Overview
I’ve seen a lot of reviews / comments about people not being able to launch the game or only launch it with certain DLCs or Mods, this is just an ‘easy’ fix that worked for me to just skip the launcher all together, Hope it helps!
Walkthrough
Step 1 – Locate where your game application is installed, for me this was under the standard steamapps – common – CIV.
Step 2 – From there go into – Sid Meier’s Civilization VIBaseBinariesWin64Steam. Depending on whether you use DX12 or not make sure you know which one you want to launch with.
Step 3 – Get the file path through to the application and copy it. For me this was as follows – D:SteamLibrarysteamappscommonSid Meier’s Civilization VIBaseBinariesWin64SteamCivilizationVI_DX12.exe
Step 4 – Go to your steam library and open your launch options for CIV. ( right click – properties on CIV )
Step 5 – Take your file path and paste here like this “-filepath-” adding %command% on the end.
So it should then look like this – “D:SteamLibrarysteamappscommonSid Meier’s Civilization VIBaseBinariesWin64SteamCivilizationVI_DX12.exe” %command%
Note: If you know you’ve used the DX11 launch option or having crashes ingame using the CivilizationVI_DX12.exe” %command%, please try the CivilizationVI.exe” %command% instead, to launch the game with DX11.
Click Ok and launch the game, it should skip the 2k launcher all together and just go straight into the game fixing any issues i had with the launcher in the process.
I am assuming this is a universal option that should work for everyone, hopefully it gets rid of any issues you’ve had with the new 2k Launcher.
:)))
Update 🙂
As per the comments, this is an easier way to find your install folder.
Quick way to find install folder through steam:
Steam>Library> Left click game in list on left side so it’s selected.
Right click>Manage>Browse local files
This opens install directory on PC.
Thanks @div1