Missing File?

**Wraith94** · July 31, 2008, 12:52 PM

A couple days ago, my computer crashed, and when rebooted, it recovered "all" files, but it was as if I was booting it up for the first time (it needed personal info, computer name, etc.). Now the mods I downloaded for M2TW (SS and Lands to Conquer) won't work, saying a file is missing called d3dx9_30.dll. It says re-installing the programs will fix the problem, but I've reinstalled them all four times now and they still won't work. Can anyone help me?

**Wraith94** · July 31, 2008, 06:23 PM

Okay, I solved the original problem (I'm retarded and didn't know M2TW and Kingdoms needed to be reinstalled

) but now I get an "unspecified error" when I try to run the game. I looked at the system.log and saw that four files are missing (the game is on my other computer with bad internet so I can't put it up here right now) mostly regarding "diplomacy speech" or something.

For reference I have the Stainless Steel Mod 4.0 and 6.1 as well as Lands to Conquer Gold.

EDIT: Here's the system log:

00:51:43.734 [system.rpt] [always] CPU: SSE2
00:51:43.750 [system.rpt] [always] ==== system log start, build date: Aug 3 2007 version bld-medieval2-kingdoms-104 (45562) ===
00:51:43.906 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/data_0.pack
00:51:44.015 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/data_1.pack
00:51:44.125 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/data_2.pack
00:51:44.234 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/data_3.pack
00:51:44.359 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/data_4.pack
00:51:44.390 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/localized.pack
00:51:44.531 [system.io] [always] mounted pack mods/crusades/packs/data.pack
00:51:44.609 [system.io] [always] mounted pack mods/crusades/packs/localized.pack
00:51:44.703 [system.io] [warning] open: mods/crusades/data/text/diplomacy_speech.txt.strings.bin is missing
00:51:44.703 [system.io] [warning] open: mods/crusades/data/text/diplomacy_speech.txt is missing
00:51:44.734 [system.io] [warning] open: mods/crusades/data/text/shortcut.txt.strings.bin is missing
00:51:44.750 [system.io] [warning] open: mods/crusades/data/text/shortcut.txt is missing
00:51:45.156 [system.rpt] [error] Medieval 2: Total War encountered an unspecified error and will now exit.

**Ificratis** · August 01, 2008, 03:27 AM

The log file does not have any error. Maybe something with a driver?

**irishron** · August 01, 2008, 03:40 AM

Originally Posted by Wraith94

A couple days ago, my computer crashed, and when rebooted, it recovered "all" files, but it was as if I was booting it up for the first time (it needed personal info, computer name, etc.). Now the mods I downloaded for M2TW (SS and Lands to Conquer) won't work, saying a file is missing called d3dx9_30.dll. It says re-installing the programs will fix the problem, but I've reinstalled them all four times now and they still won't work. Can anyone help me?

It's a directx9 driver. Reinstall directx before reinstalling M2TW and Kingdoms.

**Wraith94** · August 01, 2008, 08:31 AM

Are you sure there's nothing wrong with the log file? It says a few files are "missing."

I reinstalled DirectX when I reinstalled the game. I have no idea what's causing this new error though

**Wraith94** · August 01, 2008, 03:51 PM

I was directed to a site to directly download DirectX 9.0, but it's still not working. Apparantly files are still missing and I can't find their "folders" (if they exist) in any of the game files.

However, I was also directed to upgrade my graphics card drivers. How exactly do I do that?