I just bought and downloaded the game tonight. The game tries to start but I get a Windows error message. I read the board and changed my prefs file to show “windowed = 1” but that didn’t help. I believe I have all drivers, etc updated.
My debug file reads as follows:
[7:47:20:846]- ----DEBUG FILE----
[7:47:20:846]- Windows 7 detected
[7:47:20:846]- Command Line: “C:\Program Files (x86)\Democracy 3\Democracy3.exe”
[7:47:20:846]- Command Line argument:[]
[7:47:20:846]- Desktop resolution is 1366 x 768
[7:47:20:846]- Windowed but matching fullscreen dimensions == initialising borderless window mode
[7:47:20:924]- Initialising Sound Engine
[7:47:20:971]- Finished Initialising Sound Engine
[7:47:20:986]- Attempting to initialise steam
[7:47:20:986]- Steam initialisation failed
[7:47:20:986]- Initialising Direct3D
[7:47:21:189]- Initialising global vertex buffer
[7:47:21:220]- GBufferedFile failed to open file [C:\Users\Kyle\Documents/My Games/democracy3/stats.ini]
[7:47:21:220]- GBufferedFile failed to open file [C:\Users\Kyle\Documents/My Games/democracy3/stats.ini]
[7:47:26:353]- GBufferedFile failed to open file [data/dlc.txt]
[7:48:4:121]- Starting new game…
[7:48:8:863]-
**CALCULATING SIM FINANCE
[7:48:8:863]-
**CALCULATING SIM FINANCE
[7:48:9:97]- GBufferedFile failed to open file [C:\Users\Kyle\Documents/My Games/democracy3/achievements.ini]
[7:48:9:97]- Waiting for render thread [.\src\SIM_PortraitManager.cpp,134]]
[7:48:9:113]- Pre-caching minister portraits
[7:48:9:113]- Waiting for render thread [.\src\app_game.cpp,505]]
[7:48:9:534]- Finished pre-caching minister portraits
My prefs file reads as follows:
[prefs]
width = 1366
height = 768
windowed = 1
Any insight would be appreciated. If I am unable to play the game, I will request a refund. Please help. Thank you.
I have read that you don’t need Steam in order to run Democracy 3. I downloaded Steam anyway in a desperate attempt to fix my problem. The only benefit is that the debug file now states that steam initialization was successful. I still can’t play the game. The next problem in the debug file is - GBufferedFile failed to open file.
What does this mean and how can I fix it? I’m not a programmer. I’m just a government employee who was on furlough in October, who would love to try his hand at making policies work in the game. Any advice, pointers, or devine intervention is appreciated. My debug file now reads:
[1:41:59:528]- ----DEBUG FILE----
, 1:41:59:528]- Windows 7 detected
[1:41:59:528]- Command Line: “C:\Program Files (x86)\Democracy 3\Democracy3.exe”
[1:41:59:528]- Command Line argument:[]
[1:41:59:528]- Desktop resolution is 1366 x 768
[1:41:59:528]- Initialising Sound Engine
[1:41:59:575]- Finished Initialising Sound Engine
[1:41:59:591]- Attempting to initialise steam
[1:41:59:887]- Steam initialisation success
[1:41:59:887]- Requesting steam stats…
[1:41:59:887]- …Steam stats requested
[1:41:59:887]- Initialising Direct3D
[1:42:0:293]- Initialising global vertex buffer
[1:42:0:340]- GBufferedFile failed to open file [C:\Users\Kyle\Documents/My Games/democracy3/stats.ini]
[1:42:0:340]- GBufferedFile failed to open file [C:\Users\Kyle\Documents/My Games/democracy3/stats.ini]
[1:42:0:433]- RequestStats - failed, 2
[1:42:5:488]- GBufferedFile failed to open file [data/dlc.txt]
[1:42:5:488]- GBufferedFile failed to open file [C:\Users\Kyle\Documents/My Games/democracy3/mod_dates.ini]
[1:42:5:769]- STEAMWORKS: 0 files enumerated for workshop
[1:42:11:946]- Starting new game…
[1:42:15:690]-
**CALCULATING SIM FINANCE
[1:42:15:690]-
**CALCULATING SIM FINANCE
[1:42:15:909]- GBufferedFile failed to open file [C:\Users\Kyle\Documents/My Games/democracy3/achievements.ini]
[1:42:15:909]- Waiting for render thread [.\src\SIM_PortraitManager.cpp,134]]
[1:42:15:924]- Pre-caching minister portraits
[1:42:15:924]- Waiting for render thread [.\src\app_game.cpp,505]]
[1:42:16:330]- Finished pre-caching minister portraits