medieval 2 encountered an unspecified error

[Chicken Jockey]

I've recently started getting this error while playing Total Vanilla. I'm not sure why, considering I've never had an issue with this game or mod before. I verified game files, and everything was okay. Was it related to the save?

[Chicken Jockey]

I ran the 4Gb patch again just to rule that out. Now I'm getting the "A fatal graphics error has occured" like 15 minutes into gameplay.

[Chicken Jockey]

Update:

I think I fixed it...

went the full nuclear option and just deleted all my files/mods for MTW2, uninstalled the game, reinstalled it, and then verified for required files for the game. Then I made a copy of Medieval for KIngdoms.exe, and installed Kingdoms Grand Campaign as my first mod for a fresh start. Seems to be working now. I think I just had way to many downloaded files, many of which were not installed properly from many years ago of my first attempts at doing mods.

[Gigantus]

A good cleanup often does wonders.

I would assume some mod files ended up in the main directory and thus caused constant issues.

[Chicken Jockey]

Originally posted by Gigantus:

A good cleanup often does wonders.

I would assume some mod files ended up in the main directory and thus caused constant issues.

I'm not sure which file specifically was causing me trouble, so I just decided a cleanup was what was needed to ensure it worked again. I think I had a lot of failed mod attempts from when renaming kingdoms folders and older methods of installing mods was still prevalent, lot of it just ended up in the main medieval folder. Can't tell at all where the issues start, it looked like a nightmare of unpacked files.

[Chicken Jockey]

Originally posted by Gigantus:

A good cleanup often does wonders.

I would assume some mod files ended up in the main directory and thus caused constant issues.

whelp nvm, it's happening again

[blu3s]

I'm having the same issue, no mods, I installed the game like 2 weeks ago, last weekend was working fine, I try it now and I have the same crash. I have verified game files, I uninstalled and installed, applied the 4GB patch and still crash. Any ideas?

[Eric Football]

This is a well known anti-piracy measure. Buy the game and support the devs instead of pirating it.

[Chicken Jockey]

Originally posted by Glue Eater:

This is a well known anti-piracy measure. Buy the game and support the devs instead of pirating it.

I'm going to make the assumption that this is not a troll comment, I purchased the game on steam years ago.

[Chicken Jockey]

Originally posted by blu3s:

I'm having the same issue, no mods, I installed the game like 2 weeks ago, last weekend was working fine, I try it now and I have the same crash. I have verified game files, I uninstalled and installed, applied the 4GB patch and still crash. Any ideas?

Okay, that gives me some relief that this might be an issue universally and not just on my end.

Out of curiosity to rule things out, did you install a new driver for your nvidia card?

[blu3s]

Originally posted by Ewoks on Crack:

Originally posted by blu3s:

I'm having the same issue, no mods, I installed the game like 2 weeks ago, last weekend was working fine, I try it now and I have the same crash. I have verified game files, I uninstalled and installed, applied the 4GB patch and still crash. Any ideas?

Okay, that gives me some relief that this might be an issue universally and not just on my end.

Out of curiosity to rule things out, did you install a new driver for your nvidia card?

No updates or new drivers installed for Nvida card. Tried also running in compatibility mod with no luck

[Chicken Jockey]

Originally posted by blu3s:

Originally posted by Ewoks on Crack:

Okay, that gives me some relief that this might be an issue universally and not just on my end.

Out of curiosity to rule things out, did you install a new driver for your nvidia card?

No updates or new drivers installed for Nvida card. Tried also running in compatibility mod with no luck

Okay, so then that't probably not what's causing it, since I updated my driver two days ago. I'm stumped.

[Eric Football]

Originally posted by Ewoks on Crack:

Originally posted by Glue Eater:

This is a well known anti-piracy measure. Buy the game and support the devs instead of pirating it.

I'm going to make the assumption that this is not a troll comment, I purchased the game on steam years ago.

We can easily see that isn't true.

[Chicken Jockey]

Originally posted by Glue Eater:

Originally posted by Ewoks on Crack:

I'm going to make the assumption that this is not a troll comment, I purchased the game on steam years ago.

We can easily see that isn't true.

2/10 bait.

[Chicken Jockey]

:(

[Gigantus]

Have a look if this helps (although you don't get that specific error message): https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?791937

And this: https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?755286