Crashes and how to fix them

[grako12]

Hi guys !! I' ve got problem !!!
When i am on battle map, everytime when my cavalry charge, the game is crashing and
i'm again on the deskop with this error! I've the polish version of MII and english of Kingdoms but it works
THX for the help;d
Sry for my bad english

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[Babygod22]

got a question, I downloaded stainless steel RR/RC and decided to mod the unit's stat, desc_mount and desc_character files, without using the unpacker
so now I got a CTD in campaign battle.

My question is, now that I have the unpacker, do I just need to unpack all and everything is fine or do I have to reinstall Medieval 2, unpack all, then install SS RR/RC then mod stuff?

[smoesville]

Has anyone run into the invisible unit problem when adding a new unit type?

[Ishan]

A discussion about this is going over here.

[Praetorian1]

hi, i'm starting to have a historical battle error at Tannenberg. I wanted to check if its possible to unlock the non playable factions in the historical battles & i tried making HRE under the playable section in the descr_battle script in Medieval II Total War\data\world\maps\battle\custom\Tannenberg like this:

; Custom battle script generated by Romans Battle Editor

battle Tannenberg
playable
poland
hre ; <---added it here
end
nonplayable
hre ; <---removed hre from here
end

when i saw it gave me a black screen while loading & CTD i replaced the descr_battle file with the original one which i backed up before proceeding. Still although i replaced the original file while loading it still gave me the black screen CDT (the black screen clears by pressing Esc) but only in Tannenberg battle. Since i always play the historical battles especially Tannenberg cos its my fav i would really like to know if i can fix this problem.
I Tried to fix it myself by uninstalled the game , installed it again but still when i tried to play Tanneberg Historical the same black screen & CTD while loading it even tho reinstalled all over again

Now i tried copying & pasting the

[log]
to = logs/system.log.txt
level = * error

to see the error report cos when it crashed it didn't say anything but honestly i can't understand anything of this or what to do & how to fix it.
This is what was added in the log system file below, after i paste the [log] to = logs/system.log.txt thing in the game's .cfg file & after the battle crashed again.

data/world/maps/battle/norman_prologue/descr_battle.txt is missing
14:16:58.373 [system.io] [warning] open: data/world/maps/battle/custom/Tannenberg/map.rwm is missing
14:16:58.420 [system.io] [warning] open: data/world/maps/battle/custom/Tannenberg/descr_strat.txt is missing
14:16:58.420 [system.io] [warning] open: data/world/maps/battle/custom/Tannenberg/map.rwm is missing
14:16:58.420 [system.io] [warning] open: data/world/maps/battle/custom/Tannenberg/map.rbm is missing
14:17:00.154 [system.io] [warning] open: data/loading_screen/loading_bar.tga.dds is missing
14:17:00.154 [system.io] [warning] open: data/loading_screen/loading_logo.tga.dds is missing
14:17:02.248 [system.io] [warning] open: data/models_effects/building_fire_glow.cas is missing
14:17:02.248 [system.io] [warning] open: data/models_engine/heavy_onager_torches.cas is missing
14:17:02.607 [system.io] [warning] open: data/loading_screen/loading_bar.tga.dds is missing
14:17:13.513 [system.io] [warning] open: data/descr_oil_effect.txt is missing
14:17:13.513 [system.io] [warning] open: data/descr_fire_texture_list.txt is missing
14:17:15.717 [system.io] [warning] open: data/textures/#al_outline.tga.dds is missing
14:17:22.763 [system.io] [warning] open: data/unit_models/_Units/EN_Pplate_Plate/textures/mtw2_en_pplate_teutons.texture is missing
14:17:22.982 [system.rpt] [error] Medieval 2: Total War encountered an unspecified error and will now exit.

I need HELP, Sorry for the long post but if its possible i really like to fix it so that i could play my fav battle again.
I swear i will never try to edit another file in my life unless 1000% tested.

[bgabor911]

My problem is:
I successfully integrated France to the Britannia campaign, it works perfectly.
After that, I tried to integrate HRE.
Now, when I go to the new campaign screen, pick the HRE(ore any other nation), and click start, the game returns to the Single Player menu and nothing happens, the campaign dont start.

Anybody encountered similar problems?

[irishron]

What does the log say?

[bgabor911]

The log say nothing because the game dont CTD. It just immediately return to the single player menu from the campaign menu after i hit start, without any loading.

Albeit I dont know this logging thing at all. Is the logging is capable to show this kind of errors?

[Ishan]

The log say nothing because the game dont CTD. It just immediately return to the single player menu from the campaign menu after i hit start, without any loading.

Albeit I dont know this logging thing at all. Is the logging is capable to show this kind of errors?

