Third Age Total War is crashing

[Altar360]

So, I installed Third Age Total Wall as well as the 3.2 update, but as I click to start it up, it just crashes on the first loading screen before it even makes it to the first menu screen.

I have Medieval Total War, Kingdoms in its latest patch on Windows 8.1

[ElvenKind]

Is your M2TW Steam or non Steam version?

[Altar360]

Is your M2TW Steam or non Steam version?

Non-steam

[ElvenKind]

Use these steps to install TATW 3.0 both parts and TATW 3.2 Patch: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...1#post13675060

[Altar360]

That didn't work. I'm thinking of uninstalling and cleaning out all old data on Medieval, know any good clean out methods?

[ElvenKind]

This is the one I always use for reinstalling whole M2TW ( first, use Uninstaller, then proceed with these steps): http://shoguntotalwar.yuku.com/topic...l-II-Total-War

I would advise you to install M2TW anywhere else, just not in your Program Files or Program Files(x86) folder.

[Altar360]

Still crashes

[ElvenKind]

Use these steps to install it: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...1#post13675060

[DerpyDers]

when i start third age i can only do 2 things either wait and nothing happens or try and start a campaign that just crasches when i start it same with batlles.
can anyone help?

[Altar360]

I tried to run as administrator but it says that windows can't find kingdoms.exe

But I installed all kingdoms expansions and campaigns... think that has something to do with it?

[timon1381]

I have the same issue when I click on TATW it just crashes in the beginning. I did the whole turn off daylight settings and also Security, Edit, Full Control, Modify and those didn't work. I have my game on steam so what do you all thing could be the issue here?

[ElvenKind]

I tried to run as administrator but it says that windows can't find kingdoms.exe

But I installed all kingdoms expansions and campaigns... think that has something to do with it?

Try to NOT RUN it as an Adminstrator.

I have the same issue when I click on TATW it just crashes in the beginning. I did the whole turn off daylight settings and also Security, Edit, Full Control, Modify and those didn't work. I have my game on steam so what do you all thing could be the issue here?

Use either one of these methods: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...1#post13983700 ( post # 242)

Or: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...1#post13976844 ( Post # 162 )

[Altar360]

Alright do those methods work for me? Mine's non-steam

[ElvenKind]

Alright do those methods work for me? Mine's non-steam

These are NOT for non-steam versions. If I were you, I would do a Clean Reboot: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135

First, do a Clean reboot, then:

follow ˝What is next when I have a clean boot environment?˝ and see does it fix your issue,

and after that follow ˝How to reset the computer to start normally after clean boot troubleshooting˝

[Altar360]

These are NOT for non-steam versions. If I were you, I would do a Clean Reboot: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135

First, do a Clean reboot, then:

follow ˝What is next when I have a clean boot environment?˝ and see does it fix your issue,

and after that follow ˝How to reset the computer to start normally after clean boot troubleshooting˝

Will this affect the entire computer?

[Altar360]

These are NOT for non-steam versions. If I were you, I would do a Clean Reboot: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135

First, do a Clean reboot, then:

follow ˝What is next when I have a clean boot environment?˝ and see does it fix your issue,

and after that follow ˝How to reset the computer to start normally after clean boot troubleshooting˝

Didn't work...

[xavierthebeastz]

Didn't work...

have you tried playing after installing v3.0? then again after installing version 3.1? im pretty sure something in version 3.2 is defective.. maybe it will work if you played an earlier version

[ElvenKind]

Didn't work...

Hmm, then you probably installed it wrong..

Can you start your M2TW and Kingdoms campaigns? If you can, then uninstall TATW, and install it again, and as a Destination Folder use the location of YOUR main Medieval II Total War folder, which means that:

ALL TATW.exe Installer files need to have ...\Medieval II Total War at the end of your Destination Folder, so it must not be ...\Medieval II Total War\mods, nor ...\Medieval II Total War\Third_Age_3.. IT HAS TO HAVE \Medieval II Total War at the end.

And, run ALL TATW.exe Installers as an Administrator ( right mouse click on .exe file and Run as an Administrator).

Later on you do not need to run Third Age.bat file as an Administrator..


Good luck!

I'll try that. Much appreciated! I was thinking, I have pre update Medieval II on another computer along with TATW. Would it work to completely uninstall the Medival II files on this computer, and replace them with the ones I have from the other computer?

TBH, I do not have Steam, so I do not know how does it work if you have an older -pre updated version. You can ask here about it: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forum...Technical-Help

Good luck!

[Altar360]

It didn't work. I don't get it. I installed it before. It used to work just fine. But then I lost my retail copy of the Gold Edition so I bought another, this one apparently being the first one released, with the expansion. I can run the Vanilla game and all of the various campaigns in Kingdoms. Why is it NOW giving me trouble to just run this mod?

[ImPuLsEIRNBRU]

Hi im having a problem with third age total war as every time i go to play a custom battle start a campaign or do a historical battle it comes up with medieval has encountered an unspecified error and closes, I know this is a common problem and was wondering a solution to it. I have the sub mod divide and conquer, the latest patch 3.2 for thrid age and the latest patches for the sub mod. I have windows 7 and its a non steam version.