Same old CTD, but can't find a solution

[LudvigGus]

Hi there.
I've tried this mod before in an older version and suddenly felt that I needed it in my life again
Problem is that it won't launch at all.
After around 6 reinstalls (4 of them clean) and serveral redownloads of the patches and files, I stand without knowing what to do. I've read all there i to read CTD-wise in this forum as well.

From what I've gathered you need the following:


(System log)

00:52:14.624 [system.io] [warning] open: for_king_or_country/data/text/climates.txt.strings.bin is missing
00:52:14.628 [system.io] [warning] open: for_king_or_country/data/text/climates.txt is missing
00:52:14.667 [system.io] [warning] open: for_king_or_country/data/text/event_titles.txt.strings.bin is missing
00:52:14.669 [system.io] [warning] open: for_king_or_country/data/text/event_titles.txt is missing
00:52:14.669 [system.io] [warning] open: for_king_or_country/data/text/event_strings.txt.strings.bin is missing
00:52:14.681 [system.io] [warning] open: for_king_or_country/data/text/event_strings.txt is missing
00:52:15.064 [system.io] [warning] open: for_king_or_country/data/text/rebel_faction_descr.txt.strings.bin is missing
00:52:15.069 [system.io] [warning] open: for_king_or_country/data/text/rebel_faction_descr.txt is missing
00:52:15.097 [system.io] [warning] open: for_king_or_country/data/text/building_battle.txt.strings.bin is missing
00:52:15.103 [system.io] [warning] open: for_king_or_country/data/text/building_battle.txt is missing


(Report)

Sun Dec 21 15:24:54 2008
Build: bld-medieval2-final-52 (29455)
Processor: Architecture = 0, level = 6, rev = 0F0B, mask = 03
OS: maj = 6, min = 0, build = 6000, ''
Address: 008FB956 0001:004FA956 C:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\medieval2.exe
Exception C0000005 EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION
GetLastError() = 00000000(0), errno = 2
Registers
EAX=13E70110 EBX=0012AFFC ECX=00000007 EDX=FFFFFFFF ESI=0E678FFD EDI=13E70124
EIP=008FB956
ESP=0012AD6C EBP=5753AD2A
DS=0023 ES=0023 FS=003B GS=0000
Flags=00210202

Stack
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Maybe you could provide me with a nice christmas present today

Cheers

[SirPeacemaker]

And is this CTD in parliament campaign only, or both? Because I cannot start the campaign for parliament. But I can start for Royalists. Strange innit?

[LudvigGus]

I cant even get into the game. I saw now that I simply forgot to clarify what my problem really is .
It will launch the screen with the two cannons and stay like that with a spinning hourglass for anything between 1 and 10 seconds. Then it just shuts down without any errors.

Happy christmas to all of you!!

[AlphaDelta]

Better a CTD than an STD!

Maybe a complete re-install of M2TW is called for. Don't forget to upgrade to 1.2.

Merry christmas.

[LudvigGus]

Now it finally works and I have to say it's a GREAT mod! I'm a bit ashamed to admit that it was a reinstall that was needed. I thought I had made clean reinstalls before, but this time I found the button "compatibility files" in the tool bar and after clicking that loads of files I never knew existed appeared. After getting rid of them as well, everything was fine.
For sure the best christmas present this year .