I was browsing descr_strat and found something of note...

[Crombrulee]

unit Greatswords bodyguard mar exp 2 armour 2 weapon_lvl 1
unit sonsofmanann exp 2 armour 2 weapon_lvl 1
unit sonsofmanann exp 2 armour 2 weapon_lvl 1
unit sonsofmanann exp 2 armour 2 weapon_lvl 1
unit Marine exp 2 armour 2 weapon_lvl 1
unit Marine exp 2 armour 2 weapon_lvl 1
unit Marine exp 2 armour 2 weapon_lvl 1
unit Buccaneers exp 2 armour 2 weapon_lvl 1
unit Buccaneers exp 3 armour 2 weapon_lvl 1
unit Marienburg guard exp 3 armour 0 weapon_lvl 1
unit Marienburg guard exp 3 armour 0 weapon_lvl 1
unit Marienburg guard exp 3 armour 0 weapon_lvl 1
unit Marienburg guard exp 3 armour 0 weapon_lvl 1
unit Marienburg archers exp 2 armour 0 weapon_lvl 1
unit Marienburg archers exp 2 armour 0 weapon_lvl 1
unit Marienburg archers exp 2 armour 0 weapon_lvl 1
unit Marienburg archers exp 2 armour 0 weapon_lvl 1
unit Empire Mortar exp 2 armour 2 weapon_lvl 1
unit Empire Mortar exp 2 armour 2 weapon_lvl 1
unit Empire Mortar exp 2 armour 2 weapon_lvl 1

Mortar Engineers in full plate with enchanted sabers? There's a sight.
Thus explains why taking Marienburg in a recent Middleland campaign was a little harder than it should have been [constant CTD]. Maybe I'm late to the party, but that seemed quite an easy fix.
Ill try attacking them again and see if that was the problem.

[Crombrulee]

It worked, then 2 turns afterwards marienburg got the plauge.
It seems sloppy, considering its things this simple that make the mod practically unplayable for the empire.

thoughts?

[Lazy]

happens!
Is that the spawning script that triggers after besieging the city?

[Crombrulee]

The army in question is the garrison army, not scripted

[Valiant Champion]

ai needs all the help it can to make the game more challenging

[Crombrulee]

Not sure if you're kidding or not; if you are, you are hilarious, if you aren't...
There is no such thing as 'armor 2' for artillery unit, it will (and repeatedly did) cause a crash.
These weakling humans can have all the armor they want, but if this is all it takes to fix one of these game ruining CTD's, (no offence, obviously, this mod is second to none, I can't imagine the effort involved) it's just a sight frustrating, as I can no longer stand playing it...

for right now...

[Reiksfart]

I guess you have not installed the Gigantus version of the mod? If you have not you should if you want the frustration level to lower to almost nothing while playing CoW.