I have been looking for a solution but I can't find anyone who has the same issue. When I start up the game it starts up normally and loads fine but when I get to where the start menu should be the buttons are missing. The background with the title is there and animating and I can still move my mouse so I know its not frozen. I tried letting it sit for a bit in case it was just loading still but to no avail. I have reinstalled it three times now and it still has the same issue. If anyone can help me figure this out it would be much appreciated, I am a big fan of Endless Legend and the original Endless Space. 

What are your system specs from DXDiag

Also please post your output_log.txt file which you can find in the ES2 installation folder

My System Specs are:

Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64-bit

Processor: Intel Core I5-6400 CPU @ 2.70GHz

Memory: 12288MB RAM

DirectX 12

Output Log:

Initialize engine version: 5.4.0f3 (a6d8d714de6f)
GfxDevice: creating device client; threaded=1
Direct3D:
Version:  Direct3D 11.0 [level 11.0]
Renderer: Intel(R) HD Graphics 530 (ID=0x1912)
Vendor:   Intel
VRAM:     3173 MB
Begin MonoManager ReloadAssembly
Platform assembly: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Endless Space 2\EndlessSpace2_Data\Managed\UnityEngine.dll (this message is harmless)
Loading C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Endless Space 2\EndlessSpace2_Data\Managed\UnityEngine.dll into Unity Child Domain
Platform assembly: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Endless Space 2\EndlessSpace2_Data\Managed\I18N.dll (this message is harmless)
Platform assembly: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Endless Space 2\EndlessSpace2_Data\Managed\I18N.West.dll (this message is harmless)
Platform assembly: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Endless Space 2\EndlessSpace2_Data\Managed\Assembly-CSharp-firstpass.dll (this message is harmless)
Loading C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Endless Space 2\EndlessSpace2_Data\Managed\Assembly-CSharp-firstpass.dll into Unity Child Domain
Platform assembly: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Endless Space 2\EndlessSpace2_Data\Managed\Assembly-CSharp.dll (this message is harmless)
Loading C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Endless Space 2\EndlessSpace2_Data\Managed\Assembly-CSharp.dll into Unity Child Domain
Platform assembly: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Endless Space 2\EndlessSpace2_Data\Managed\UnityEngine.UI.dll (this message is harmless)
Loading C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Endless Space 2\EndlessSpace2_Data\Managed\UnityEngine.UI.dll into Unity Child Domain
Platform assembly: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Endless Space 2\EndlessSpace2_Data\Managed\UnityEngine.Networking.dll (this message is harmless)
Loading C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Endless Space 2\EndlessSpace2_Data\Managed\UnityEngine.Networking.dll into Unity Child Domain
Platform assembly: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Endless Space 2\EndlessSpace2_Data\Managed\Amplitude.AI.Common.dll (this message is harmless)
Loading C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Endless Space 2\EndlessSpace2_Data\Managed\Amplitude.AI.Common.dll into Unity Child Domain
Platform assembly: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Endless Space 2\EndlessSpace2_Data\Managed\Amplitude.AI.Loader.dll (this message is harmless)
Loading C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Endless Space 2\EndlessSpace2_Data\Managed\Amplitude.AI.Loader.dll into Unity Child Domain
Platform assembly: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Endless Space 2\EndlessSpace2_Data\Managed\Amplitude.Endless.Fantasy.dll (this message is harmless)
Loading C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Endless Space 2\EndlessSpace2_Data\Managed\Amplitude.Endless.Fantasy.dll into Unity Child Domain
Platform assembly: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Endless Space 2\EndlessSpace2_Data\Managed\clipper_library.dll (this message is harmless)
Loading C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Endless Space 2\EndlessSpace2_Data\Managed\clipper_library.dll into Unity Child Domain
Platform assembly: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Endless Space 2\EndlessSpace2_Data\Managed\Newtonsoft.Json.dll (this message is harmless)
Loading C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Endless Space 2\EndlessSpace2_Data\Managed\Newtonsoft.Json.dll into Unity Child Domain
Platform assembly: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Endless Space 2\EndlessSpace2_Data\Managed\Amplitude.Framework.dll (this message is harmless)
Loading C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Endless Space 2\EndlessSpace2_Data\Managed\Amplitude.Framework.dll into Unity Child Domain
Platform assembly: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Endless Space 2\EndlessSpace2_Data\Managed\Amplitude.dll (this message is harmless)
Loading C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Endless Space 2\EndlessSpace2_Data\Managed\Amplitude.dll into Unity Child Domain
Platform assembly: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Endless Space 2\EndlessSpace2_Data\Managed\ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll (this message is harmless)
Loading C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Endless Space 2\EndlessSpace2_Data\Managed\ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll into Unity Child Domain
Platform assembly: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Endless Space 2\EndlessSpace2_Data\Managed\I18N.dll (this message is harmless)
Loading C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Endless Space 2\EndlessSpace2_Data\Managed\I18N.dll into Unity Child Domain
Platform assembly: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Endless Space 2\EndlessSpace2_Data\Managed\I18N.West.dll (this message is harmless)
Loading C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Endless Space 2\EndlessSpace2_Data\Managed\I18N.West.dll into Unity Child Domain
- Completed reload, in  0.310 seconds
Platform assembly: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Endless Space 2\EndlessSpace2_Data\Managed\System.Core.dll (this message is harmless)
Platform assembly: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Endless Space 2\EndlessSpace2_Data\Managed\System.dll (this message is harmless)
Platform assembly: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Endless Space 2\EndlessSpace2_Data\Managed\System.Xml.dll (this message is harmless)
<RI> Initializing input.  
<RI> Input initialized.  
desktop: 1920x1080 59Hz; virtual: 1920x1080 at 0,0
<RI> Initialized touch support.  
UnloadTime: 1.815408 ms
Default codepage number is 437.

