[1.18] main screen freezing when clicking "about"

[w2c]

So I just bought and installed the game. Open the game up and simply click the "about" option from the main menu. Haven't even gone into a game yet. But when I click about it locks the app up and becomes unresponsive. I can't close the description that comes up nor can I select any of the other options to start or load a game. I have to force kill the app through the task manager to close it. I'm able to load the menu and click to start a new game just fine as long as I don't click the "about" option first.

I have the game installed on my secondary drive and I'm using Windows 10. I had the issue both on the fresh install of version 1.00 as well as after updating the game to the newest version. 

[sittingduck]

Mar 30, 2020 19:20:02 GMT -6 w2c said:

So I just bought and installed the game. Open the game up and simply click the "about" option from the main menu. Haven't even gone into a game yet. But when I click about it locks the app up and becomes unresponsive. I can't close the description that comes up nor can I select any of the other options to start or load a game. I have to force kill the app through the task manager to close it. I'm able to load the menu and click to start a new game just fine as long as I don't click the "about" option first.

I have the game installed on my secondary drive and I'm using Windows 10. I had the issue both on the fresh install of version 1.00 as well as after updating the game to the newest version. 

First off, welcome to the RTW2 game & forum.

If I understand you correctly, you've opened the game and on the screen which displays the naval art and command buttons you've hit "About". This brought up the Designer's Credits in the center of the the screen. At this point none of the command buttons will work. If this is what has happened, you can either click on tbe blue "Forum" text to open the Forums web page or click anywhere else inside the Designer's Credits portion of that box that popped up when you first hit the "About" button. This clears the "About" box and lets you use the command buttons again.

Hope that's what you were describing.

[w2c]

Thanks for the reply! Ok I feel silly. haha. That's definitely what I was referring to but couldn't find a way to close it though I do have to say it feels counter intuitive the way it's done. I never once thought to click inside the dialogue box to close it. I tried several times to click outside of the box or to find an X to close out of it or on new game, continue, clicking the about button again or even exit to close it. The fact you couldn't close out of the app while the dialogue box was open made me think it was locked up on me. Needing to click inside the box just feels very weird and I never would have guessed thus the report. lol. Not the biggest deal as I now know but if it could happen to me I'm certain it could to others as well. But thank you for taking the time to clear that up and for the welcome!

[sittingduck]

Glad to help. "Been there, done that" applies to this........