{SOLVED} -- No world map or units

[ColDawg]

Hello,
I have C:MO through Steam, along with a couple of DLCs. I have not played in a while and tried to start it up the other day.
The game starts fine from the launch screen, however there is no map visible. The UI is complete, but there is no world or units visible. Pop-up messages appear as usual, but the central part of the display is simply white. I have tried updating graphics card drivers and windows updates, but no joy. This has never been an issue previously.
I am running an older PC with windows 8.1, but have DX11, and have not had issues with the game in the past.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. I have uninstalled and reinstalled several times, and verified game cache successfully. I am banging my head against the wall.
Thanks for any tips!
Cheers,
ColDawg

[DmitriyBlade]

Any app which use some kind of overlay might return such issues, msi afterburner, you motherboard/mouse/any other software, make sure you closed it

[ColDawg]

Thanks DmitriyBlade for you response.
I do not have MSI or anything similar. Not exactly sure what other apps might have "overlays", not even sure what that means in this context, but I have disabled whatever I can in the task manager without success.
This is NOT the "red x" map issue, but rather a plain white one, which when expanding and retracting the message window leaves an an afterimage. Definitely glitchy.
I have googled combinations of "no map" "no globe" "no units" etc. without success.
IIRC when I first launched CMO the other day I received a warning that nvidia share (shadow?) could cause issues and I disabled it. That said, this does not seem to be the problem.

Still tinkering away, and grateful for any help!

Cheers,
ColDawg

[thewood1]

Might want to read through this thread.

https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/view ... 3#p5119923

[ColDawg]

Thanks thewood1 for getting back to me!

I had missed this updated requirement. I'm sure this must be the issue.

I have tried updating to 10 using the free update tool, but keep having "windows 10 failed to install" at the last restart....

I suppose another issue for another forum.

Thanks for putting an end to my frantic searching!

Cheers,
ColDawg

[thewood1]

There is the older 32-bit version still available on Steam.

[Nikel]

Thanks thewood1 for getting back to me!

I had missed this updated requirement. I'm sure this must be the issue.

I have tried updating to 10 using the free update tool, but keep having "windows 10 failed to install" at the last restart....

I suppose another issue for another forum.

Thanks for putting an end to my frantic searching!

Cheers,
ColDawg

If you read the thread linked by thewood1, DWReese’s last post, he found a workaround for W8. Perhaps it will not work in the next update, who knows.

[Nikel]

There is the older 32-bit version still available on Steam.

The problem with the 32 bits version is that you cannot update the database, so you cannot try the new scenarios, I mean the ones posted in the forum.

[ColDawg]

Thanks for the info everyone!
When you say that the 32 bit version is still available, are you talking about C:MNAO, or an earlier version of the newer C:MO? And how would I find it? From the same store page? I'm not at my PC right now, but will check it and the workaround out tonight.
Thanks again for the help all.
Cheers,
ColDawg

[Nikel]

The 32 bits version is CMO 1307.19.

In steam now is considered as the beta.

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/v ... -C531-AFA3

[ColDawg]

Nikel, thank you. I opened the Beta options, selected legacy mode, and now it works just fine.
Thanks to everyone for the prompt and helpful advice. It was greatly appreciated.
For now, I'm off to Command some Modern Operations!
Cheers all, and good hunting.
ColDawg

[Nikel]

The workaround did not work in your case?