Kingdoms Launcher Error

[Lucius Malfoy]

After playing this mod, it seems that whenever I click Kingdoms or M2TW icons on Steam, this mod always loads up. It won't let me go to the launcher instead. Any way to fix this?

Edit: Even after removing the mod, it seems that my launcher will not show up. It just goes straight into the game without letting the launcher show up.

[Lucius Malfoy]

Wait I may have fixed this.

[Seether]

What was the issue/problem/solution?

[Lucius Malfoy]

Just couldn't get the game to start through the modstarter. But I just reinstalled it and it worked.

The only problem I have now is whenever I do an siege battle as Ba-Shu, it crashes. Though it seems that the devs are aware of the crashes during sieges. Probably will wait till the next update.

[Gigantus]

This is what the developer of the modstarter told me:

Der Launcher nennt die Launcher.exe um in Launcher_Backup.exe und kopiert die mods/modname/additional/Launcher_dummy.exe ins Hauptverzeichnis als Launcher.exe.
Wenn das Spiel abstürzt kann es passieren, dass diese Schritt nicht rückgängig gemacht wird. Die neue Version behebt das. Das geht aber auch manuell:
Einfach die Launcher.exe im Hauptverzeichnis löschen, falls es eine Launcher_Backup.exe gibt und diese Launcher_Backup.exe in Launcher.exe umbennen.

In short: the starter makes a back up of the launcher.exe file (Launcher_Backup.exe) and then copies the mods/modname/additional/Launcher_dummy.exe file into the game's root folder as Launcher.exe.

At a crash it can happen that this is not reversed, resulting in problems when trying to play other mods with Steam. Proceed as follows:

1. Open the ...\Medieval II Total War folder
2. Check if a Launcher_Backup.exe file exists
3. If that file exists then delete\remove the exiting launcher.exe file
4. Rename the Launcher_Backup.exe file into Launcher.exe

I am going to make a sticky about this.

[Lucius Malfoy]

That change did work. I managed to use the modstarter once I did as you instructed to do.

Btw Gig, here is a rep for you, mate! Excellent work on this overall! As a History Major and Asian Studies minor as well as a fan of Imperial China history (especially the Three Kingdoms Era), I am amazed at the work put into this. Good job to you and your team.

[Lucius Malfoy]

Question been moved.

[Gigantus]

Please do not 'piggy back' in same thread for multiple issues, it can be very confusing - particularly for members looking for solutions. Feel free to open a new thread for every new issue.

Save game issue - Try the 'virtual store' fix - looks to me you are having an issue with it. Follow this tutorial form step 3 onward and do not forget to delete the medieval ii folder in the virtual store (if exists).

Auto Save - check if the CFG file in the main folder has this entry:
[game]
auto_save = 1
If this is not the case, add this entry to RotK's CFG file (the main CFG file gets rewritten every game)

[Lucius Malfoy]

Ah yeah forgot about that. I will make a new thread for this question so that your answer can be moved there.