Men of War: Assault Squad 2

Men of War: Assault Squad 2

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Men of War AS2 Troubleshooting
By DeltaDude and 5 collaborators
If you are having problems with MoW AS2, try some of these steps to troubleshoot the issue.
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Troubleshooting
If you have any errors, problems, and need help, please read through all of the below for assistance. The answer to your problem is likely there.
Can't Launch The Game / Freezes
If you are unable to launch the game, make sure you try launching in Safemode (No Mods)

This can be found when hitting the play button in your steam library, if it does launch you will want to try to disable any mods from the workshop.

My Mods Don't Work?
You will need to contact the author of the mod to figure out why this is occuring. It could be because the mod is not up to date, in which case give them some time to update it.

NO SDL
If you have a [NO SDL] file error, you can fix this by cleaning your steam cloud, to do this follow these steps.

1. Find MoW AS2 in your steam library
2. Right click and select properties.
3. Select launch options and enter exactly as follows
-reset_cloud_profiles

4. Now locate Documents / My Games / Men of War Assault Squad 2
5. You will see a profiles folder, rename this folder to anything you would like i.e. profile2
6. Launch the game.

Error 51

This is related to an anti virus blocking the application from launching, more information is available here.
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=2235-YXVB-8261

DirectX 10 Error
The game requires DirectX 10 and a graphics card that is suitable for DirectX 10 applications, if you are receiving errors in regards to this make sure your graphics card model meets these standards. You can also try installing driver updates from your graphics card providers website.

Black Screen
This is generally caused by an outdated graphics card driver or a graphics card that does not meet system requirements.

Game launches, closes
Locate your game install folder, generally located
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common
Launch the game exe from there.

.DLL Errors
api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll is missing
MSVCR110.dll is missing

Make sure you have your windows fully updated.
Locate and run vcredist x86 in your commonredist folder located inside of your game install location.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common

Can't Open Pak-resource/map.pak (ezipfilereader.cpp,27)
Some systems require administrative rights to run the game, if you are having problems please try to run the game exe as admin.

You can locate the exe here by default
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Men of War Assault Squad 2

Non-listed Issues
There are some issues that are not covered, but here is a good way to make sure everything is up to standards. Only follow these steps if you have covered everything else.

1. Locate your files under Documents / My Games
- Rename the folder 'this will save your previous saved games so you can recover them at a future date'

2. In steam select the game, properties, and disable the steam cloud.

3. Locate the steam workshop and unsubscribe from all mods.
- Most errors originate from mods that are out of date or conflict with one another.

4. Manually delete the game files located in your steam install folder
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common

5. If it says the game is still installed on steam, uninstall it through steam.

6. Reinstall the game, do not download any mods and attempt to play.
Multiplayer Errors
Desynchronization
If you are trying to join a game and receive this, it could mean that you have a mod enabled, or the host has a mod enabled. You can disable your mods in your options under the mod tab. If you want to join a modded game you will need to go to the workshop and download said mods.


Desynchronization / Wrong Version
In some cases some users downloads are corrupted and display the wrong version, this can be fixed by going to your men of war install folder
Generally located here
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Men of War Assault Squad 2
You will see files named 1.pat 2.pat 3.pat etc.
Delete these files, now go to your steam library and select mow as2 properties, and verify the integrity of the game.

Also you can check to make sure that you do not have the beta client enabled under the properties as well.

Long / Infinite Loading
The game will need access to your C:/ drive, if you do have it on a seperate drive make sure its speeds are that of an internal hard drive. Having it installed on a slower external hard drive can lead to long caching times and you will want to install the game on the internal drive to prevent this.

Out of Sync
Out of sync errors can occur and are something that you are not able to prevent. If they occur restart your game to clean out your shader cache and you can begin playing again. We are working to resolve these issues.