It's a push back to menu error which is not that serious and easy to fix.
Check the log in your logs folder and see or post on what it says.

[bgabor911]

My log folder is empty. I dont know how to swith logging on. I read that I should write things in my mods .cfg file. But my mod dont have a cfg file.
I simply extracted britannia, then modified the lines in export_descr_buildings.txt, export_descr_unit.txt and descr_stat.txt with notepad, and I launching the game with the --io.file_first method. I dont even know what that cfg launch means.

So what should I do now?

Um, I successfully activated the logging in medieval2.preference.cfg.

Checking the logs solved the problem:
I wrote Armoured Sergeants instead of Armored Sergeants.

Thanks for the help.

[Ishan]

Glad to my man.

[royalbiz]

i`ve just finished installing this mod and tried to load the empires 1547,however after i pressed 5 and enter in the loading menu, the menu started to load for 4-6 secondsand then shut off automatically (seems it finished copying files,can`t be sure though).Then i tried to type in 0 but still nothing happened. After all i downloaded the True conquest.bat and managed to load the mod however mogol invasion was loaded instead of empires 1547, tried several times but mogol invasion came up everytime. please let me know ifthere is sth i havent done right. Great mod by the way.

[Dahak]

I have made a small mod that adds a bit of difference to the HRE. basically adds three units that work fine in custom battle. I have added all the units in EDB and added their text info in the text folder. Every time I try to start a campaign it loads, I get a flash of the campaign map then unknown error crash. I get no log file. If I remove EDB and EDU it works fine. what might I have messed up in these files that allows the game to work in custom but not campaign?

[Ishan]

Post the entries here only the EDU and EDB.

[Dahak]

EDU:

 
type             Imperial Mounted Crossbowmen
dictionary       Imperial_Mounted_Crossbowmen      ; Mounted Crossbowmen
category         cavalry
class            missile
voice_type       Heavy
banner faction   main_cavalry
banner holy      crusade_cavalry
soldier          Mounted_Crossbowmen, 32, 0, 1
mount            fast pony
mount_effect     elephant -4, camel -4
attributes       sea_faring, hide_forest, can_withdraw, cantabrian_circle, crossbow
formation        2, 4.4, 3, 6, 3, square
stat_health      1, 0
stat_pri         6, 1, imperial_crossbow_bolt, 180, 40, missile, missile_mechanical, piercing, none, 25, 1
;stat_pri_ex      0, 0, 0
stat_pri_attr    ap
stat_sec         7, 2, no, 0, 0, melee, melee_blade, piercing, sword, 25, 1
;stat_sec_ex      0, 0, 0
stat_sec_attr    no
stat_pri_armour  5, 5, 0, metal
;stat_armour_ex   5, 7, 0, 0, 5, 0, 0, metal
stat_sec_armour  0, 0, flesh
stat_heat        4
stat_ground      0, -2, -4, 0
stat_mental      4, disciplined, trained
stat_charge_dist 45
stat_fire_delay  18
stat_food        60, 300
stat_cost        2, 770, 225, 90, 70, 470, 4, 110
armour_ug_levels 2, 3
armour_ug_models Mounted_Crossbowmen, Mounted_Crossbowmen_ug1
ownership        hre
era 1            hre
era 2            hre
;unit_info        7, 5, 10
 
type             Imperial Crossbowmen
dictionary       Imperial_Crossbowmen      ; Pavise Crossbowmen
category         infantry
class            missile
voice_type       Heavy
banner faction   main_missile
banner holy      crusade
soldier          Pavise_Crossbowmen, 48, 0, 0.8
attributes       sea_faring, hide_forest, can_withdraw, crossbow, hardy
formation        1.2, 1.2, 2.4, 2.4, 3, square
stat_health      1, 0
stat_pri         13, 1, imperial_crossbow_bolt, 200, 40, missile, missile_mechanical, piercing, none, 25, 1
;stat_pri_ex      0, 0, 0
stat_pri_attr    ap
stat_sec         7, 1, no, 0, 0, melee, melee_blade, piercing, sword, 25, 1
;stat_sec_ex      0, 0, 0
stat_sec_attr    no
stat_pri_armour  5, 3, 6, metal
;stat_armour_ex   5, 7, 0, 0, 3, 6, 6, metal
stat_sec_armour  0, 0, flesh
stat_heat        4
stat_ground      1, -2, 3, 2
stat_mental      5, disciplined, highly_trained
stat_charge_dist 30
stat_fire_delay  18
stat_food        60, 300
stat_cost        2, 790, 175, 65, 50, 490, 4, 120
armour_ug_levels 2, 3
armour_ug_models Pavise_Crossbowmen, Pavise_Crossbowmen_ug1
ownership        hre
era 1            hre
era 2            hre
;unit_info        6, 12, 14
 
