I've been playing SK since 2011; seasoned veteran who remembers the good ol' days of mineral deposits and maximum resistance armor pieces. I've downloaded the game on two desktop computers and two laptops over the years and it's always run smoothly. Last week, I booted up SK on my desktop (Windows) and everything was fine. This week, I can't even get the game window to come up.
I uninstalled and reinstalled about 15 times (restarting/shutting down my computer as well), and still no luck. I even downloaded Steam, made a Steam account, and tried installing it through there and still to no avail. I thought maybe they had issued a new patch or something and the game was just down or failing to boot up properly, but it runs on my laptop (also Windows) just fine. However, as most of us know, playing a game on a laptop isn't always the most optimal gaming experience.
Not quite sure what's going on with SK not playing on my desktop. I rummaged through and checked all the files and documents and nothing came up as error messages or missing files. I tried the troubleshooting compatibility mode to see if Windows would run it with older settings, and still nothing. I updated Java on my computer just in case that was causing a problem, but it didn't seem to help. Sometimes when I would uninstall and reinstall, the game window would pop up and say that it was "downloading data" and "validating," but once it would reach 100%, the window would just disappear and wouldn't open again when I tried. I also tried copying the files from my laptop onto a USB drive and transferring them to my desktop and, well, I'm sure you can assume that didn't work.
Any techy gurus who can help me out? I'm not a pro when it comes to computer stuff, but I know enough to know it must be fixable if the window at least pops up after installation. (Right?) I believe my PC is running on Windows 8 at the moment, possibly Windows 10. Right now, all the game files have been uninstalled from my computer. (As far as I know...)
Any and all help would be appreciated! Thanks
I figured it out! I would just delete this topic, but in case anyone else is having the same problem, I'm going to leave it up. For my situation, I had to update my graphics driver. I have Nvidia so all I had to do was install a more up-to-date version and bam, the game works again instantly. Works like a charm. Of course, that was for my situation specifically, but if you're having similar issues, give it a shot and see if it helps!