Third age total war Divide and Conquer Crashing

[peternathan]

Hi, i installed the sub mod Divide and Conquer for my third age total war. Every time when i press continue with campaign, or press custom match the screen goes black then says medieval total war 2 crashed for unknown reasons. also when i do get lucky to play campaign, it randomly crashes for unknown reasons. i tried the day lite savings technique with same results.
I have the CD copy of total war 2 and kingdoms.
I have the updated patch of third age.
I am using windows 10

[Frunk]

Do you have an error log?

Check C:/Program files/SEGA/Medieval 2 Total War/logs.

[peternathan]

12:11:41.290 [script.err] [error] Script Error in mods/Third_Age_3/data/export_descr_buildings.txt, at line 9142, column 2
Building DB error - culture db max settlement level differs from building db max settlement level for faction aztecs (bdg large_city vs clt huge_city)
12:11:41.290 [script.err] [error] Script Error in mods/Third_Age_3/data/export_descr_buildings.txt, at line 9142, column 2
Building DB error - culture db max settlement level differs from building db max settlement level for faction timurids (bdg large_city vs clt huge_city)
12:11:41.291 [script.err] [error] Script Error in mods/Third_Age_3/data/export_descr_buildings.txt, at line 9142, column 2
Building DB error - culture db max settlement level differs from building db max settlement level for faction normans (bdg large_city vs clt huge_city)
12:11:41.291 [script.err] [error] Script Error in mods/Third_Age_3/data/export_descr_buildings.txt, at line 9142, column 2
Building DB error - culture db max settlement level differs from building db max settlement level for faction saxons (bdg large_city vs clt huge_city)
12:11:41.291 [script.err] [error] Script Error in mods/Third_Age_3/data/export_descr_buildings.txt, at line 9142, column 2
Building DB error - culture db max settlement level differs from building db max settlement level for faction russia (bdg large_city vs clt huge_city)
12:11:41.291 [script.err] [error] Script Error in mods/Third_Age_3/data/export_descr_buildings.txt, at line 9142, column 2
Building DB error - culture db max settlement level differs from building db max settlement level for faction poland (bdg large_city vs clt huge_city)
12:11:41.291 [script.err] [error] Script Error in mods/Third_Age_3/data/export_descr_buildings.txt, at line 9142, column 2
Building DB error - culture db max settlement level differs from building db max settlement level for faction denmark (bdg large_city vs clt huge_city)
12:11:41.291 [script.err] [error] Script Error in mods/Third_Age_3/data/export_descr_buildings.txt, at line 9142, column 2
Building DB error - culture db max settlement level differs from building db max settlement level for faction teutonic_order (bdg large_city vs clt huge_city)
12:11:41.291 [script.err] [error] Script Error in mods/Third_Age_3/data/export_descr_buildings.txt, at line 9142, column 2
Building DB error - culture db max settlement level differs from building db max settlement level for faction ireland (bdg large_city vs clt huge_city)
12:11:41.291 [script.err] [error] Script Error in mods/Third_Age_3/data/export_descr_buildings.txt, at line 9142, column 2
Building DB error - culture db max settlement level differs from building db max settlement level for faction norway (bdg large_city vs clt huge_city)
12:11:41.291 [script.err] [error] Script Error in mods/Third_Age_3/data/export_descr_buildings.txt, at line 9142, column 2
Building DB error - culture db max settlement level differs from building db max settlement level for faction hungary (bdg large_city vs clt huge_city)
12:11:41.291 [script.err] [error] Script Error in mods/Third_Age_3/data/export_descr_buildings.txt, at line 9142, column 2
Building DB error - culture db max settlement level differs from building db max settlement level for faction slave (bdg large_city vs clt huge_city)
12:15:04.121 [script.err] [error] Script Error in mods/Third_Age_3/data/world/maps/campaign/imperial_campaign/descr_sounds_music_types.txt, at line 38, column 24
Unknown faction 'apachean'
12:15:04.122 [script.err] [error] Script Error in mods/Third_Age_3/data/world/maps/campaign/imperial_campaign/descr_sounds_music_types.txt, at line 51, column 28
Unknown faction 'mayans'
12:15:04.122 [script.err] [error] Script Error in mods/Third_Age_3/data/world/maps/campaign/imperial_campaign/descr_sounds_music_types.txt, at line 51, column 28
Duplicate faction 'mayans'
12:15:04.122 [script.err] [error] Script Error in mods/Third_Age_3/data/world/maps/campaign/imperial_campaign/descr_sounds_music_types.txt, at line 51, column 39
Unknown faction 'chichimeca'
12:15:04.122 [script.err] [error] Script Error in mods/Third_Age_3/data/world/maps/campaign/imperial_campaign/descr_sounds_music_types.txt, at line 51, column 39
Duplicate faction 'chichimeca'
12:15:04.122 [script.err] [error] Script Error in mods/Third_Age_3/data/world/maps/campaign/imperial_campaign/descr_sounds_music_types.txt, at line 51, column 50
Unknown faction 'tlaxcalans'
12:15:04.122 [script.err] [error] Script Error in mods/Third_Age_3/data/world/maps/campaign/imperial_campaign/descr_sounds_music_types.txt, at line 51, column 50
Duplicate faction 'tlaxcalans'
12:15:04.122 [script.err] [error] Script Error in mods/Third_Age_3/data/world/maps/campaign/imperial_campaign/descr_sounds_music_types.txt, at line 51, column 60
Unknown faction 'tarascans'
12:15:04.122 [script.err] [error] Script Error in mods/Third_Age_3/data/world/maps/campaign/imperial_campaign/descr_sounds_music_types.txt, at line 51, column 60
Duplicate faction 'tarascans'
12:24:06.444 [script.err] [error] Script Error in mods/Third_Age_3/data/world/maps/campaign/imperial_campaign/descr_sounds_music_types.txt, at line 38, column 24
Unknown faction 'apachean'
12:24:06.444 [script.err] [error] Script Error in mods/Third_Age_3/data/world/maps/campaign/imperial_campaign/descr_sounds_music_types.txt, at line 51, column 28
Unknown faction 'mayans'
12:24:06.444 [script.err] [error] Script Error in mods/Third_Age_3/data/world/maps/campaign/imperial_campaign/descr_sounds_music_types.txt, at line 51, column 28
Duplicate faction 'mayans'
12:24:06.444 [script.err] [error] Script Error in mods/Third_Age_3/data/world/maps/campaign/imperial_campaign/descr_sounds_music_types.txt, at line 51, column 39
Unknown faction 'chichimeca'
12:24:06.444 [script.err] [error] Script Error in mods/Third_Age_3/data/world/maps/campaign/imperial_campaign/descr_sounds_music_types.txt, at line 51, column 39
Duplicate faction 'chichimeca'
12:24:06.444 [script.err] [error] Script Error in mods/Third_Age_3/data/world/maps/campaign/imperial_campaign/descr_sounds_music_types.txt, at line 51, column 50
Unknown faction 'tlaxcalans'
12:24:06.444 [script.err] [error] Script Error in mods/Third_Age_3/data/world/maps/campaign/imperial_campaign/descr_sounds_music_types.txt, at line 51, column 50
Duplicate faction 'tlaxcalans'
12:24:06.444 [script.err] [error] Script Error in mods/Third_Age_3/data/world/maps/campaign/imperial_campaign/descr_sounds_music_types.txt, at line 51, column 60
Unknown faction 'tarascans'
12:24:06.444 [script.err] [error] Script Error in mods/Third_Age_3/data/world/maps/campaign/imperial_campaign/descr_sounds_music_types.txt, at line 51, column 60
Duplicate faction 'tarascans'
12:24:08.418 [system.rpt] [error] Medieval 2: Total War encountered an unspecified error and will now exit.

