For those that are running with a AMD card and cant get the game to run with the new drivers:
You need to play with counters instead of sprites.

Go to the game folder, usually:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Arsenal of Democracy
Or right click on the game in your steam library and select properties,
then select the "local files" tab and the button "browse local content".

In your explorer you will then under gfx/map find a folder called "units" rename this folder, like for example "unitsbackup".

And the game will start even with AMD newest drivers.
( with a single warning during load that you should click ignore )

If you didnt play with counters before, you need to start a new or load your current game, click options and there you will find a option to "use counters" - set that to ON.

You are ready and can play until 1.11 is ready :)

For those that are running with a AMD card and cant get the game to run with the new drivers:
You need to play with counters instead of sprites.

Go to the game folder, usually:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Arsenal of Democracy
Or right click on the game in your steam library and select properties,
then select the "local files" tab and the button "browse local content".

In your explorer you will then under gfx/map find a folder called "units" rename this folder, like for example "unitsbackup".

And the game will start even with AMD newest drivers.
( with a single warning during load that you should click ignore )

If you didnt play with counters before, you need to start a new or load your current game, click options and there you will find a option to "use counters" - set that to ON.

You are ready and can play until 1.11 is ready :)

Hi there
1.10 is now released as there where no further issues reported on the beta branch.
The experimental will get the current 1.11 preview build next, which aims at fixing the issues that AMD users have since their newest drivers abandoned support for DirectDraw.

Here is the changelog of 1.10:
1.10 Post & changelog

Hi there
1.10 is now released as there where no further issues reported on the beta branch.
The experimental will get the current 1.11 preview build next, which aims at fixing the issues that AMD users have since their newest drivers abandoned support for DirectDraw.

Here is the changelog of 1.10:
1.10 Post & changelog

Hi there
It seems we are ready to launch.... the 1.10 version on steam :)
We released another update on the beta branch.

With this, the remaining issues with settings & custom configuration beeing overwritten by updates should now be fixed, so we should be good to go on a general release, unless someone notices anoither steam related issue that needs to be resolved.

As last time, please report any issues either on the steam 1.10 beta discussion or the paradox thread.

Hi there
It seems we are ready to launch.... the 1.10 version on steam :)
We released another update on the beta branch.

With this, the remaining issues with settings & custom configuration beeing overwritten by updates should now be fixed, so we should be good to go on a general release, unless someone notices anoither steam related issue that needs to be resolved.

As last time, please report any issues either on the steam 1.10 beta discussion or the paradox thread.

Hi guys.
We have now received access, to upload fixes and new versions ourselves.
And so we are now uploading 1.10 as a public beta to test out if everything is in order before updating for everyone.

Since the last version on Steam was 1.07, here is a short rundown of what happened in the different updates.
1.08 bug fixes & AI tweaks
1.09 was a huge soft coding update, cleaning it up and improving minors.
1.10 is a clean exe update, updating the codebase for modern systems.
Preparing for the big changes like supporting modern displays. ( which will come later )

Here is the changelog of 1.10:
1.10 Post & changelog

Important note:
The new version requires Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable.
Its added in the installer as prerequisite and should install automatically, but in case you have a problem launching it, here is a direct link for the 32 bit:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=53840

Please comment your experiences on the forum or here on steam as a discussion and we will fix any issues you have.

Hi guys.
We have now received access, to upload fixes and new versions ourselves.
And so we are now uploading 1.10 as a public beta to test out if everything is in order before updating for everyone.

Since the last version on Steam was 1.07, here is a short rundown of what happened in the different updates.
1.08 bug fixes & AI tweaks
1.09 was a huge soft coding update, cleaning it up and improving minors.
1.10 is a clean exe update, updating the codebase for modern systems.
Preparing for the big changes like supporting modern displays. ( which will come later )

Here is the changelog of 1.10:
1.10 Post & changelog

Important note:
The new version requires Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable.
Its added in the installer as prerequisite and should install automatically, but in case you have a problem launching it, here is a direct link for the 32 bit:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=53840

Please comment your experiences on the forum or here on steam as a discussion and we will fix any issues you have.