Unable to join friends lobby / infinite connecting
Make sure you do not have a firewall blocking peer2peer connections. You will also want to make sure that the ports required are open. These ports can be found in this article.
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=8571-GLVN-8711

Crashes mid game
If you receive a crash mid game and it sends you to the desktop we are notified through steam with the error log.
Workshop Installs / Uploading Replays
If you are having problems or do not understand how to download mods from the workshop here are a couple videos to help you.

Downloading From Workshop

Uploading Replay
229 Comments
honorthy 1 May, 2023 @ 11:43am 
yea i have no documents profile!
BigTimeGamer 17 Dec, 2022 @ 6:23pm 
playing on steam deck single player
every time it trys to save it crashes error saying img not valid
and it creats a save that if i interact with it it crashes the game giving same error
i cant remove the saves and cant play because of this plz help :stimulation: :stimulation: :stimulation:
Milf Life Crisis 26 Nov, 2022 @ 7:23am 
Can't join any lobbies and the guide says "we'll fix it", disappointing
ItsJD 4 Sep, 2022 @ 6:47am 
Everytime I want to open the Map editor i get the error
program will be terminated
EXCEPTION_ACCES_VIOLATION read at 0x1a403fc2
EIP= 6e784d90 [Native-15720]
EAX= 1ef84600 EXB=125b2ef0 ECX= 01fac240
EDX= 06b2c84d
ESI= 1a403fc2 EDI= 1c3b01e0 ESP= 0019db10
EBP= 0019db7c
> main

Men of War: Assault Squad 2 Editor - v3.262.1 - editor

This happend like a week ago and it worked fine before, does someone know to fix this?:)
fifich 8 May, 2022 @ 1:50am 
I have the same problem as Brave Sir Robin
Admiral Epstein 3 Apr, 2022 @ 12:57pm 
I have a problem where won't launch and it says nothing and i tried launching it in exe but it says mowas_2.exe - system Error
The code execution canot proceed because VCOMP140.DLL was not found. It tells me to try to reinstalling it but it doesn't work
Bidet 1 Dec, 2021 @ 4:18am 
Hello, I have done the instructions regarding the "not SDL!" error but even if I had a new profile it still persisted:

Program will be terminated.
APP_ERROR: Not SDL file! (eSDLReader.cpp, 17)

EIP=7779b502 [main loop]
EAX=06d5f488 EBX=06d5f98c ECX=000000004
EDX=000000000
ESI=06d5f8e4 EDI=07216bd0 ESP=06d5f488
EBP=06d5f4e4
> > core:init
> file "//mods/donbass crisis/mod.info"

Men of War - Assault Squad 2 - v3.262.0 - standard unknown

pls help
calvinchan010 2 Jul, 2021 @ 10:41pm 
I keep getting this while playing the campaign

Program will be terminated
APP_ERROR: Unable to create the swap chain
(gem/render/dx11_device.cpp, 530)

EIP=76f2a6e2 [Native-60076]
EAX=0019f858 EBX=00fb0f88 ECX=00000004
EDX=00000000
ESI=1284fb58 EDI=1284faa0 ESP=0019f858
EBP=0019f8b0
> main
Men of War: Assault Squad 2 - v3.262.1 - standard
2019.10.11 06:55 - 0x00C8B049


how to solve ?
HotPotatoSoup 2 May, 2021 @ 8:15pm 
I keep getting this while playing the campaign

Program will be terminated
APP_ERROR: Unable to create the swap chain
(gem/render/dx11_device.cpp, 530)

EIP=76f2a6e2 [Native-60076]
EAX=0019f858 EBX=00fb0f88 ECX=00000004
EDX=00000000
ESI=1284fb58 EDI=1284faa0 ESP=0019f858
EBP=0019f8b0
> main
Men of War: Assault Squad 2 - v3.262.1 - standard
2019.10.11 06:55 - 0x00C8B049
daveassmann 31 Jan, 2021 @ 12:31pm 
what do i do when i have an sdl error but there is no profile folder?