Hey guys, I downloaded this fantastic mod a few days ago and I'm having a real blast! I even got my brother playing this mod now . We're also using the awesome "welsh correction" sub-mod mentioned @ http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...me-corrections.
Unfortunatly we both are running into a similar problem in our own games. There seems to be a re-occuring CTD during the battle loading screen every few battles.
My suspicion is a unit corruption (whose unit icon is appearing as a Rome 1 peasant unit) similar to the Swordsmen Militia problem some people were having @ http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...ing-issue-HELP! and http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...battle-map-CTD .
Both our system logs are looking something like this;
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21:28:31.344 [system.io] [info] exists: found mods/rule_britannia/data/OverlayTextures/burning_02.texture (from: D:\Program Files (x86)\SEGA\Medieval II Total War)
21:28:31.344 [system.io] [info] exists: found mods/rule_britannia/data/OverlayTextures/burning_02.texture (from: D:\Program Files (x86)\SEGA\Medieval II Total War)
21:28:31.345 [system.io] [info] exists: found mods/rule_britannia/data/unit_models/_Units/EN_Peasant_Padded/helwyr_lod2.mesh (from: D:\Program Files (x86)\SEGA\Medieval II Total War)
21:28:31.346 [system.io] [info] exists: found mods/rule_britannia/data/OverlayTextures/burning_02.texture (from: D:\Program Files (x86)\SEGA\Medieval II Total War)
21:28:31.346 [system.io] [info] exists: found mods/rule_britannia/data/OverlayTextures/burning_02.texture (from: D:\Program Files (x86)\SEGA\Medieval II Total War)
21:28:31.347 [system.io] [info] exists: found mods/rule_britannia/data/unit_models/_Units/EN_Peasant_Padded/helwyr_lod3.mesh (from: D:\Program Files (x86)\SEGA\Medieval II Total War)
21:28:31.348 [system.io] [info] exists: found mods/rule_britannia/data/OverlayTextures/burning_02.texture (from: D:\Program Files (x86)\SEGA\Medieval II Total War)
21:28:31.348 [system.io] [info] exists: found mods/rule_britannia/data/OverlayTextures/burning_02.texture (from: D:\Program Files (x86)\SEGA\Medieval II Total War)
21:28:31.349 [system.io] [info] exists: found mods/rule_britannia/data/unit_sprites/wales_Helwyr_sprite.spr (from: D:\Program Files (x86)\SEGA\Medieval II Total War)
21:28:31.360 [system.io] [info] exists: missing mods/rule_britannia/data/OverlayTextures/character_overlay_base.texture
21:28:31.360 [system.io] [info] exists: missing mods/rule_britannia/data/OverlayTextures/character_overlay_base.texture
21:28:31.361 [system.io] [info] exists: found mods/rule_britannia/data/unit_models/_Units/LN_Peasant_Padded/teulu_skirmishers_lod0.mesh (from: D:\Program Files (x86)\SEGA\Medieval II Total War)
21:28:31.362 [system.io] [trace] file open,,mods/rule_britannia/data/unit_models/_Units/LN_Peasant_Padded/teulu_skirmishers_lod0.mesh,237090
21:28:31.362 [system.io] [info] open: found mods/rule_britannia/data/unit_models/_Units/LN_Peasant_Padded/teulu_skirmishers_lod0.mesh (from: D:\Program Files (x86)\SEGA\Medieval II Total War)
21:28:31.365 [system.io] [info] exists: missing mods/rule_britannia/data/unit_models/_Units/LN_Peasant_Padded/textures/LN_peasant_wales.texture
21:28:31.365 [system.io] [info] exists: missing mods/rule_britannia/data/unit_models/_Units/LN_Peasant_Padded/textures/LN_peasant_wales.texture
21:28:31.367 [system.io] [info] exists: found mods/rule_britannia/data/unit_models/_Units/LN_Peasant_Padded/textures/LN_peasant_normal.texture (from: D:\Program Files (x86)\SEGA\Medieval II Total War)
21:28:31.367 [system.io] [info] exists: found mods/rule_britannia/data/unit_models/_Units/LN_Peasant_Padded/textures/LN_peasant_normal.texture (from: D:\Program Files (x86)\SEGA\Medieval II Total War)
21:28:31.369 [system.io] [info] exists: found mods/rule_britannia/data/unit_models/AttachmentSets/Final Iberian_wales_diff.texture (from: D:\Program Files (x86)\SEGA\Medieval II Total War)
21:28:31.369 [system.io] [info] exists: found mods/rule_britannia/data/unit_models/AttachmentSets/Final Iberian_wales_diff.texture (from: D:\Program Files (x86)\SEGA\Medieval II Total War)
