Another thing, with MSVCP80.dll in the system32 or in the same folder as empire.exe, this terminal output happens fixme:actctx:parse_depend_manifests Could not find dependent assembly L"Microsoft.VC80.CRT" (8.0.50727.762) err:module:import_dll Library MSVCP80.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\Program Files\\Steam\\steamapps\\common\\empire total war\\tbb.dll") not found err:module:import_dll Library tbb.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\Program Files\\Steam\\steamapps\\common\\empire total war\\Empire.exe") not found err:module:LdrInitializeThunk Main exe initialization for L"C:\\Program Files\\Steam\\steamapps\\common\\empire total war\\Empire.exe" failed, status c0000135