Third Age encountered an unspecified error and will now exit.

[ElvenKind]

This is likely it, what is the solution if this is the problem?

Will test when I get home, but I can say for certain that the axethrowers were in my army in all the battles where crashes occurred.

If you are certain that you did replace the models_missile file, you should now have a francisca_high.CAS file in your Steam/../Medieval 2TW/ data/ models_missile folder.

If you had, in the meantime, verified or updated your Steam M2TW game cache, then Steam would remove this file.

To try and bypass this, do the following:

- Locate a file called descr_projectiles.txt inside your M2TW/ mods/ Folder where TATW is installed( in your case, it is americas as you said)/ data folder. ( First, make a backup of this file somewhere in case you screw up)

- Then, Right mouse click on descr_projectiles.txt file, Edit with Notepad, and, press CTRL+F on your keyboard, type "francisca" in ˝Find What˝ window, and then just locate this line:

;##########################################################################
;################################# AXES ###################################
;##########################################################################
 
projectile quality_thrown_axe
 
damage                        0
radius                           0.05
mass                             0.15
accuracy_vs_units                        0.05
min_angle                   -75
max_angle                  60
velocity     30
display                          aimed spin 4
;model                         mods/Third_Age_3/data/models_missile/francisca_high.cas, 40
model                           data/models_missile/francisca_high.cas, 40
model                           data/models_missile/francisca_high.cas, max
 
;##########################################################################

To fix it, remove this sign ; from THE RED PART so that it looks like this:

;##########################################################################
;################################# AXES ###################################
;##########################################################################
 
projectile quality_thrown_axe
 
damage                        0
radius                           0.05
mass                             0.15
accuracy_vs_units                        0.05
min_angle                   -75
max_angle                  60
velocity     30
display                          aimed spin 4
model                         mods/Third_Age_3/data/models_missile/francisca_high.cas, 40
model                           data/models_missile/francisca_high.cas, 40
model                           data/models_missile/francisca_high.cas, max
 
;##########################################################################

Save and Exit. Delete map.rwm file in your M2TW/ mods/ TATW folder = americas/ data/ world/ maps/ base folder. Try the battle again. If it does not work, replace the red highlighted Third_Age_3 with the name of your folder, for example replace it with americas.

;##########################################################################
;################################# AXES ###################################
;##########################################################################
 
projectile quality_thrown_axe
 
damage                        0
radius                           0.05
mass                             0.15
accuracy_vs_units                        0.05
min_angle                   -75
max_angle                  60
velocity     30
display                          aimed spin 4
model                         mods/americas/data/models_missile/francisca_high.cas, 40
model                           data/models_missile/francisca_high.cas, 40
model                           data/models_missile/francisca_high.cas, max
 
;##########################################################################

Save and Exit. Delete map.rwm file in your M2TW/ mods/ TATW folder = americas/ data/ world/ maps/ base folder. Try it again.

[ace37]

If you are certain that you did replace the models_missile file, you should now have a francisca_high.CAS file in your Steam/../Medieval 2TW/ data/ models_missile folder.

Welp, upon further investigation I have been placing the folder in the wrong location. I could have swore the first tutorial I read on installation said to replace the file within the TA data folder, but then again I might have been blitzing through it to fast. Anyway, I changed everything back to base install of the mod and put the models_missile folder in the right location this time. The game ran perfect after that and the throwing axe men threw their axes without a crash.

Feel like a complete idiot (this is not my first mod install I swear!) but mistakes happen I guess. Thanks for your help ElvenKind! I would not have deduced that it was the throwing axe men, or realized I had installed wrong if not for your post(s). Can confirm, game runs fine now.

[ElvenKind]

Mistakes happen.. Enjoy playing TATW!

[Noldowarrior]

Hi guys I had the same problem in Third Age 3.2. Vanilla, the solution above solved my problem several times during the years, that was good! Very grateful!

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