Hey guys,
I recently decided to get back into M2TW after a few years, and re-downloaded SS as I always used to have fun on the earlier versions.
Playing on Steam, I downloaded 6.3 and the 6.4 patch, as well as the code to automate the Kingdoms.exe issue. No other sub-mods or bugfixes. I opened up the grand campaign menu to have a look at a few of the factions strengths/weaknesses etc. then decided to play a custom map with the Byzantines. No lags or errors, although I could only see a tiny percentage of the units available to the factions (I assume this is because I have it set to early era campaign?).
Anyway, when I returned to the main menu and went on the early era campaign section, I could click on the Byzantine Empire, but the moment I select "start campaign", it makes the noise as though the campaign is starting but then just jumps back to the main menu? I've tried restarting both SS and my computer, and tried it with every single faction with the same result; no crash to desktop or error message, it just returns back to the main menu?
I followed the installation instructions for steam to a tee, and I don't have any issues playing custom games at all. Not really sure what to do in this situation?
Thanks for any help.