Crash on Version 2.46

**irishron** · May 18, 2009, 11:16 AM

Then let's do it this way. I'll attatch one. it will go in your regionmodbm/data folder.

**BeornWulfWer** · May 18, 2009, 11:53 AM

Thanks for that. Much appreciated, but it still freezes and crashes at the Turks go.

17:47:12.109 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <0004_Normalise> fired
17:47:12.109 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <0072_Governors_Religion> fired
17:47:12.109 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <0004_Normalise> fired
17:47:12.109 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <0004_Normalise> fired
17:47:12.109 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <0046_P_Normalise> fired
17:47:12.109 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <0049_P_Normalise_Non_catholic> fired
17:47:12.109 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <0083b_Update_Allies> fired
17:47:12.109 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <0084b_Update_Enemies> fired
17:47:12.109 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <0085_Update_Religion> fired
17:47:12.109 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <0093_Update_Normal_Difficulty> fired
17:47:12.109 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <0096_Increase_Global_Standing_New_Turn> fired
17:47:12.109 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <0108_Update_Untrustworthy_Factions_Minor> fired
17:47:13.812 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <agents7> fired
17:47:13.828 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <agents8a> fired
17:47:13.828 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <master_of_assassins_vnv_trigger> fired
17:47:13.828 [game.script.anc] [trace] Ancillary <master_of_assassins> not added - chance 5, random 12
17:47:13.828 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <agents9> fired
17:47:13.828 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <agents11> fired
17:47:14.187 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <0212_Spy_Mission> fired
17:47:14.187 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <agents3> fired
17:47:14.187 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <agents5> fired
17:47:14.187 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <spymaster_vnv_trigger> fired
17:47:14.187 [game.script.anc] [trace] Ancillary <spymaster> not added - chance 3, random 61
17:47:15.796 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <agents23> fired
17:47:15.812 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <agents23> fired
17:47:15.812 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <agents19> fired
17:47:15.812 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <agents20> fired
17:47:15.812 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <agents20> fired
17:47:17.375 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <0089_Successful_Acquisition> fired
17:47:17.375 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <agents30> fired
17:47:19.546 [bink] [debug] [data/fmv/faction/england_win.bik]Pause on
17:47:19.562 [bink] [debug] [data/fmv/faction/england_win.bik]Pause on
17:47:23.406 [system.rpt] [error] Medieval 2: Total War encountered an unspecified error and will now exit.

**irishron** · May 18, 2009, 12:09 PM

England just doesn't want to win.

Seriously,since no one seems to having this problem as of yet, odds are it's a software problem. In your Medieval II Total War folder, what is the time and date stamp for binkw32.dll? They have been having problems with it in Empire and I wonder if the problem wandered over here.

**BeornWulfWer** · May 23, 2009, 06:01 PM

Okay, I bought a new copy of MedII and have patched it 1.2 and ran your Regions mod.

I started off as England (surprise-surprise) and was launching into playing the first siege of the game when this happened:

23:44:04.562 [system.rpt] [always] CPU: SSE
23:44:04.562 [system.rpt] [always] ==== system log start, build date: Apr 23 2007 version bld-medieval2-update2-84 (37970) ===
23:44:04.656 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/data_0.pack
23:44:04.718 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/data_1.pack
23:44:04.796 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/data_2.pack
23:44:04.875 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/data_3.pack
23:44:04.953 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/data_4.pack
23:44:04.953 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/localized.pack
23:45:22.609 [data.xml.tag] [error] File:[data/world/maps/campaign/imperial_campaign/descr_faction_movies.xml]Failed to open file(0:0)
23:48:35.859 [system.rpt] [error] Medieval 2: Total War encountered an unspecified error and will now exit.

I tried doing what you said in our last PM and wiped off the '.bik files' in the descr_sm_factions.txt and tried loading up the game again and it came with the same crash and the same log entry.

I have also tried finding descr_faction_movies.xml, but don't seem to have that in the data folder.

**irishron** · May 24, 2009, 03:14 AM

Mine is there as I just looked in XP. If you're running Vista, look in your appdata folder.

