- Jan 3, 2018
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you can start with providing a full log from COM3D2x64_Data/output_log.txtNo folders were moved. I was mid-game, at one point tried reloading and that's when it happened. I redid the link the same way I set it up first - both CM3d2 and COM3d2 were in the same dirs, and the link from the launcher menu still pointed to the right spot. Tried redoing the registry too (the region-free bats for both). Still blanks on load with the error.
Nothing was edited or changed prior to this beyond CMI getting updated, I only found out from the 'you're not using the latest version' message in the console log when restarting the game. Not trying to ask pointless dumb questions, just trying to get to the bottom of this. I added a few cosmetic mods at some point which I don't think have the capacity to break the link in any way - tested by removing all mods outside the game folder, still same.
It's unusual that a mod could break the game to that extent.
It's likely a plugin that is causing the issue. Try renaming winhttp.dll to _winhttp.dll to disable all plugins and see if the game boots normally. It is somewhat possible that CMI installed plugins for 3.x instead of 2.x or the other way around.
It's also somewhat possible that you installed a corrupted game update. Try redownloading and force reinstalling 2.17.1 (tick that checkbox). Don't ever trust CMI with updating the game.