Civ 5 won't launch (Solved)

[logic2718]

I am on Windows 11 and Civ 5 won't launch. If I run it from Steam, the 2k launcher comes up, and then I press play. After that, the launcher closes and nothing happens. Steam says that the game is running. If I try to run it directly using the executable, nothing happens. Steam doesn't say that game is running, but a Civ 5 process does appear in Task manager.

Things I have tried:

Updating my graphics card drivers
Deleting the folder in Documents/My Games
Running Civ in compatibility mode
Turning off my anti-virus
Verifying integrity of game files: when I do this, it always says 6 files failed to validate
uninstall/reinstall Civ 5


The game worked fine a a couple of months ago. I just got my laptop back from the repair shop, where they replaced the RAM.

Any tips on how to proceed would be appreciated, thanks.


EDIT: Ok, I feel dumb, but the solution was just to wait. The game took around 5 minutes to launch. I'll mark this as solved, but if anyone has any idea why the game would take so long to launch, I'd appreciate it.

 

[coolhandluke11]

why did you send your laptop to a repair shop, Was it because of this loading issue?. a full reset of windows will tell you everything because if the issue persists after a refresh its a hardware issue.
Did the shop give you back your old ram because if they didnt they might not have changed it at all and just duped you out of your money.(it does happen).
Also windows 11 24h2 doesnt play well with older software. maybe roll back to 23h2 and see if the issue goes away.