Well mate im totally in the dark here now im afraid
Have you fiddled around a bit? like resetting the scripts through the diagnostics option in the menu(and adding the hotfix line after that!!)
Then checking the scripts one by one and see what script is active in your back up folder?
And verifying your game through steam ?
I have redownloaded the mod into my own Empire tonight and i got NO problems playing the mod
I used the mega-Upload files for the main installer,maybe you should try that as well ?
Wve got over 40000 downloads and we have had our installation issues and problems of course, but all issues were solved eventually,except yours
If you have the time id try those mega-upload links and see if those will solve the issue for you(maybe the ones you used were corrupted in someway
That happens sometimes unfortunately
If you decide to give it one more try,i suggest you look at post 413 in this thread!
Here you can see my step to step instructions for a same-like problem/solution that worked,and i advice you to follow that explanation step by step
When that doesnt work either im out of options mate!
I have got some good news though,and that is that TAR II is Now really on its way!!
Itll be here soon ,so maybe you should wait for that?
Anyways sorry for all the hassle sofar
regards