I was playing wh3 earlier today with no issues. I was left home, came back a few hours later, and now every time I launch i get to the opening screen with the different logos, my cursor shows the loading symbol, and then after maybe 20 seconds it crashes back to desktop. I have tried launching through the total war launcher, through the mod manager, and straight to campaign from steam. I had one mod installed, (too many activatable skills 7.x) and i have tried launching with the mod disabled. Additionally I tried doing what this person said a couple of years ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/totalwar/comments/17fie4m/comment/k6acf80/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
I have restarted my computer several times, verified the integrity of the files, and nothing has helped. The only things i can think of that might have effected it is there was an update today that came out for the mod manager, but i have no idea if that got installed before or after i left my house. Additionally, when I was leaving my house I set a windows update to install. It was a "Security Intelligence Update for Microsoft Defender Antivirus" Version 1.449.347.0
I am at a loss as for what to do. It would really suck to have to reinstall windows again, and from what I've seen, other people who have been in a similar spot have not had luck when reinstalling windows, so I am hoping I don't have to do that. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
EDIT TEMP FIX: A bunch of people are having this issue rn current fix is running it in offline mode, no multiplayer campaigns for the moment i guess.