Darthmod crash upon launch

[Butterlord]

Reinstalled Darthmod from the files on Moddb. Was playing it a few months ago but now whenever I install and try to launch through Steam the game crashes shortly after displaying the Darthmod Screen.

I installed to the correct directory and included the hotfix. When it crashed, I did a clean install of Empire/DME and STILL I crash. When I close the DME launcher and set it for "DME Ready", I can at least launch the game; however, even though it shows the Darthmod logo, it doesen't appear to actually load the mod settings at all.

What could possibly be wrong?? I played with this mod all my life until now

[puppylawson]

I've had the same problem with minor factions revenge mod and now my game won't even start with or with out the mod. I think it could be the new Windows update.

[Ampyr]

With Darthmod you have to open the darthmod launcher and click start on that menu every time you want to play, then open ETW through steam. Guaranteed to crash every time if you don't do this.

[Butterlord]

Originally posted by Beedo:

With Darthmod you have to open the darthmod launcher and click start on that menu every time you want to play, then open ETW through steam. Guaranteed to crash every time if you don't do this.

This is exactly how I've been launching it. The launcher tells me to start the game through Steam, I proceed to do it and immediate crash after it displays the Darthmod logo.

Some people say it matters the order you launch it in so I've made sure to launch Steam first, then the DME launcher, then Darthmod and still it crashes.

Have no idea why it's crashing as I was doing a playtrough a few weeks ago with the casus belli mini mod installed. Game started crashing mid battle, figured I'd do a clean install of the game/mod (without CB) and here I am, now unable to even launch the mod.

Weird thing is if I close the DME launcher and enable it for DME mode, I can launch the game and at least get past the Darthmod logo; however it appears as if the mod isn't even enabled as the menu is the same and I can only play with vanilla factions, no matter what campaign script I use.



If anyone has ANY ideas as to what the problem could be, I'd greatly appreciate it.

[Ampyr]

Have you tried deleting your preference script file? Outside of that I wish I could help you man, I'd be frustrated for sure if my game was doing that ♥♥♥♥.

[Butterlord]

Originally posted by Beedo:

Have you tried deleting your preference script file? Outside of that I wish I could help you man, I'd be frustrated for sure if my game was doing that ♥♥♥♥.

I actually did try this in the launcher, but after reading this I decided to look more into it. I deleted the whole Empire folder in Appdata/Roaming.

FINALLY the mod is launching fine once more. So thanks for giving me the idea

[JAC_K]

Update your drivers.

[GamerGuy604]

I think the mod is busted. I used to do it religiously years ago but now I get a ton of errors launching this: "Windows cannot find Z:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Empitre Total War\data\DME\Packs|aum_on', for example when I press start.

[Sigurd]

Originally posted by Butterlord:

Originally posted by Beedo:

Have you tried deleting your preference script file? Outside of that I wish I could help you man, I'd be frustrated for sure if my game was doing that ♥♥♥♥.

I actually did try this in the launcher, but after reading this I decided to look more into it. I deleted the whole Empire folder in Appdata/Roaming.

FINALLY the mod is launching fine once more. So thanks for giving me the idea

Many thanks for this, I had the same problem.

[ElGueroTapatio]

Originally posted by Butterlord:

Originally posted by Beedo:

Have you tried deleting your preference script file? Outside of that I wish I could help you man, I'd be frustrated for sure if my game was doing that ♥♥♥♥.

I actually did try this in the launcher, but after reading this I decided to look more into it. I deleted the whole Empire folder in Appdata/Roaming.

FINALLY the mod is launching fine once more. So thanks for giving me the idea

Hey I've been having the same problem recently, where do I find the folder in appdata/roaming? I've been looking for it but I'm not great at this stuff, still all of my mods have been crashing on launch while vanilla works completely fine.

[Butterlord]

Originally posted by ElGüeroTapatío:

Originally posted by Butterlord:

I actually did try this in the launcher, but after reading this I decided to look more into it. I deleted the whole Empire folder in Appdata/Roaming.

FINALLY the mod is launching fine once more. So thanks for giving me the idea

Hey I've been having the same problem recently, where do I find the folder in appdata/roaming? I've been looking for it but I'm not great at this stuff, still all of my mods have been crashing on launch while vanilla works completely fine.

You would open up my computer and find it in your user folder on whatever drive you installed the game, for example = C:\Users\(your name)\AppData\Roaming

Hope this helps

[Sigurd]

Originally posted by ElGüeroTapatío:

Originally posted by Butterlord:

I actually did try this in the launcher, but after reading this I decided to look more into it. I deleted the whole Empire folder in Appdata/Roaming.

FINALLY the mod is launching fine once more. So thanks for giving me the idea

Hey I've been having the same problem recently, where do I find the folder in appdata/roaming? I've been looking for it but I'm not great at this stuff, still all of my mods have been crashing on launch while vanilla works completely fine.

Use the way Butterlord above proposed
or
just search for %appdata% in search bar.

[FentanylWallaby]

guys I'm halfway through my Prussian campagin with darthmod and it keeps freezing on the Ottomans turn. Has anyone else had this? I don't want to lose my campagin and I love this mod too much to not use it. pls

[Smokedice]

Darthmod sucks, uninstall.

[Sigurd]

Originally posted by Doom:

guys I'm halfway through my Prussian campagin with darthmod and it keeps freezing on the Ottomans turn. Has anyone else had this? I don't want to lose my campagin and I love this mod too much to not use it. pls

Its quite common problem, I experienced it even in vanilla after reaching year 1800. In my DarthMod campaign (United Provinces) I had to wait about 15-20 minutes for 3 turns because the Ottoman turn lag, after that the problem disappeared. I also found some instructions how to solve this problem, but I never tried it, so dont know if it works.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/10500/discussions/0/487870763300227126/

https://www.reddit.com/r/totalwar/comments/3j0sxz/darthmod_ottoman_turn_lag/

[ElGueroTapatio]

Originally posted by Butterlord:

Originally posted by ElGüeroTapatío:

Hey I've been having the same problem recently, where do I find the folder in appdata/roaming? I've been looking for it but I'm not great at this stuff, still all of my mods have been crashing on launch while vanilla works completely fine.

You would open up my computer and find it in your user folder on whatever drive you installed the game, for example = C:\Users\(your name)\AppData\Roaming

Hope this helps

Thanks, it worked for a newer mod I got to test the issue out as well as the early campaign of MFR but unfortunately the late campaign is still having issues. I checked and apparently there's some conflicts in the mod which I don't know how to sort out.