If you're missing graphically effects in-game, such as rain, water, fire or the outlines on buildings when using an ATI video card. You can resolve this problem by switching off AA within the Catalyst Control Panel.

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If you experience odd problems after updating, or the message 'This game is currently unavailable message on Steam' is shown. 

Please verify your Steam cache files. Problems such as: Odd characters in the menu. Buildings cannot be placed in-game. Language speech is missing or anything you had in the game before but don't after updating the game.

To verify your Steam cache files: 
1. Open Steam > Library 
2. Right click on Stronghold 3 and select Properties 
3. Select the Local Files and then click Verify Integrity of Game Cache