Game not starting anymore

[TsarBG]

TATW was working just fine yesterday, and then I decided to install the MOS submod. I tried it after the install and it worked fine, then it refused to work after the upgrade. I reinstalled TATW and base TATW didn't work anymore. After trying this several times with no success, I reinstalled Kingdoms with the same result. TATW simply exits out of the loading screen soon after starting it, (vanilla TW and other mods work just fine though) and if I run it as administrator it tells me it can't find kingdoms.exe. I don't know why it's telling me this, when I clearly have it, and I am certain that I have the correct version of the patch, as TATW was working just fine before this incident. I have a seperate install on my laptop, of TATW, and the game is the exact same size down to the KB, and it works just fine with the same version of Kingdoms (1.05). I tried to run the game after each version (3.0, 3.1 , 3.2) and it refused to work every single time.


Did MOS change files in another part of the system, or something? What can I do to fix this issue? I've tried everything I can think of, and nothing is working.

[ElvenKind]

1. What Windows do you have?

2. Is your M2TW steam or non steam version?

3. What MOS Installers are you using, 1.5 Full Installer and 1.6 Patch?

[TsarBG]

1) Windows 7

2) Non-steam version of M2TW

3) Yes, it seemed to work fine for 1.5 Full, but stopped after 1.6. I overwrote core TATW if that helps, I think maybe that screwed it over. Still didn't change anything after reinstallation though, even without MOS. 1 and 2 are the same for both computers, though I only installed MOS on my desktop which got messed up, if that helps.

[ElvenKind]

Well, go here ( LINK ) this is a thread with pictures, and do these steps explained there:

1. Edit security for your main M2TW folder, unhide hidden folders and check Virtual Store for M2TW folder and delete it if you find it there.

2. Uninstall TATW + MOS, delete Folder where TATW + MOS is installed from your ..M2TW/ mods folder.

3. Install TATW up to 3.2 version, check does it work and can you start a campaign. If it works, and you have a free space on your Hard Drive, make a Backup copy of Third_Age_3 folder somewhere, so that next time you can just copy paste it back into your ..M2TW/ mods folder if you want another submod or play vanilla TATW again.

4. Install MOS by following NON STEAM instructions for it, install it like this: MOS 1.5 - run Cleaner.bat file - MOS 1.6 - run Cleaner.bat file.

5. For battle crashes disable daylight savings, click on your PC CLOCK ( Time and Date ) - Change Date and Time settings - Time Zone - Change Time Zone - and uncheck ˝Automatically adjust daylight saving setting ˝. Apply and OK.


Good luck!

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