**Lorothin** · June 24, 2009, 04:55 AM

Hey just fyi, if this is not just a issue that im having, not sure whats causing this but im having to delete my RegionModBM.cfg to start the game, it crashes out before it loads otherwise. Great mod thou its now my fav

**irishron** · June 24, 2009, 11:39 AM

Originally Posted by Lorothin

Hey just fyi, if this is not just a issue that im having, not sure whats causing this but im having to delete my RegionModBM.cfg to start the game, it crashes out before it loads otherwise. Great mod thou its now my fav

Here is a copy of the one I have been playing with attatched. If it doesn't work, let me know and I'll make a basic default one.
Change the name from RegionModBM.txt to RegionModBM.cfg. For some reason, this site doesn't like uploading config files.

**BeornWulfWer** · June 25, 2009, 09:19 PM

Hello. Long time no see!

I got myself a new MedII disk and everything has been fine...up until now.

03:06:59.671 [system.io] [trace] file open,,139E8638,,not found
03:06:59.671 [system.io] [trace] pack open,packs/data_2.pack,data/ui/northern_european/eventpics/horde_rehorde.tga,217308
03:06:59.671 [system.io] [info] open: found data/ui/northern_european/eventpics/horde_rehorde.tga (from: packs/data_2.pack)
03:06:59.687 [system.io] [trace] pack close,,data/ui/northern_european/eventpics/horde_rehorde.tga,,,-217308
03:06:59.687 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <0103_occupy_settlement_increase_global> fired
03:06:59.687 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <extermination3> fired
03:06:59.687 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <extermination4> fired
03:13:00.781 [bink] [debug] [data/fmv/faction/england_lose.bik]Pause on
03:13:00.781 [bink] [debug] [data/fmv/faction/england_lose.bik]Pause on
03:13:05.718 [system.rpt] [error] Medieval 2: Total War encountered an unspecified error and will now exit.

It sticks on the Emirate of Hedjaz for about five minutes and then crashes. Any clues?

**irishron** · June 26, 2009, 02:55 AM

Are you playing England and losing? It's hanging up on the England_lose screen.
It could be a few things including one of those random pesky ctds of CA's. But before we go laying blame, make sure all your drivers are up to date.
Make sure Directx 9 has the files from March, 2009, a few months ago. There are a couple of fixes.
Make sure .Net framework is to 3.5 SP1. It runs a lot smoother.
Update Windows Media Player to version 11. Yes, it's released for download.
It won't hurt to run Microsoft Update to catch up on anything for your operating system.
Run a registry cleaner to get rid of the garbage, defrag your harddrive, reboot for good luck, and let me know how it goes.

**BeornWulfWer** · June 26, 2009, 02:06 PM

Originally Posted by irishron

Are you playing England and losing?

No, not at all. I've won the game. I'm just playing on from there. I have all of Great Britain, Ireland, France, Germany, America and parts of North Africa.

Make sure Directx 9 has the files from March, 2009, a few months ago. There are a couple of fixes.
Make sure .Net framework is to 3.5 SP1. It runs a lot smoother.
Update Windows Media Player to version 11. Yes, it's released for download.
It won't hurt to run Microsoft Update to catch up on anything for your operating system.
Run a registry cleaner to get rid of the garbage, defrag your harddrive, reboot for good luck, and let me know how it goes.

Did all that you said and it worked fine for about two or three moves, then crashed on the same faction: emirate of Hedjaz.

19:54:32.281 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <Worthy_Of_Adoption_4_VnV_Trigger> fired
19:54:32.281 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <Worth_of_Adoption_loyalty_1> fired
19:54:32.281 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <Worth_of_Adoption_loyalty_5> fired
19:54:32.281 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <Worth_of_Adoption_piety_1> fired
19:54:32.281 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <Worth_of_Adoption_piety_2> fired
19:54:32.281 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <Worth_of_Adoption_piety_3> fired
19:54:32.281 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <Worth_of_Adoption_chiv_1> fired
19:54:32.312 [system.io] [info] exists: missing RegionModBM/data/ui/generic/eventpics/horde_rehorde.tga
19:54:32.312 [system.io] [info] exists: missing RegionModBM/data/ui/northern_european/eventpics/horde_rehorde.tga
19:54:32.312 [system.io] [info] exists: missing data/ui/northern_european/eventpics/horde_rehorde.tga.dds
19:54:32.312 [system.io] [info] exists: found data/ui/northern_european/eventpics/horde_rehorde.tga (from: packs/data_2.pack)
19:54:32.312 [system.io] [trace] file open,,0DB013B0,,not found
19:54:32.312 [system.io] [trace] pack open,packs/data_2.pack,data/ui/northern_european/eventpics/horde_rehorde.tga,217308
19:54:32.312 [system.io] [info] open: found data/ui/northern_european/eventpics/horde_rehorde.tga (from: packs/data_2.pack)
19:54:32.328 [system.io] [trace] pack close,,data/ui/northern_european/eventpics/horde_rehorde.tga,,,-217308
19:54:32.328 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <0103_occupy_settlement_increase_global> fired

**irishron** · June 26, 2009, 03:16 PM

Is there anything on system.log.txt below the last line you posted?

