Well, I give up.
I reinstalled the game. But now the game won't start. I waited up to 1 hour for it to start, and nothing.
I absolutely have no clue what you´re doing.
Myself had never troubles with my (always clean new) installs since I found this game at version R4, alsways running perfect out of the box.
You confirmed the correct game location, so I don´t know what do do more.
Last solution: new download, I recommend torrent (file from here
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), extracting into a game folder like D:\HS2-R14, start InitSetting.exe, choose your resolution, activate only GraphicsMode, and start the game.
Eventually may help the first start if you don´t use fullscreen.
If first test is running well you can transfer your personal stuff (UserData, MyMods) from your old game (copy/paste).
Tra start again - if troubles, there is an issue with your old files.