Dark Age Crash

[Rex Anglorvm]

I've only just starting playing this mod, after playing SS for a long time. So far I have really enjoyed it.

I do have a problem though, I am playing as the saxons in the dark ages and am sieging the danes last settlement, however when I take the town, the remaining danish troops turn rebel (fine) as does the town, the pillage/slaughter/take over screen pops up, the hour glass comes on and then game locks up.

The danes are the first faction I have taken out, so is this a problem with the danes in particular, or with my save file?

Any ideas?

[speedyvm]

Hello!
This happened to me too.
Dark Age, playing saxons, I was trying to eliminate the faction Scotland, I was sieging the last castle of them, I attacked, I won (of course) then I choosed one of those three option (sack, ocupy, exterminate), then game freezez, only the hour glass is spinnig like forever.
Rex Anglorvm, it is the horde script that comes activ when a faction loses the last settlement, so the danes is trying to go horde, but without succes.
I cannot remember exactly what I did to continue the game, I tryed to load saved games (autosave or even older saves), or I attacked the last scotland castle another turn. I tryed to move the view in another region of the map (so the scots could go horde in peace, hehe). Try some of these things, it was working for me. If not, I will come with another solution for you. Chears!

[Rex Anglorvm]

Thanks speedyvm, I will try some of those and see how I get on.

[speedyvm]

Hello again, Rex!
As I said, there is a way to solve your problem far much easy.
I have modified a file for Dark Age Era, there will NOT be hordes from distroyed faction, except Aztecs, Moors, Mongols (Pechenegs), Timurids (faction of Khazars) and Faction of Turks. This is the way I play SV at this time too. I find the game more interesting and realistic to give the oportunity only to steppe people and other 2-3 factions to go horde when they are in trouble.

I have attached the file you need, just copy-paste it in this location: Medieval II Total War\mods\SicilianVespers\data

It is allready tested, I have played a long campaigne with Saxons.
This modifies only Dark Age Campaigne.
Before overwriting the file, don't forget to save the original one, it is called descr_sm_factions_dark you cand find it in that location. If you don't like my changes, you might put it back.
This is all, enjoy the game!

[Rex Anglorvm]

Thanks for the file, Speedyvm , I tried some of the other methods and they did not work, I will try the file when I get in from work.

[Rex Anglorvm]

Hello Speedy,

Tried swapping the file last night, easily done and the mod now work fine. Thanks

[speedyvm]

YOu're wellcome, enjoy your game. Chears!