21:28:31.370 [system.io] [info] exists: found mods/rule_britannia/data/unit_models/AttachmentSets/Final Iberian_wales_norm.texture (from: D:\Program Files (x86)\SEGA\Medieval II Total War)
21:28:31.371 [system.io] [info] exists: found mods/rule_britannia/data/unit_models/AttachmentSets/Final Iberian_wales_norm.texture (from: D:\Program Files (x86)\SEGA\Medieval II Total War)
21:28:31.372 [system.io] [info] exists: found mods/rule_britannia/data/unit_models/AttachmentSets/Final Iberian_wales_diff.texture (from: D:\Program Files (x86)\SEGA\Medieval II Total War)
21:28:31.372 [system.io] [trace] file open,,mods/rule_britannia/data/unit_models/AttachmentSets/Final Iberian_wales_diff.texture,699240
21:28:31.372 [system.io] [info] open: found mods/rule_britannia/data/unit_models/AttachmentSets/Final Iberian_wales_diff.texture (from: D:\Program Files (x86)\SEGA\Medieval II Total War)
21:28:31.376 [system.io] [info] exists: found mods/rule_britannia/data/unit_models/AttachmentSets/Final Iberian_wales_norm.texture (from: D:\Program Files (x86)\SEGA\Medieval II Total War)
21:28:31.376 [system.io] [trace] file open,,mods/rule_britannia/data/unit_models/AttachmentSets/Final Iberian_wales_norm.texture,1398304
21:28:31.376 [system.io] [info] open: found mods/rule_britannia/data/unit_models/AttachmentSets/Final Iberian_wales_norm.texture (from: D:\Program Files (x86)\SEGA\Medieval II Total War)
21:28:31.382 [system.io] [info] exists: found mods/rule_britannia/data/unit_models/_Units/LN_Peasant_Padded/textures/LN_peasant_normal.texture (from: D:\Program Files (x86)\SEGA\Medieval II Total War)
21:28:31.382 [system.io] [trace] file open,,mods/rule_britannia/data/unit_models/_Units/LN_Peasant_Padded/textures/LN_peasant_normal.texture,1398304
21:28:31.383 [system.io] [info] open: found mods/rule_britannia/data/unit_models/_Units/LN_Peasant_Padded/textures/LN_peasant_normal.texture (from: D:\Program Files (x86)\SEGA\Medieval II Total War)
21:28:31.387 [system.io] [info] exists: missing mods/rule_britannia/data/unit_models/_Units/LN_Peasant_Padded/textures/LN_peasant_wales.texture
21:28:31.388 [system.io] [trace] file open,,data/unit_models/_Units/LN_Peasant_Padded/textures/LN_peasant_wales.texture,,not found
21:28:31.388 [system.io] [trace] pack open,packs/data_3.pack,data/unit_models/_Units/LN_Peasant_Padded/textures/LN_peasant_wales.texture,,not found
21:28:31.388 [system.io] [warning] open: data/unit_models/_Units/LN_Peasant_Padded/textures/LN_peasant_wales.texture is missing
21:28:31.388 [system.io] [info] exists: missing mods/rule_britannia/data/unit_models/_Units/LN_Peasant_Padded/textures/LN_peasant_wales.texture__unit_models/AttachmentSets/Final Iberian_wales_diff.texture
21:28:31.389 [system.io] [info] exists: missing mods/rule_britannia/data/unit_models/_Units/LN_Peasant_Padded/textures/LN_peasant_wales.texture__unit_models/AttachmentSets/Final Iberian_wales_diff.texture
21:28:31.389 [system.io] [info] exists: missing mods/rule_britannia/data/unit_models/_Units/LN_Peasant_Padded/textures/LN_peasant_normal.texture__unit_models/AttachmentSets/Final Iberian_wales_norm.texture
21:28:31.389 [system.io] [info] exists: missing mods/rule_britannia/data/unit_models/_Units/LN_Peasant_Padded/textures/LN_peasant_normal.texture__unit_models/AttachmentSets/Final Iberian_wales_norm.texture
21:28:32.008 [system.rpt] [error] Medieval 2: Total War encountered an unspecified error and will now exit.
Those experiencing similar problems in the links provided above seemed to resolve the issue themselves. As one put it;
I think I've resolved the dilemma. After consulting the technical support thread once more I noticed other issues arising from Scotland’s use of the swordsmen militia unit. I made some adjustments to the descr_strat file and have since not encountered a single CTD despite having been engaged in a constant campaign of subjugation against the Scots for the past 3 hours. I've fought at least a dozen battles since and the game seems to be working fine now.
Since my code-editing abilities peaked with minor unit-stats editing back in Medieval 1, I wouldn't have the slightest idea on what to do in the descr_strat file in order to resolve this corrupt unit issue. Could someone please correct me if I'm wrong or help point my in the right direction? Thanks in advance!