type             Imperial Musketeers
dictionary       Imperial_Musketeers      ; Musketeers
category         infantry
class            missile
voice_type       Light
banner faction   main_missile
banner holy      crusade
soldier          Musketeers, 48, 0, 0.8
attributes       sea_faring, hide_forest, can_withdraw, gunpowder_unit, start_not_skirmishing, gunmen
formation        1.2, 1.2, 2.4, 2.4, 3, square
stat_health      1, 0
stat_pri         16, 1, imperial_musket_bullet, 240, 40, missile, missile_gunpowder, piercing, none, musket_shot_set, 25, 1
;stat_pri_ex      0, 0, 20
stat_pri_attr    ap
stat_sec         8, 3, no, 0, 0, melee, melee_blade, piercing, sword, 25, 1
;stat_sec_ex      0, 0, 0
stat_sec_attr    no
stat_pri_armour  2, 5, 0, flesh
;stat_armour_ex   0, 5, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, flesh
stat_sec_armour  0, 0, flesh
stat_heat        2
stat_ground      1, -2, 3, 2
stat_mental      5, disciplined, highly_trained
stat_charge_dist 30
stat_fire_delay  0
stat_food        60, 300
stat_cost        2, 1040, 200, 65, 50, 540, 4, 130
armour_ug_levels 0, 2
armour_ug_models Musketeers, Musketeers_ug1
ownership        hre
era 2            hre
;unit_info        6, 14, 3

EDB:

 
                recruit_pool "Imperial Musketeers"  1   0.5   4  0  requires factions { hre, }  and event_counter gunpowder_discovered 1 
 
                recruit_pool "Dismounted Gothic Knights"  1   0.3   6  0  requires factions { hre, } 
 
                recruit_pool "Imperial Crossbowmen"  1   0.7   6  0  requires factions { hre, } 
 
                recruit_pool "Imperial Mounted Crossbowmen"  1   0.7   6  0  requires factions { hre, }

The EDB entries are all in the relevant building locations, not all together like that.

For the musketeers are already modified the Battle_Models file and all the units work in custom.

I did change the color for hre in the descr_sm_factions file but it works fine withouth the EDU and EDB files.

[Ishan]

Well it looks alright to me put this in your .cfg file and then load the campaign again and then post the log here in a .zip file if the game crashes.

[log] 
to = logs/M2TW.system.log.txt 
level = * trace

[Dahak]

I just did... and I feel a bit dumb. Somehow my desc_rebel_factions was messed up. so I deleted it and it now works. Since I didnt touch it, it must have been corrupted. That'll teach me to get rid of files I havent modded.

[Ishan]

Great, good to know that you got it working.

[Odoaker]

Sinde 10 hours I try to figur out, what the problem of a crash could be:

The crash happens after bringing a new unit ingame, short after beginning of custom battle to test the new unit the crash happens with "unspecified error". I set my logfile to * trace, but I cannot find a solution.

I read this tutorial and followed the advises, but I guess all must be right though.

Please help me mates! Have a look at the EDU entry and/or the logfile, maybe you will figure out, what is wrong:

EDU entry:

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type Sum Club Militia
dictionary Sum_Club_Militia ; Warrior Militia
category infantry
class light
voice_type Light
banner faction main_infantry
soldier Sum_Club_Militia, 80, 0, 1
attributes hide_forest, can_swim
move_speed_mod 1.3
formation 1.2, 1.2, 2.4, 2.4, 6, horde
stat_health 1, 0
stat_pri 4, 2, no, 0, 0, melee, melee_simple, blunt, mace, 25, 1
;stat_pri_ex 0, 0, 0
stat_pri_attr no
stat_sec 0, 0, no, 0, 0, no, melee_simple, blunt, none, 25, 1
;stat_sec_ex 0, 0, 0
stat_sec_attr no
stat_pri_armour 0, 3, 0, flesh
;stat_armour_ex 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 5, 5, flesh
stat_sec_armour 0, 0, flesh
stat_heat 0
stat_ground 1, 2, 5, -2
stat_mental 3, normal, untrained
stat_charge_dist 30
stat_fire_delay 0
stat_food 60, 300
stat_cost 1, 110, 50, 10, 10, 110, 4, 60
armour_ug_levels 0
armour_ug_models Sum_Club_Militia
ownership hre
era 0 hre
era 1 hre
era 2 hre
;unit_info 8, 0, 8

[E.K]

I made an attempt at trying to rename a region and the game crashed when I tried to start a campaign.

Couldn't find settlement name 'Denver' in stringtable
14:27:47.435 [system.rpt] [error] Medieval 2: Total War encountered an unspecified error and will now exit.

I have no idea what this means or how to fix it