Failure to play after installing 1.5/version check?

**vicjun** · February 04, 2009, 03:24 PM

Just got the gold edition, with Medieval 2 and Kingdoms in one pack. The game works fine to play right after installation, but when i update to 1.5 it won't start. Instead it tells me I have the wrong DVD in the drive, which I do not. I installed the EU patch thinking that was the version I had (it said "not for sale in the UK" on the back). How do you check what version you have? Is this a common error?

**vicjun** · February 04, 2009, 03:49 PM

That still doesn't answer the question: how do I check what version I have?

**irishron** · February 04, 2009, 04:59 PM

If it installed it, you downloaded the right patch. If the wrong patch you have gotten an error message and back to desktop. It is a bad install or a bad download or both.

**vicjun** · February 04, 2009, 06:04 PM

I guess it was a bad install, since it works now (installed the "gold" patch). However, it keeps crashing to the desktop, sporadically (although often when ending a turn). I guess this could be due to having imported saves from a previous install, where I had lots of mods installed.

**irishron** · February 04, 2009, 06:25 PM

From experience, delete the old saves and start new. 1.5 is a whole new ball game.

**Athreios** · February 05, 2009, 02:06 PM

Hi,

I have the same problem and a friend of mine has it too. I have the German Gold Edition and have done 3 reinstalls with the 1.5 german gold edition patch downloaded from several sources to make sure it was not a bad download.

1.4 works perfectly fine, but I wanted to try out the new version of DLV which doesn't even show the loading screen when started.

My System log:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

Please help me, guys

**vicjun** · February 07, 2009, 06:33 AM

The crashes are getting REALLY annoying. The game often crashes right after a battle, or when ending a turn, meaning I have to replay the battle (which sucks if I won a heroic victory, for instance). I don't even get an error message.