[INFORMATION] WHAT TO DO IF YOU GET A CTD

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If you get a CTD whilst playing a DarthMod Empire campaign or a recurring CTD during a DarthMod battle, then there are several things you can do. Remember, we always advise that you keep back-up saves of your campaign, that you can go back to if it gets corrupted. It is also a very good idea to keep the DarthMod files you downloaded, so you can reinstall the mod without wasting time downloading the files again. If one of the options beneath does not work, move on to the next. I would advise doing them in the order they are written down.

For DarthMod Empire

Option 1 Bypassing the CTD Sometimes a CTD can occur when you try to make a diplomatic offer, besiege a city, or move a certain unit. To get around this you: 1.Try to work out what it causing the crash, be it another faction, a unit etc. 2.Do something different, eg delete the unit, don't make the diplomatic offer, don't besiege the city etc. Hopefully this will prevent the crash if it is caused by one of these things. Option 2 Starting a new Campaign If you cannot get past the CTD, and do not have any working back-ups, this is what we would suggest doing next. If it fails to work, then there is something wrong with DarthMod itself. 1.Start a new campaign. 2.Hope for the best. Option 3 Defragging your HD This has certainly been known to fix some savegames 1.Download a defragging program, for example defraggler, or Advanced System Care. 2.Use it to defrag your HD 3.Try to load the savegame. Option 4 Verifying Empire: Total War and reinstalling DarthMod Empire This is the "hammer to crack a nut" bit, when all else fails. 1.Uninstall DarthMod Empire using the uninstall.exe located in the Empire:Total War main folder. If you cannot find this then delete the darthmod.pack file in the data folder, and go to the scripts folder (in your application data-for instructions on how to find this look <here>) and delete the empire.txt script. Remove any other mods as well. If in doubt about a file, delete it, as the next step will repair and replace vanilla files. 2.Verify Empire:Total War via Steam (instructions <here>) 3.Check that vanilla Empire:Total War works properly, ie play a couple of turns of campaign, or a custom battle. If it does not see Option 4 below, if it does work proceed to the next step. 4.Reinstall DarthMod Empire. 5.Carry on playing. It may be that your savegame is corrupted to the extent that it cannot be repaired, in which case you will have to start a new campaign Option 5 Total reinstallation of Steam, Empire:Total War and DarthMod Empire If the last one was the hammer, this one is the nuke. 1.Uninstall DarthMod Empire using the uninstall.exe located in the Empire:Total War main folder. If you cannot find this then delete the darthmod.pack file in the data folder, and go to the scripts folder (in your application data-for instructions on how to find this look <here>) and delete the empire.txt script. Remove any other mods as well. 2.Uninstall Empire:Total War and all other Steam games (I told you it was a nuke). Make sure you back up mods, scripts, saves, etc. 3.Uninstall Steam via your computer control panel. 4.Re-download and re-install Steam. 5.Re-install all your Steam games. 6.Check vanilla Empire:Total War works properly, ie play a couple of turns of campaign, or a custom battle. There is no reason why it should not work. 7.Reinstall DarthMod Empire, check it works, and then install any patches, then sub-mods. Make sure you check it works at every stage. 8.If your campaign does not work, start a new one.

For DarthMod Ultimate Commander

For DarthMod Ultimate Commander Option 1 Reseting the scripts This is the standard fix, and should work most of the time. 1.Open the DMUC launcher, go to options, and then diagnostics. 2.Enable advanced diag options. 3.Reset the scripts. Bear in mind, if you have manually edited the scripts your changes will be reverted! Option 2 Reinstalling the scripts Almost the same as above, but it works even when the back-up scripts are missing/corrupted. 1.Open the DMUC launcher, go to options, and then diagnostics. 2.Enable advanced diag options. 3.Reinstall the scripts, and follow the on-screen instructions. Bear in mind, if you have manually edited the scripts your changes will be reverted! Option 3 Bypassing the CTD Sometimes a CTD can occur when you try to make a diplomatic offer, besiege a city, or move a certain unit. To get around this you: 1.Try to work out what it causing the crash, be it another faction, a unit etc. 2.Do something different, eg delete the unit, don't make the diplomatic offer, don't besiege the city etc. Hopefully this will prevent the crash if it is caused by one of these things. Option 4 Checking that all settings are the same as they were at the beginning of the campaign Some settings are known to cause CTDs if they are changed during a campaign. The in-game settings do not have this problem, but it is a risk with some of the DMUC gameplay options, especially smoke. 1.Open the DMUC launcher, go to options, and then gameplay. 2.Revert anything you changed back to how it was at the beginning of the campaign. 3.Try to load up the campaign. Option 5 Defragging your HD This has certainly been known to fix some savegames 1.Download a defragging program, for example defraggler, or Advanced System Care. 2.Use it to defrag your HD 3.Try to load the savegame. Option 6 Verifying Empire: Total War and reinstalling DarthMod Ultimate Commander This should iron out any corruptions within the DarthMod and Empire:Total War installations. 1.Uninstall DarthMod Ultimate Commander using the uninstall.exe located in the Empire:Total War main folder. If you cannot find this then delete all files in the data folder with DMUC in the title, and any other mod files (there are some in autorun, and campaigns, and go to the scripts folder (in your application data-for instructions on how to find this look <here>) and delete the DMUC folder. Remove any other mods as well. If in doubt about a file, delete it, as the next step will repair and replace vanilla files. 2.Verify Empire:Total War via Steam (instructions <here>) 3.Check that vanilla Empire:Total War works properly, ie play a couple of turns of campaign, or a custom battle. If it does not see Option 7 below, if it does work proceed to the next step. 4.Reinstall DarthMod Ultimate Commander. 5.Carry on playing. It may be that your savegame is corrupted to the extent that it cannot be repaired, in which case you will have to start a new campaign Option 7 Total reinstallation of Steam, Empire:Total War and DarthMod Ultimate Commander If all else fails. 1.Uninstall DarthMod Ultimate Commander using the uninstall.exe located in the Empire:Total War main folder. If you cannot find this then delete all files in the data folder with DMUC in the title, and any other mod files (there are some in autorun, and campaigns, and go to the scripts folder (in your application data-for instructions on how to find this look <here>) and delete the DMUC folder. Remove any other mods as well. 2.Uninstall Empire:Total War and all other Steam games. Make sure you back up mods, scripts, saves, etc. 3.Uninstall Steam via your computer control panel. 4.Re-download and re-install Steam. 5.Re-install all your Steam games. 6.Check vanilla Empire:Total War works properly, ie play a couple of turns of campaign, or a custom battle. There is no reason why it should not work. 7.Reinstall DarthMod Ultimate Commander, check it works, and then install any patches, then sub-mods. Make sure you check it works at every stage. 8.If your campaign does not work, start a new one.