Game crashes on first screen when I....

[Player44]

use
[io]
file_first = true
in preferences.

System Log.

21:00:47.829 [system.rpt] [always] CPU: SSE2
21:00:47.833 [system.rpt] [always] ==== system log start, build date: Jun 25 2007 version bld-medieval2-update2.1-30 (43169) ===
21:00:47.839 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/data_0.pack
21:00:47.842 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/data_1.pack
21:00:47.844 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/data_2.pack
21:00:47.847 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/data_3.pack
21:00:47.849 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/data_4.pack
21:00:47.850 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/localized.pack
21:00:52.157 [data.missing] [warning] missing/invalid cursor for ANISELECT
21:00:52.168 [data.missing] [warning] missing/invalid cursor for MODIFIER_SABOTAGE
21:00:52.179 [data.missing] [warning] missing/invalid cursor for MODIFIER_TRADE
21:00:52.228 [data.missing] [warning] missing/invalid cursor for DRAGGABLE
21:00:52.228 [data.missing] [warning] missing/invalid cursor for DRAGGING
21:00:52.236 [data.missing] [warning] missing/invalid cursor for MODIFIER_MULTIPLE_SELECT
21:00:52.237 [data.missing] [warning] missing/invalid cursor for MODIFIER_ATTACK
21:00:52.237 [data.missing] [warning] missing/invalid cursor for MODIFIER_PLACE_CHARACTER
21:00:52.237 [data.missing] [warning] missing/invalid cursor for MODIFIER_PLACE_RESOURCE
21:00:52.237 [data.missing] [warning] missing/invalid cursor for MODIFIER_PLACE_FORT
21:00:52.237 [data.missing] [warning] missing/invalid cursor for MODIFIER_MOVE_OBJECT
21:00:52.237 [data.missing] [warning] missing/invalid cursor for MODIFIER_PLACE_WATCHTOWER
21:00:52.237 [data.missing] [warning] missing/invalid cursor for MODIFIER_DEPLOYMENT_AREA
21:00:52.237 [data.missing] [warning] missing/invalid cursor for MODIFIER_PLACE_TILE
21:00:52.237 [data.missing] [warning] missing/invalid cursor for MODIFIER_PLACE_SPECIAL_PIECE
21:00:52.238 [data.missing] [warning] missing/invalid cursor for MODIFIER_PAINT
21:00:52.238 [data.missing] [warning] missing/invalid cursor for MODIFIER_ADJUST_HEIGHTS
21:00:52.238 [data.missing] [warning] missing/invalid cursor for MODIFIER_ADD_UNIT
21:00:52.238 [data.missing] [warning] missing/invalid cursor for MODIFIER_PLACE_SETTLEMENT
21:00:52.649 [system.io] [warning] open: Export/battlefield/grid.tga is missing
21:00:52.650 [system.io] [warning] open: Export/battlefield/mediterranean/summer/mediterranean_rock_micro.tga is missing
21:00:53.816 [script.err] [error] Script Error in data/export_descr_unit.txt, at line 13140, column 18
Invalid ownership type 'teutonic_order' found in unit 'Burgher Pikemen'.
21:00:53.816 [data.invalid] [error] DATABASE_TABLE error found : error reading record from file data/export_descr_unit.txt.

[sapi]

Check your scripting, as indicated by the last half a dozen lines ~

[Player44]

Ah w/e I just did a half a year reinstall and now when I do
[io]
file_first = true, it works, but dissapears from the preferences so I have to constantly retype it

[sapi]

Yeah.

You can either use mod-folders to get around that (there'll be a tutorial in the modding forum, but basically you just create a new [modname].cfg file with the header ([features] mod = [modname]), a [modname] folder in the root M2TW directory with the usual data folder structure, and launch the game using medieval2.exe @[modname].cfg); or you can just launch it using a bat file with the contents medieval2.exe --io.file_first.