(Filename: C:/buildslave/unity/build/artifacts/generated/common/runtime/UnityEngineDebugBindings.gen.cpp Line: 42)

Platform assembly: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Endless Space 2\EndlessSpace2_Data\Managed\Mono.Security.dll (this message is harmless)
Platform assembly: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Endless Space 2\EndlessSpace2_Data\Managed\System.Configuration.dll (this message is harmless)
Platform assembly: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Endless Space 2\EndlessSpace2_Data\Managed\System.Xml.Linq.dll (this message is harmless)
Platform assembly: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Endless Space 2\EndlessSpace2_Data\Managed\System.Runtime.Serialization.dll (this message is harmless)
Unloading 5 Unused Serialized files (Serialized files now loaded: 0)
UnloadTime: 2.134464 ms
Either the '-nologo' or '-novideo' command line argument was found, skipping logo videos...

(Filename: C:/buildslave/unity/build/artifacts/generated/common/runtime/UnityEngineDebugBindings.gen.cpp Line: 42)


Unloading 4 unused Assets to reduce memory usage. Loaded Objects now: 5364.
Total: 3.162238 ms (FindLiveObjects: 0.209179 ms CreateObjectMapping: 0.448188 ms MarkObjects: 2.464092 ms  DeleteObjects: 0.039645 ms)

Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Endless Space 2/EndlessSpace2_Data/Mono/libc
Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Endless Space 2/EndlessSpace2_Data/Mono/.\libc
Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Endless Space 2/EndlessSpace2_Data/Mono/libc
System.TypeInitializationException: An exception was thrown by the type initializer for Mono.CSharp.CSharpCodeCompiler ---> System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Windows mono path not found: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\mono\mono\mini\mono.exe
at Mono.CSharp.CSharpCodeCompiler..cctor () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at Microsoft.CSharp.CSharpCodeProvider.CreateCompiler () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.GenerateSerializers (System.Xml.Serialization.GenerationBatch batch, System.CodeDom.Compiler.CompilerParameters cp) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.RunSerializerGeneration (System.Object obj) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
System.TypeInitializationException: An exception was thrown by the type initializer for Mono.CSharp.CSharpCodeCompiler ---> System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Windows mono path not found: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\mono\mono\mini\mono.exe
at Mono.CSharp.CSharpCodeCompiler..cctor () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at Microsoft.CSharp.CSharpCodeProvider.CreateCompiler () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.GenerateSerializers (System.Xml.Serialization.GenerationBatch batch, System.CodeDom.Compiler.CompilerParameters cp) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.RunSerializerGeneration (System.Object obj) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
System.TypeInitializationException: An exception was thrown by the type initializer for Mono.CSharp.CSharpCodeCompiler ---> System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Windows mono path not found: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\mono\mono\mini\mono.exe
at Mono.CSharp.CSharpCodeCompiler..cctor () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at Microsoft.CSharp.CSharpCodeProvider.CreateCompiler () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.GenerateSerializers (System.Xml.Serialization.GenerationBatch batch, System.CodeDom.Compiler.CompilerParameters cp) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.RunSerializerGeneration (System.Object obj) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
MaterialKeywords is deprecated. Instead use AmplitudeMaterialEditor in the corresponding shader

(Filename: C:/buildslave/unity/build/artifacts/generated/common/runtime/UnityEngineDebugBindings.gen.cpp Line: 42)

MaterialKeywords is deprecated. Instead use AmplitudeMaterialEditor in the corresponding shader

(Filename: C:/buildslave/unity/build/artifacts/generated/common/runtime/UnityEngineDebugBindings.gen.cpp Line: 42)

Unloading 6 Unused Serialized files (Serialized files now loaded: 0)

Unloading 24343 unused Assets to reduce memory usage. Loaded Objects now: 46242.
Total: 97.840614 ms (FindLiveObjects: 4.191146 ms CreateObjectMapping: 5.194378 ms MarkObjects: 81.226685 ms  DeleteObjects: 7.228028 ms)

Looks like I'll need a new graphics card if I want to play. Thanks for the help anyway