In the RegionMadBM.cfg, in the logs could you change trace to error and run it, again and post your results? Sometimes it shows up here easier.

What year are you playing? If you have America, it's 1500 or later, right? Did you just take a settltment? If so, which one and who controlled it before you?

**BeornWulfWer** · June 26, 2009, 07:29 PM

Originally Posted by irishron

Is there anything on system.log.txt below the last line you posted?

That was it I'm afraid.

In the RegionMadBM.cfg, in the logs could you change trace to error and run it, again and post your results? Sometimes it shows up here easier.

Did as you said, but whenever it crashes now it doesn't pull down the screen and present you with the warning box anymore. It just freezes.

I have to use ctrl+alt+del to close it all down. I had just tried it before signing on here and it seems to work okayish now. It still freezes at that point still but it did start up again after 20mins.

What year are you playing? If you have America, it's 1500 or later, right? Did you just take a settltment? If so, which one and who controlled it before you?

The year is actually 1216! When I last crashed, the last settlements I had taken previously a move or two beforehand were: Cholula (Aztecs) and Budapest (HRE). I got Budapest via a crusade.

**irishron** · June 27, 2009, 04:03 AM

Which files did you modify? Could you bundle them up and upload them to a site like Meagupload, with a link posted here so I can see if I can find it?

**BeornWulfWer** · June 27, 2009, 08:49 AM

I will post you the links for the two files that I did alter slightly at before starting the campaign. I also had to use the file export_descr_character_traits.txt that you posted not so long ago, as the mod didn't contain that file.

You'll see for yourself, but all I did was alter the amount of money England starts off with at the beginning and the amount of soldiers too. I can't abide with the slow start to the campaign.

**irishron** · June 27, 2009, 09:34 AM

That's the one I had to edit because of an imam in orthodox territory. It maybe the problem but a different trigger.

Edit: I forgot to say it was a Hedjaz Imam.

**BeornWulfWer** · June 29, 2009, 11:36 AM

This gets stranger.

I did as you said and changed the option to name the characters and absolutely nothing bad happened. The game ran through as normal, and I got pretty far with continuing the game. (I did turn the labelling off after three turns as it was annoying me, but I had a good few hours playing it before...), but I was just going to save my game from playing today and the game crashed.

Here's the log:

17:27:11.437 [system.rpt] [always] CPU: SSE
17:27:11.437 [system.rpt] [always] ==== system log start, build date: Apr 23 2007 version bld-medieval2-update2-84 (37970) ===
17:27:11.484 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/data_0.pack
17:27:11.515 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/data_1.pack
17:27:11.546 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/data_2.pack
17:27:11.593 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/data_3.pack
17:27:11.656 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/data_4.pack
17:27:11.671 [system.io] [always] mounted pack packs/localized.pack
17:28:31.937 [data.invalid] [error]
character_record not loaded properly.
17:28:33.468 [system.rpt] [error] Medieval 2: Total War encountered an unspecified error and will now exit.

I also just ran it with a trace instead of an error.

