Third Age Total War Mod: Windows 10 Issues

[KingNullpointer]

I have been attempting to fix the infamous: "Medieval II has encountered an unspecified error and will now exit" crash when loading a map. So far, I have deleted
"Medieval II Total War\mods\Third_Age_3\data\world\maps\base.rwm",
deleted the above in conjunction with deleting every ".bin" in:
"Medieval II Total War\mods\Third_Age_3\data\text", and even attempted to edit the .bat to have the exact names of the folders and "kingdom.exe", in order to run it as an admin.
Nothing has worked so far, any help would be appreciated.

Thank you!

[Inardesco]

So...Deleting everything but have you installed and launched it correctly?

Did you check for daylight time savings?

Also...Don't use the .bat to launch the mod....

Basically...You're doing everything wrong and are just asking all the crashes to come out.

1) Uninstall TATW.
2) Delete all leftover files in /mods
3) Reinstall TATW
4) Use either of these guides to launch your game;

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=290002657

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=517318177
5) Enjoy the game
6) Get DaC/MOS to increase enjoyment of game

[KingNullpointer]

That's great, but before I came here I followed every one of those instructions off of the post on mobdb and some of the bugfixes that are reccomend on this webpage:
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?360880-Before-posting-How-to-fix-stability-Vista-Win-7-issues-(incl-fatal-graphics-errors)-and-broken-savegames

So I thank you for your help but I really need advice on how to get the .bat to find "kingdoms.exe" when run as an administrator, or to stop the terrain loading crashes, which are not fixed by running kingdoms in compatability mode for windows 7. IF you don't know, thank you for your time and consideration in replying to my question and have a great Thanksgiving.

[Ruinae Retroque Rursus]

Originally posted by *Lightbulb*:

So I thank you for your help but I really need advice on how to get the .bat to find "kingdoms.exe" when run as an administrator, or to stop the terrain loading crashes, which are not fixed by running kingdoms in compatability mode for windows 7. IF you don't know, thank you for your time and consideration in replying to my question and have a great Thanksgiving.

Ah, you missed the main point of Inardesco's post.

STOP USING THE DESKTOP SHORTCUT

STOP IT

IT NEVER WORKS ORIGINALLY AND FIDDLING ONLY WORKS ABOUT 33% OF THE TIME*


Launch it by either a) shiny launch options (the first guide) or by b) renaming folders (the second guide).


*It's designed for Non-Steam. You are running Steam. Therefore, things will break horribly.

Also; "crash when loading a map" hmm? That sounds like your installers have gone kaput, if it crashes when you try to start a battle.

[KingNullpointer]

Well, I didn't turn off UAC or reinstall, but I tried that before deleting the .rwm and string.bin files
and rewriting the .bat to exactly specify the locations of everything on my computer (like instead of "start kingdoms.exe", "start D:\-[Medieval II folder filetrace]\kingdoms.exe

[Ruinae Retroque Rursus]

Originally posted by *Lightbulb*:

Well, I didn't turn off UAC or reinstall, but I tried that before deleting the .rwm and string.bin files
and rewriting the .bat to exactly specify the locations of everything on my computer (like instead of "start kingdoms.exe", "start D:\-[Medieval II folder filetrace]\kingdoms.exe

the whole point is you stop using the .bat

[KingNullpointer]

OK, but I have reinstalled the mod (repeatedly). And this doesn't actually run through steam, I bought this before I had steam and installed through the same method. And I tried the first guide (which worked for me for EAW), but it didn't work.

[Ruinae Retroque Rursus]

Originally posted by *Lightbulb*:

OK, but I have reinstalled the mod (repeatedly). And this doesn't actually run through steam, I bought this before I had steam and installed through the same method. And I tried the first guide (which worked for me for EAW), but it didn't work.

So, are you trying to play the game a) through Steam or b) not through Steam?

a); STOP USING THE DESKTOP SHORTCUT. Launch TATW by a different method in the guide.
b); can't really help you there

"EAW?"

[KingNullpointer]

Star Wars Empire at War, mods have to use the cool launch options.

I have tried both ways to launch Medieval II (steam knows it's on my drive with the steam library, despite it not being in the steam library), but neither has worked. Steam sends me a "missing executable" error when try the fancy launch options way, and it never liked me replacing the americas campaign with it in the first place

[KingNullpointer]

OK, steam has been showing the game as downloaded but can't run it with or without the launch options. Sorry, but I doing it wrong this whole time. Thanks for the help, Happy Thanksgiving

[Ruinae Retroque Rursus]

Originally posted by *Lightbulb*:

OK, steam has been showing the game as downloaded but can't run it with or without the launch options. Sorry, but I doing it wrong this whole time

:S

So are things working or are they not?

[Inardesco]

Wow, a bit dense but finally came through. GG on the patience Aiden :p

[KingNullpointer]

It worked, thank you!

[Ruinae Retroque Rursus]

Originally posted by Inardesco:

Wow, a bit dense but finally came through. GG on the patience Aiden :p

Can I basically just be a M2 moderator almost solely for the purpose of pinning a FAQ? :P

[Inardesco]

Hehe, but even then, people would still post new threads instead of reading that FAQ XD. Perhaps a pop-up asking them whether or not they've done any of the "proper installment/launches" before posting a thread.

[Ruinae Retroque Rursus]

Originally posted by Inardesco:

Hehe, but even then, people would still post new threads instead of reading that FAQ XD. Perhaps a pop-up asking them whether or not they've done any of the "proper installment/launches" before posting a thread.

Honestly instead of a FAQ I just need a header banner saying "STOP USING THE DESKTOP SHORTCUT, READ THE GUIDE PROPERLY"... (also there's other FAQs, like "axethrowers crash the game," "games are incompatible," "what mods are there," "anyone want to play," etc etc :P

... we can dream. Who knows what'll happen - probably Medieval VI: Total War will have come out before CA comes back to these discussions :P

... we can dream. If nothing else, when all hope fails and the event is as likely as a cardboard hammer being used to hammer glass nails, we can dream.