Some people are still having problems with the Eastern Kingdoms up to version 5.7.9. If you get persistent CTDs, especially involving any faction in the east, try this fix.
The Eastern Kingdoms faction is bugged in versions 5.6.0-7. This problem is fixed in version 5.6.8 but saved games from earlier versions will still be affected. If you want to continue a campaign that was started with version 5.6.0-7 you can use the following method to kill off the Eastern Kingdoms faction.
Open [Rome]/xgm/data/scripts/Perfect_Spy.txt with notepad and replace the console_command line with this:
Code:
console_command kill_faction numidia
The moddified script should look like this:
Code:
script
declare_show_me ; This is a show me script
monitor_event AbandonShowMe TrueCondition ; Catch the AbandonShowMe event
ui_flash_stop ; Stop the UI highlighting
suspend_unscripted_advice false ; Restore unscripted advice
terminate_script ; Shut down the show me script
end_monitor
suspend_unscripted_advice true
console_command kill_faction numidia
suspend_unscripted_advice false
end_script
You can run this script by opening the faction info scroll (click on the large faction icon at the bottom right of the strat map screen), selecting the financial tab, clicking on the "?" help button, and then clicking on the "show me how" button when the advisor pops up.