victoria2-troubleshooting VS Victoria-2-Cursed

I wouldn’t blame you if you want to give up at this point. This is the stage where I’m just throwing things at the wall, so up to you if you want to indulge me. I want to perform a sanity check: is the game looking for flags where we expect it to? For that purpose, I have uploaded a modified RUS_monarchy.tga flag that is slightly vandalised with a blue square outline in the middle of it.

It happens a lot for Victoria II if not all the time. To the point that I set it at the first item of my troubleshooting guide, and it’s rare that more

Yep I had this same exact problem, you'll have to use this guide. also the second download link is dead so you'll have to use this one instead: make sure the download the one named: Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86)

That one is provided by redistributables that the Steam version fails to install. I explain where to grab those redistributables from the legit provider (i.e. Microsoft).

Since this sounds like a fresh install, I would suggest you try this bit about prerequisites. Otherwise, you can try the rest of the guide (e.g. the bit about the map cache).

It can’t hurt to make sure prerequisites have been installed.

You did! I added a section.

I describe how to clear the flag cache around here even though this is the solution to a different problem. (Make sure you’re looking for the mod flag cache, i.e. …\HFM\gfx\flags in this case.)

Can you try my troubleshooting guide and report back?

I actually fixed it I used this guide https://github.com/moretrim/victoria2-troubleshooting. It was very helpful and would recommend!

A new Victoria 2 mod has arrived on the scene, and it is clearly superior to all other mods. I will take you through the experience of playing. In the menu you immediately realise that something is very, very wrong. All the buttons are off and there are ...strange graphical peculiarities. Once you press Single Player, it fully hits you just how cursed this mod is. ALL the rotations are off. The textures look ...deep-fried. The font is partially converted to comic sans. And the entire map is covered with eye-ache inducing pixels. When you hit play, things get even more absurd. The terrain is covered in dots and looks cancerous. The minimap has given up and fallen down. The topboard is doing the same. Newspapers, diplo and the text field are all rotated. Hitting escape to evade this madness is useless, even the menu is cursed. Next, you try clicking provinces, menus, diplo offers and even the pause button. All of them are rotated and deep-fried. You even notice the chungus hiding in the rank. Some of the troop models are also switched around. Events and decisions offer you no avail. But in the end, the most cursed thing about the mod is that it functions normally. It doesn't even change the checksum and is therefore compatible with other mods as is seen in the last picture (with Shattered World). Here's a link if you wish to experience this milestone of modding: https://github.com/s-williams/Victoria-2-Cursed PS: The mod creator is /u/swilliamsio, I am his co-dev.