As I suspected, the error was caused by Windows language. I changed the Windows language from Turkish to English and the game worked without errors. Of course, this is not an ideal solution. The game crashes if the Windows language is Turkish and possibly this happens in some other languages as well...

There are no missing files, but missing spell icons. When I hit "play game" in the launcher, I get 7 lists of missing spell icons, like: The following deafult spell icons are missing: Explorers Ambition: explorers_ambition ... ... ... Maybe 20-30 such icon names. Then when I click okay but...

No, I am not Lancelot.

I already tried reinstalling the game and verifying game cache.

I downloaded the patch now and it did not help. Still "spell icons missing" report and crash after choosing the nation and hitting "play". Can it be somehow connected to the Windows language? Mine is Turkish. The error line in the report says "Verilen anahtar sözlükte yoktu....

When I click "Play Game" from launcher, I get 6-7 long lists of "spell icons missing" report. After choosing the nation, the game crashes when I click "play". I do not right click. The crash report: Sovereignty Error Report - Version: EA1 Build: 40 =====================...

VPaulus wrote:Enemy units have more strength.

Can you elaborate?

Thanks for the info by the way.

I could not find the answer either in the game or in the manual. What does higher difficulty do? More enemy units? Enemy units with better stats? Better AI?