If you have problems start a server set emp_cl_hint_seed to 40 or something like that. It's a know bug and I hope that a Dev will be able to fix it soon.
What was it? I have that problem now. I updated everything (all green) Changed folder to EmpiresTest Launch options are correct Updated to r410 succesfully Shows up in game list Server shows up in server list As you said. I double click empires 2.2. Steam menu pops up saying 'starting game'. I see the outer edge of a window appear on the edge of the screen for less than a second. Than that edge goes away and nothing happens. Must be something sooo stupid. I added -safe to launch options and now it works (very small window though) I didn't even know -safe existed, i just thought i'd give it a try
So, I'm proud to report, that after the latest svn update I ran, empires home-server(as it were) is working now, for me atleast. I successfully launched a canyon server for like 10 minutes Also, I kept gettings lots of "Can't exec infantry.cfg" and Can't exec vehicles.cfg which might be something I failed at, or something the devs might wanna look at.