Technical help needed conceirning 1.4 RR RC

[Hero of the West]

Can somebody explain me the following,

I installed 1.4 clean and it works fine.. then i install RR RC and i start a campaign.. however when i click start campaign the campaign doesn't start and the menu takes a step back.. It always does that.. I tried the version from the 18th and from the 31th.. and i don't have a clue.. some people ask me to sent the log.. which i can't find.. then they give me the ways to find it for vista or xp.. however i have windows 7..


I had this problem also with the one ring mod however not with DAC or VoA and i really don't have a clue due of the reasen..

i also reinstalled and redownloaded like a 100 times.. and still the vanilla third age works fine.. and the greatest not standalone submods don't work

Can anybody help me ?

[deguerra]

as someone from the other thread mentioned, this is usually a descr_strat file problem, but you said that didn't help. Have you tried the other RR/RC Campaign? Does the same thing happen?

[Hero of the West]

as someone from the other thread mentioned, this is usually a descr_strat file problem, but you said that didn't help. Have you tried the other RR/RC Campaign? Does the same thing happen?

yes exactly the same

[deguerra]

hmm, i would have to assume that somehow windows 7 is preventing the game from accessing those files properly. Sadly, I don't have, so can't really help with Windows 7. Is there some sort of user account control you might be able to switch off? I hope someone will reply who can help more, sorry I wasn't much use.

[Hero of the West]

hmm, i would have to assume that somehow windows 7 is preventing the game from accessing those files properly. Sadly, I don't have, so can't really help with Windows 7. Is there some sort of user account control you might be able to switch off? I hope someone will reply who can help more, sorry I wasn't much use.

you tried and that's great.. i hope so to.. i really really want to play some extra mods..

[JonSnow]

I have the same problem, can somebody look into a solution?

[Hero of the West]

just to inform at first RR RC worked great.. and it was only later when i tried a new install that it wouldn't work anymore.. i suspect it might have something to do with leftover files after a uninstall..

for some reason the vanilla patches never uninstall correctly 2.. each patch says "uninstall 1.4" and they don't dissappear of my computer anymore.. so i manually delete the map @ c programfiles sega medieval mods third age and from the programs menu.. are the any other places where files or changes where being made?

or does anyone have tips for a clean uninstall?

[Aikanár]

just to inform at first RR RC worked great.. and it was only later when i tried a new install that it wouldn't work anymore.. i suspect it might have something to do with leftover files after a uninstall..
for some reason the vanilla patches never uninstall correctly 2.. each patch says "uninstall 1.4" and they don't dissappear of my computer anymore.. so i manually delete the map @ c programfiles sega medieval mods third age and from the programs menu.. are the any other places where files or changes where being made?

or does anyone have tips for a clean uninstall?

Uhm, why do you actually try to uninstall at all? All you have to do, is deleting the folder where you've installed RC+RR to. Of course that implies, that you've copied the original TA:TW folder and renamed it to have a clean and seperate RC+RR installation.

If you haven't done that at the first place, my suggestions are:
Uninstall MII completely and don't forget to check your VirtualStore for any "Sega" or "Medieval II Total War" folders, if you find some, delete them.
Run a regestry cleaner and erase all reg entries left from MIITW, Kingdoms and TA:TW.
Install the game anew, but change the directory! Don't use the default directory, hence you avoid the virtualstore directory.
Install TA:TW in the correct order without any bugfixes -keep in mind RC+RR is not 1.4.1. Bugfixer compatible!
Rename the TA:TW directory in f.e. Third_Age_BACKUP.
Now everytime you want to use another mod or the vanilla version, make a new directory f.e. Third_Age_RC+RR.
Copy&paste the content of your backup folder into your new folder.
Install the submod of your choice into your new folder.
Edit following files:

third_age.bat

cd ..\..
start kingdoms.exe @mods\Name_of_your_folder\TATW.cfg

TATW.cfg

[features]
editor = true
mod = mods/Name_of_your_folder

[io]
file_first = true

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

Create a shortcut of your third_age.bat on your desktop, edit the name and the icon to your liking.
Please don't forget to execute the file_task.bat before you're playing RC+RR the first time.
If you're looking for your system.log.txt and you're not able to find it, just search for it "system.log.txt" or "system.log.Name_of_your_submod.txt"

I hope that works for you.

[Hero of the West]

i got it working.. found some hiddden files in the hidden application data map beneath users.. it even contained stainless steel files from previous ME2 installs.. after deleting this map and reinstalling it worked just fine..

thx for all the help aikanar

1 quick question.. how do i become able to rep+? and how does it work? i would like to rep you for instance but i'm quite the noob on this forum