17:42:56.359 [system.io] [info] exists: found data/loading_screen/loading_screen_16.tga (from: packs/data_1.pack)
17:42:56.359 [system.io] [info] exists: found data/loading_screen/loading_screen_17.tga (from: packs/data_1.pack)
17:42:56.359 [system.io] [info] exists: missing data/loading_screen/loading_screen_18.tga
17:42:56.359 [system.io] [trace] file open,,data/loading_screen/loading_screen_16.tga,,not found
17:42:56.359 [system.io] [trace] pack open,packs/localized.pack,data/loading_screen/loading_screen_16.tga,,not found
17:42:56.359 [system.io] [trace] pack open,packs/data_1.pack,data/loading_screen/loading_screen_16.tga,2359340
17:42:56.359 [system.io] [info] open: found data/loading_screen/loading_screen_16.tga (from: packs/data_1.pack)
17:42:56.375 [system.io] [trace] pack data(),,data/loading_screen/loading_screen_16.tga,,,2359340
17:42:56.406 [system.io] [trace] pack close,,data/loading_screen/loading_screen_16.tga,,,-2359340
17:42:56.437 [system.io] [info] exists: missing RegionModBM/data/descr_transition_screen.txt
17:42:56.437 [system.io] [trace] file open,,11076248,,not found
17:42:56.437 [system.io] [trace] pack open,packs/data_0.pack,data/descr_transition_screen.txt,6005
17:42:56.437 [system.io] [info] open: found data/descr_transition_screen.txt (from: packs/data_0.pack)
17:42:56.437 [system.io] [trace] pack close,,data/descr_transition_screen.txt,,,-6005
17:42:56.437 [system.io] [info] exists: missing RegionModBM/data/loading_screen/loading_logo.tga
17:42:56.437 [system.io] [info] exists: missing data/loading_screen/loading_logo.tga.dds
17:42:56.437 [system.io] [info] exists: found data/loading_screen/loading_logo.tga (from: packs/data_0.pack)
17:42:56.437 [system.io] [info] exists: missing RegionModBM/data/loading_screen/loading_logo.tga
17:42:56.437 [system.io] [trace] file open,,data/loading_screen/loading_logo.tga.dds,,not found
17:42:56.437 [system.io] [trace] pack open,packs/localized.pack,data/loading_screen/loading_logo.tga.dds,,not found
17:42:56.437 [system.io] [trace] pack open,packs/data_0.pack,data/loading_screen/loading_logo.tga.dds,,not found
17:42:56.437 [system.io] [warning] open: data/loading_screen/loading_logo.tga.dds is missing
17:42:56.437 [system.io] [trace] file open,,data/loading_screen/loading_logo.tga,,not found
17:42:56.437 [system.io] [trace] pack open,packs/localized.pack,data/loading_screen/loading_logo.tga,,not found
17:42:56.437 [system.io] [trace] pack open,packs/data_0.pack,data/loading_screen/loading_logo.tga,262188
17:42:56.437 [system.io] [info] open: found data/loading_screen/loading_logo.tga (from: packs/data_0.pack)
17:42:56.437 [system.io] [trace] pack data(),,data/loading_screen/loading_logo.tga,,,262188
17:42:56.453 [system.io] [trace] pack close,,data/loading_screen/loading_logo.tga,,,-262188
17:42:57.796 [system.io] [info] exists: missing RegionModBM/data/loading_screen/loading_bar.tga
17:42:57.796 [system.io] [info] exists: missing data/loading_screen/loading_bar.tga.dds
17:42:57.796 [system.io] [info] exists: found data/loading_screen/loading_bar.tga (from: packs/data_0.pack)
17:42:57.796 [system.io] [info] exists: missing RegionModBM/data/loading_screen/loading_bar.tga
17:42:57.796 [system.io] [trace] file open,,data/loading_screen/loading_bar.tga.dds,,not found
17:42:57.796 [system.io] [trace] pack open,packs/localized.pack,data/loading_screen/loading_bar.tga.dds,,not found
17:42:57.796 [system.io] [trace] pack open,packs/data_0.pack,data/loading_screen/loading_bar.tga.dds,,not found
17:42:57.796 [system.io] [warning] open: data/loading_screen/loading_bar.tga.dds is missing
17:42:57.796 [system.io] [trace] file open,,data/loading_screen/loading_bar.tga,,not found
17:42:57.796 [system.io] [trace] pack open,packs/localized.pack,data/loading_screen/loading_bar.tga,,not found
17:42:57.796 [system.io] [trace] pack open,packs/data_0.pack,data/loading_screen/loading_bar.tga,262188
17:42:57.796 [system.io] [info] open: found data/loading_screen/loading_bar.tga (from: packs/data_0.pack)
17:42:57.796 [system.io] [trace] pack data(),,data/loading_screen/loading_bar.tga,,,262188
17:42:57.796 [system.io] [trace] pack close,,data/loading_screen/loading_bar.tga,,,-262188
17:42:57.890 [system.rpt] [error] Medieval 2: Total War encountered an unspecified error and will now exit.

**irishron** · June 29, 2009, 11:49 AM

That is strange. You are far enough into the game that it would be pure CA's code. The mod would no longer affect it. It's one of those random ctds we modders have no control over. Sorry.