So after looking at many posts and forums all over the internet I decided to post my problem here. I think I might have the same problem others have, but their fixes did not work. I'm not sure if I have the latest anything (Graphics driver, etc.), but I think I should (after trying to download tons of updates for different things). The game used to run fine a few updates back (since I haven't played in a while), so I'm not sure which of the updates caused the problem, if any. When I launch the game on steam, it just loads into a black screen with sound playing in the background. And if I try to play the game using the PA launcher I downloaded separately from the uber store (installed via the PA_setup), I get a pop up saying UberLauncher.exe has stopped working. I hope there is some tech-savvy people out there that can fix at least one of the ways of playing the game, steam or not. Much appreciated.
As @FSN1977 noticed problem caused by old Intel driver: Code: Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2630QM CPU @ 2.00GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.0GHz Card name: Intel(R) HD Graphics Family Driver Version: 8.15.10.2272 Driver Date/Size: 12/24/2010 03:44:18, 7439360 bytes To update drivers download and install "win64_152822.exe" from Intel website: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=23764 If you get "not validated for this computer" error download ZIP version of driver ("win64_152822.zip") from same page and then install it using this instruction: http://steamcommunity.com/app/233250/discussions/2/558749190911446231/ Also by default game is running on slow integrated graphics so If you didn't do that yet you need to configure your drivers to run game on Nvidia GPU. For details check "Laptops and hybrid graphics" section in this topic: http://steamcommunity.com/app/233250/discussions/2/864980278116578701/
Oh wow I didn't even know that there were two graphics drivers on my laptop . I have only been updating the nvidia driver and after updating the intel driver everything is working great. Thanks guys.