Resolved Bannerlord not installing properly on Steam

[Punished Nixon]

I've been having some issues lately.

I got into Bannerlord not long after it was released on Steam, and put more than a hundred hours into the game, before taking a break from the game. In that time I didn't experience anything more than a crash or two.

However, I have been having a very strange issue that appeared after I tried to re-install the game. For some reason, the game will not launch. I have tried reinstalling, verifying files, updating graphics drivers and OS, installing without Windows Defender, and just about every other thing recommended to get Bannerlord to work properly. At the time of this post none of these have helped.

After looking through the game files, it appears that Steam is installing the game files properly, but for some reason the bannerlord.exe is not installing. I don't know why this is happening, and any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

• Computer Specs:
  OS: Windows 10 64-bit
  GPU: GeForce GTX 980
  GPU Driver Version: 27.21.14.6109
  CPU: Intel Core i7 4790K
  RAM: 16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3
  Motherboard: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. Z97-E/USB 3.1
  Storage Device (HDD/SSD): SSD

 

[Archonsod]

If it's just the .exe missing the most likely issue is antivirus silently blacklisting / quarantining the file.

Troubleshooting it is going to depend on the AV, but the easiest way to check would be to disable / deactivate the antivirus, verify the files via Steam so it picks up and redownloads the missing .exe, then try launching it. Assuming that works you probably need to add an exception to the antivirus to avoid it trying to kill the file (assuming the file is safe of course; there's an outside chance Steam might be sending an infected file for some reason, but most of the time it's just the AV's process scanner deciding the telemetry or anti-cheat is doing something it doesn't like and deciding to nuke it)

 

[Punished Nixon]

Okay, looks like the .exe is now there.

However, the game still refuses to launch through steam. Running the .exe. as administrator seems to do the trick, though.

 

[MArdA TaleWorlds]

Okay, looks like the .exe is now there.

However, the game still refuses to launch through steam. Running the .exe. as administrator seems to do the trick, though.

Can you try deleting the "C:\ProgramData\Mount and Blade II Bannerlord" folder and try to launch again? ProgramData folder is hidden.

 

[Punished Nixon]

Can you try deleting the "C:\ProgramData\Mount and Blade II Bannerlord" folder and try to launch again? ProgramData folder is hidden.

Just deleted it, doesn't seem to have made any difference.

 

[Punished Nixon]

The latest update seems to have resolved the issue.

Thanks for the help, everyone.

 

[MArdA TaleWorlds]

Thanks for the update!