Crashes and how to fix them

[grako12]

Hi guys !! I' ve got problem !!!
When i am on battle map, everytime when my cavalry charge, the game is crashing and
i'm again on the deskop with this error! I've the polish version of MII and english of Kingdoms but it works
THX for the help;d
Sry for my bad english

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[Praetorian1]

hi, i'm starting to have a historical battle error at Tannenberg. I wanted to check if its possible to unlock the non playable factions in the historical battles & i tried making HRE under the playable section in the descr_battle script in Medieval II Total War\data\world\maps\battle\custom\Tannenberg like this:

; Custom battle script generated by Romans Battle Editor

battle Tannenberg
playable
poland
hre ; <---added it here
end
nonplayable
hre ; <---removed hre from here
end

when i saw it gave me a black screen while loading & CTD i replaced the descr_battle file with the original one which i backed up before proceeding. Still although i replaced the original file while loading it still gave me the black screen CDT (the black screen clears by pressing Esc) but only in Tannenberg battle. Since i always play the historical battles especially Tannenberg cos its my fav i would really like to know if i can fix this problem.
I Tried to fix it myself by uninstalled the game , installed it again but still when i tried to play Tanneberg Historical the same black screen & CTD while loading it even tho reinstalled all over again

Now i tried copying & pasting the

[log]
to = logs/system.log.txt
level = * error

to see the error report cos when it crashed it didn't say anything but honestly i can't understand anything of this or what to do & how to fix it.
This is what was added in the log system file below, after i paste the [log] to = logs/system.log.txt thing in the game's .cfg file & after the battle crashed again.

data/world/maps/battle/norman_prologue/descr_battle.txt is missing
14:16:58.373 [system.io] [warning] open: data/world/maps/battle/custom/Tannenberg/map.rwm is missing
14:16:58.420 [system.io] [warning] open: data/world/maps/battle/custom/Tannenberg/descr_strat.txt is missing
14:16:58.420 [system.io] [warning] open: data/world/maps/battle/custom/Tannenberg/map.rwm is missing
14:16:58.420 [system.io] [warning] open: data/world/maps/battle/custom/Tannenberg/map.rbm is missing
14:17:00.154 [system.io] [warning] open: data/loading_screen/loading_bar.tga.dds is missing
14:17:00.154 [system.io] [warning] open: data/loading_screen/loading_logo.tga.dds is missing
14:17:02.248 [system.io] [warning] open: data/models_effects/building_fire_glow.cas is missing
14:17:02.248 [system.io] [warning] open: data/models_engine/heavy_onager_torches.cas is missing
14:17:02.607 [system.io] [warning] open: data/loading_screen/loading_bar.tga.dds is missing
14:17:13.513 [system.io] [warning] open: data/descr_oil_effect.txt is missing
14:17:13.513 [system.io] [warning] open: data/descr_fire_texture_list.txt is missing
14:17:15.717 [system.io] [warning] open: data/textures/#al_outline.tga.dds is missing
14:17:22.763 [system.io] [warning] open: data/unit_models/_Units/EN_Pplate_Plate/textures/mtw2_en_pplate_teutons.texture is missing
14:17:22.982 [system.rpt] [error] Medieval 2: Total War encountered an unspecified error and will now exit.

I need HELP, Sorry for the long post but if its possible i really like to fix it so that i could play my fav battle again.
I swear i will never try to edit another file in my life unless 1000% tested.

[bgabor911]

My problem is:
I successfully integrated France to the Britannia campaign, it works perfectly.
After that, I tried to integrate HRE.
Now, when I go to the new campaign screen, pick the HRE(ore any other nation), and click start, the game returns to the Single Player menu and nothing happens, the campaign dont start.

Anybody encountered similar problems?

[Gorrrrrn]

might like to add -

crashes on battle map after installing new GPU drivers - try rolling back to ones known to work!

(after last night's experience with HD 4850 and new catalyst 9.1 drivers! 8.10 seem stable though)

[JaM]

Possibly something new - I'm getting first turn CTD during Slave turn and no entry in the log.
Later i found it was caused by GoodCommander having value 2
here is the statement from descr strat:

character sub_faction spain, Hernando Diaz, named character, male, age 26, x 66, y 153 ;Pamplona
traits Supplies 1 , Turnsaway 12 , LoyaltyStarter 1 , NaturalMilitarySkill 1 , GoodCommander 2 , ReligionStarter 1

and here is the trait :

Trait GoodCommander
Characters family
AntiTraits BadCommander

Level Promising_Commander
Description Promising_Commander_desc
EffectsDescription Promising_Commander_effects_desc
GainMessage Promising_Commander_gain_desc
Threshold 1

Effect Command 1

Level Aspiring_Commander
Description Aspiring_Commander_desc
EffectsDescription Aspiring_Commander_effects_desc
GainMessage Aspiring_Commander_gain_desc
Threshold 3

Effect Command 2
Effect MovementPoints 2

Level Proven_Commander
Description Proven_Commander_desc
EffectsDescription Proven_Commander_effects_desc
GainMessage Proven_Commander_gain_desc
Threshold 7

Effect Command 3
Effect MovementPoints 2
Effect LineOfSight 2

Level Great_Commander
Description Great_Commander_desc
EffectsDescription Great_Commander_effects_desc
GainMessage Great_Commander_gain_desc
Threshold 16

Effect Command 4
Effect Authority 1
Effect MovementPoints 3
Effect LineOfSight 3

Level Legendary_Commander
Description Legendary_Commander_desc
EffectsDescription Legendary_Commander_effects_desc
GainMessage Legendary_Commander_gain_desc
Epithet Legendary_Commander_epithet_desc
Threshold 32

Effect Command 5
Effect Authority 2
Effect MovementPoints 5
Effect LineOfSight 5

if anybody knows why this CTDs occur only to Slave faction and not to others, please let me know. GoodCommander 2 have many other family members of playable factions and those works fine..

