I am currently experiencing the issues i've read above about the directory "c:\Users\cheesegoblin\My Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization V" is not created. There are no configuration files outside of my steam directory. When i attempt to launch the game via steam I receive the window that asks if i want to play Civilization V or (Directx 9).
When I attempt to run the game through directx 10/11 the game launches and the process is killed immediately with a directx 11 crash report generated in the steam app civ directory. I have those saved if you'd like them.
When I attempt to launch the directx 9 version via steam it will put me to the Civilization V Launch chooser for DX9/10/11 and when i click 10/11 please see above section. When I choose 9 the exe launches and sits in the process window until terminated. (Somehow i have 40 hours of civ and have never seen a window open) I am at a loss to how i could have missed that.
Taking into consideration that the game is installed in the steamapp directory i attempted to run the exe right from there and no change though now sometimes the dx9 will launch me back to the chooser unlimited times.
I did some poking around on the net and found that there could be a compatibility setting and disabled it. No change.
I tried reinstalling the dx from the steam dir, windows update, directx site, and tried to reinstall the c++ redist packs with no change in the situation. The game will not create this directory and civ will not launch to where i can actually do something. I have reinstalled the game 9-13 times now and have selected my charity just as many times. I've been tempted to install through steam though i bought the dvd for a reason right?
I looked on civfanatics to see if there was anything else out there and the solutions had no bear to this situation. I have posted below the Dxdiag and errors i found in the event log. In a last ditch effort i attempted a system file scan with sfc to see if there were any violations of integrity and none were present.
dxdiax stuff and notes:
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View attachment civ directx diag stuff.txt
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So i've owned the game for three days and have had zero luck in playing a game. I'm not sure i've spent this much time on any other game just to try to get it to work. Honestly, this just reminds me why i stopped playing pc games... I only buy a few if any ever and civ was always one that made me want to keep my pc. I sure hope this is worth all the trouble that it has caused.
