. You don’t have to delete the entire McAfee program, just the one extension.

Now, get ready for probably the easiest crash fix you’ve seen for any Total War game.

The Solution

If nothing else has worked for you, removing WebAdvisor might be your only choice if you want to play Shogun 2; it’s ultimately a simple process that only requires about a minute of your time, and it’s hopefully going to get you onto the battlefields of Japan and controlling your armies of Samurai, but there’s no guarantee of that, unfortunately.

1. Open “Add or Remove Programs” from the start menu (Windows 7) / search function (Windows 8/10)
2. Filter for “McAfee”
3. Remove “McAfee Web Advisor”
4. Play Shogun 2!

That’s seriously it! Pretty easy, right? I had been having this issue for about a month and it was really messing with my mind because the game worked perfectly before this anomalous error cropped up out of seemingly nowhere. But, just like how McAfee’s “Real-Time Scanning” blocks certain steam functions (like finishing installations..), WebAdvisor completely wrecked Shogun 2. Keep in mind that disabling Web Advisor will do nothing and you have to completely remove it for this fix to work.

Alternatives

If removing Web Advisor doesn’t fix Shogun 2 for you, then here are some other things that you might want to try:

• Disable “Steam Cloud” (Steam > Settings > Cloud > Uncheck the first option “enable steam cloud synch…”) and then verify Shogun 2’s files.
• Run Shogun 2 in Windows 7 compatibility mode – Sounds simple, but it’s worked for a few people running Windows 10
• Try these steps from the Total War forums, it only takes a minute so it’s worth a shot
• Check this list from Steam Support for a program you might have installed which may (or may not) be causing issues with Steam

Conclusion

All-in-all, I hope this post was able to help you get Shogun 2 working because I know how much it sucks not being able to play something when you want to. This crash fix is ultimately pretty simple and doesn’t really require any technical knowledge or much time. Just keep in mind that Web Advisor has to be completely removed, not just disabled, for this fix to work.

I’m sure there are other causes to this issue revolving around Windows 10, but this is the solution that worked for me, and quite a few other people so far. I’ll keep this page updated as I come across more information, so don’t forget to check back if Shogun 2 still refuses to work!

Did this fix work for you? Still having issues? Let us know in the comments! 

The Total War games are not produced by any EA associated developer.  If you used the Origin System to buy it, there is an AHQ forum dedicated to discussing Origin between the gamers here.  For game support, you need the developer’s websites.  Here is their user forum as a start:

http://forums.totalwar.com/

Your post in the Origin System forum offered even less information than this poor problem report of yours had includeded. 

http://answers.ea.com/t5/Origin/Downloaded-wont-install/m-p/1347358

When you finally take your problem up with the people responsible for the game, that kind of no-information message will get you no useful help there.