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Originally Posted by PongoDeMer

Success!

What I finally ended up doing was a complete uninstall, including any left over files. I then uninstalled my Norton, reinstalled the game, installed the latest Uplay, re-set the video config, enabled "override high DPI scaling behaviour in the .exe file, ran the game to get the save folder, installed WoS, patched it to the 2.2.17, and finally... FINALLY, it worked.

Thanks to everyone on the Subsim forums for their help. I really hope nobody else has the same difficulty I had. However, if anyone does, I will be more than prepared to help.

Time for a well-earned gin.

Pongo de Mer

Congrats - don't forget to reinstall Norton.