CTD on clean install of RTW

[RuudIsGod]

Hey all

After being disappointed by the Shogun demo last night, I decided to go back and play some Rome.. I click the .exe the game starts loading then CTD. I thought, well I haven't played for ages, probably had soem messy mods that mucked it up..

So, as I have done 100 times, I did a clean install of RTW, patched up as usual, the exact same thing happened...

I then thought, perhaps its a dodgy corrupted patch? So I did yet another clean install and tried on a version 1.0 Vanilla RTW... again, CTD.

Last time I played Rome was maybe October 2010.. my pc is very good, and I'm still on XP, have never had any problems like this..

Could it be that the disc is scratched and is corrupting the installing, if so, would I not get an error message?

Really wanna get it sorted because I've just discovered Roma Surrectus II

[PoleCat]

First thought is a driver issue. In the time since you last played the game successfully and now have you installed newer video drivers (or sound drivers for that matter)? Have you changed any hardware - new GPU for example? When was the last time you remember being able to load the game?

[Brusilov]

CTD with no message? How far does it get when you start it - splash screen or after?

Try the -nm option on the shortcut properties target - this stops the movies from being played. There is a movie at the start and has been a problem in the past.

I presume you mean Roma Surrectum II and not "Roma Surrectus II".....