Scourge of War Boards

Still think it's an AVG issue. I had to disable the AVG Resident Shield...make sure that is off when you DL and install.

Keep pluggin', this game is a Keeper.

When its stuck at initializing, is there another window somewhere that has a crash error message? If its a runtime error, I would also still point to AV.

No, that's what's so frustrating. With an error message, I’m sure this would be an easy fix, but I get no information at all about what's wrong.

I'm goind to uninstall/delete everything, disable AVG and try again.

I still can't get it to go beyond:

Game Launched
07:45:22 Version:SOWGB
1.4000
07:45:26 Loading Defined Lists
07:45:26 Initializing

Where did you obtain the full demo install of the game? Just making sure you are using the correct link.

http://www.norbsoftware.com/Downloads/S ... ysburg.exe

I've been downloading it here:
http://www.scourgeofwar.com/downloads.shtml

Yep thats the one.

I'm starting run out of ideas here. Just to confirm, you did completely uninstall, then re-install with your AV completely disabled?

Yeah, I closed the app and disabled the AV in msconfig so it wouldn't start, deleted the game and install files, then restarted.

What is the full path location of the game?

Game booster
Choose configure
select processes, place check mark for any virus checking software
select unnecessary processes , and check mark all things which are anti-virus related
select Non-Window services, and check mark all things related to your virus checker

start game via game booster.

Once you finish playing (that's if you can play it), those services will restart.

worth a try.