[peternathan]

I have uninstalled Divide and Conquer. Im just playing third age total war patch 3.2. but when i click continue campaign or load something, the screen goes black and it goes to the desktop and says medieval 2 has crashed. Again i have windows 10, updated medieval total war 2, kingdoms, i have the CD copies, i have changed the daylight savings, and also deleted descr_geography_new.db and descr_geography_new.txt

[Gigantus]

Looks like the TATW files are mixed up with originals from the americas campaign according to the factions listed in the error messages.

1. Do not unpack the game unless you plan to mod yourself. If you do use this method.
2. If you have the CD version then there is no need to follow the (unnecessary and outdated) procedures listed to get it working on Steam.
3. You are most likely being messed around by the virtual store as well.

My suggestion - if you unpacked the game then completely uninstall the game. (skip this step if you didn't)
Then run this tutorial from step 3 onward and remove the medieval ii total war folder from the virtual store if it exists.
Install M2TW and at least one kingdoms campaign - update all the way to 1.05 (not needed if you skipped step 1)
Now (re-)install TATW straight without doing anything fancy, test if it runs. Make a back up of the TATW folder when it runs and install D&C
Now test again if it runs and if there are no problems you can safely delete your TATW backup
If you still have problems then it will be mod related and you will have better luck posting in the D&C forum