[Swagger]

Turnsaway 12

i think this is the problem

[JaM]

i think this is the problem

I dont think this is a problem - same trait is used with all characters and only this one is causing CTD, plus when i changed goodgeneral from 2 to 1, CTD didnt occured.

[Sir_Killalot]

Ok, so I have a problem that has been labed in a different thread, but I wanna see if this applies to the solutions that were listed: I get a CTD when I try to launch the grand campaign in my mod. It will load the bar all the way, then CTD. The custom battles and historical battles work fine and such, but I cant find out the problem why it CTD when I try to start a campaign.

[absinthia]

@ sir_killalot
which files are you adding to the mod-folder when you get the ctd, which files have you been editing?

i am not quite sure what is the big difference between "trace" and "warning". but i use this entry for the error log:
[log]
to = logs/system.log.txt
level = * warning

[Yelü Dashi]

Getting a really strange crash on the custom battle 'unit selection' screen after adding some new units, but only when I mouse over the newer unit cards. pointing the mouse over the older existing unit cards display their stats/description in the little box that appears with no issue. if I then move the mouse over one of the newly added units I get an almost immediate CTD.

Can't find anyone who's had this issue before, but fingers crossed someone can help.

cheers.

[Nakharar]

well i can think off, edu statistics problem, export units problem if there is no entry or youve gone into brackets or something

[take2lake]

I thought it worth noting a ctd I found but not in any forum. If you have an inland sea (like the red sea) and have a region as an island inside it, the map.rwm will be created, but crash before the loading bar. I connected the island region within regions.tga and terrain.tga, one or both fixed the issue. I left heights below sea level so it still looks like an island.
There you go, hope I saved someone the pain I went through.

[KarlzBalla]

okay i've made a new general, but when i try to load the campaign i get a CTD.

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character Franciszek Zabloski, named character, male, age 20, x 173, y 137, portrait francis
traits LoyaltyStarter 1 , GoodCommander 5 , Intelligent 3 , VictorVirtue 3 , StrategyChivalry 3 , ReligionStarter 1 , NaturalMilitarySkill 3 , Energetic 3
army
unit King Wladyslaw exp 1 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Polish Nobles exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Dismounted Polish Knights exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Dismounted Polish Knights exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Swiss Pikemen Mercs exp 1 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

Can any of you see any problems? the problem is in the character himself, not the army i've already tried taking them out and it still didnt work. ive also tried using normal bodyguard, and this didnt help. When i take him out, it works.


P.S. when i copied and pasted

[log]
to = logs/system.log.txt
level = * error

the game itself starts loading and then CTD's with no error message. (i dont even get to main menu )

[absinthia]

unit King Wladyslaw exp 1 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

not sure, but could this be your problem. one of your units is a character.

[Marcus Gallicus]

I made my own faction using dukeofserbia's excellent guide, but i'm having a problem.
I can start my mod but on the faction selection screen, as soon as i click a faction's symbol (all factions, not only the new one) i get a CTD. The strange thing is, i can start a campaign with venice ( thats the faction thats already selected when you go to the selection screen) and i could play the campaign without any problem: it didn't CTD during my new faction's turn, i could do diplomacy with them, they had a papal standing etc... i checked my system log and it said this: [system.rpt] [always] CPU: SSE2 (SS probably refers to Stainless Steel, but i dont know what E2 means)
I am modding Stainless Steel, not vanilla M2TW, but i don't think thats makes a big difference...

[KarlzBalla]

no, thats a unit from one of the historical battles ive already tried to use a standard bodyguard, but it didn't work.

[Marcus Gallicus]

no, thats a unit from one of the historical battles ive already tried to use a standard bodyguard, but it didn't work.

Why did you write 'portrait Francis' next to his coordinates?

[Shadrach]

(I got a PM from uanime5 so here's my findings)

I made one new 256x sharedpage_02 which fits all the small symbols, then split the large ones into three 256x stratpages numbered 5-7 (12 per page except last one). Then edited the coordinates in the XML files.

It seems to work now, the graphic mess and crashes seem to be gone even after alt+tabbing (which was a way to trigger it)

Hopefully this is all going to work now

btw here's my post about this on the DLV forums if you're interested:
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...90#post6611190

[ChivalricKnight]

I have added some regions to the vanilla, I play Moors, the game was fine until the crash occured in year 1422 in egypt turn. The log only said "M2TW encountered unspecified error and will now close". I choose "follow ai movement" to see what the AI doing when it crashed, I saw an army of egypt entering the settlement in Kerak Region, then the black screen, and CTD after I press "esc". can anyone help me?

[Babygod22]

got a question, I downloaded stainless steel RR/RC and decided to mod the unit's stat, desc_mount and desc_character files, without using the unpacker
so now I got a CTD in campaign battle.

My question is, now that I have the unpacker, do I just need to unpack all and everything is fine or do I have to reinstall Medieval 2, unpack all, then install SS RR/RC then mod stuff?