Unspecified error all of a sudden... wasn't like this before!

**KoalaAkbar** · August 29, 2014, 02:48 PM

I got mtw2 on steam about month ago (i got it for free since i had a physical copy with the key).

It ran perfectly well up until today. When I launch it, it immediately crashes (no splash screen, loading screen or anything), just a black screen with the message "Medieval II encounted an unspecified error and will now exit." This happens when I try o launch any of the kingdoms expansions as well.

I suspected the issue might've been from the Europa Barbarorum 2.0 mod I installed on it 2 days ago (an awesome mod btw). Even when I had the mod installed, the vanilla game ran just fine, however. I uninstalled it anyway to see if that would help, but the game still crashed...

I've tried verifying integrity of game cache, but that didn't work. I also reinstalled it but it still has the same issue...

Mtw2 was running just fine yesterday, so I have no idea why it isn't working.

Here is my system log:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

**irishron** · August 29, 2014, 03:00 PM

Same generic log through the last patch. Did you delete both Medieval2 folders before reinstalling?

**KoalaAkbar** · August 29, 2014, 03:17 PM

both folders? excuse my ignorance, but where is the second folder?

**irishron** · August 29, 2014, 03:49 PM

If you install programs like most people and I do many programs, http://shoguntotalwar.yuku.com/topic...EmpireNapoleon for reference.

**KoalaAkbar** · August 29, 2014, 04:05 PM

Yes, I've deleted both folders.

**irishron** · August 29, 2014, 04:25 PM

Are you trying to load a save or start a new game?

Is it vanilla or any of the four campaigns?

**KoalaAkbar** · August 29, 2014, 04:41 PM

It crashes for vanilla and the kingdoms campaigns. I cant even get to the main menu so I'm not loading a save or starting a new game. There's just a black screen with the unspecified error message as soon as I launch the game.

**irishron** · August 29, 2014, 04:57 PM

Is there anything in Windows' Event Logs about the time of the crash(es)?

**KoalaAkbar** · August 29, 2014, 05:01 PM

again, forgive my ignorance, but i am not exactly the most tech savvy person. how do i access these windows event logs?

**irishron** · August 29, 2014, 05:04 PM

Click Start, the box above it type event log > Enter.

When the screen finally loads, go through the error and warning messages mainly for today.

**KoalaAkbar** · August 29, 2014, 05:12 PM

Thee does not appear to be anything odd. In the past hour (in which I've been trying to fix this issue though verifying game cache and reinstalling and launching) there are 0 errors and warnings.

**irishron** · August 29, 2014, 05:25 PM

What antivirus are you suing?

**KoalaAkbar** · August 29, 2014, 05:30 PM

360 Total Security

**irishron** · August 29, 2014, 05:59 PM

Have you read this? https://support.steampowered.com/kb_...9828-SFLZ-9289

AVAST has been on a false-positive kick lately so I wonder if yours is too.

**Goreuncle** · September 17, 2014, 01:24 PM

Originally Posted by KoalaAkbar

I got mtw2 on steam about month ago (i got it for free since i had a physical copy with the key).

It ran perfectly well up until today. When I launch it, it immediately crashes (no splash screen, loading screen or anything), just a black screen with the message "Medieval II encounted an unspecified error and will now exit." This happens when I try o launch any of the kingdoms expansions as well.

I suspected the issue might've been from the Europa Barbarorum 2.0 mod I installed on it 2 days ago (an awesome mod btw). Even when I had the mod installed, the vanilla game ran just fine, however. I uninstalled it anyway to see if that would help, but the game still crashed...

I've tried verifying integrity of game cache, but that didn't work. I also reinstalled it but it still has the same issue...

Mtw2 was running just fine yesterday, so I have no idea why it isn't working.

Here is my system log:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

Medieval 2 will give you this error eventually, no matter what you do. Even if you somehow figure out how to avoid this error when launching the game, Medieval 2 will still give you this error eventually. It will ruin your savegames along with all your hard work in any campaign. You'll get this unspecified error after turn X and that's it, game over, you won't be able to advance any further.

I haven't played this game for 5 years now, just because of this fundamental flaw of Medieval 2.
Irishron will probably tell you to check all sorts of stuff in your computer, he might even tell you to reinstall your os (I love it when people say that, lol), when it probably is Medieval's fault, it's just the bad coding of the game.
I mean, Medieval 2 is the ONLY game that ever does that, and yet some people start talking about modifying windows files, editing the registry, uninstalling programs which work perfectly well, even reinstalling windows and buying new hardware, lol.
When the most obvious answer is to just uninstall Medieval 2 and forget about it because it will always crash and show that error, no matter what you do. IT'S JUST BAD CODING, sorry about that.

There's probably nothing wrong with your computer, Medieval 2 just likes to crash like that when it feels like it. As I said, I haven't touched the game in 5 years mostly because of this crashing tendency, unrelated to any setting, setup, etc.