What the heck is wrong...?

[Derfasciti]

With my game? I have had TW Eras for quite a while and I've yet to experience this since the older versions of the game. I started a VI game and it worked fine for a long time, but oddly it all of a sudden crashed to the desktop. Now, I enter the main menu, try to start a completely new game, and when the loading bar loads fully, the game crashes to the desktop again. No error message, no nothing. :furious3: :help:

edit: Blah, it seems I can sometimes load a game but whenever it starts loading for a battle, it sometimes crashes to the desktop, too. Basically, it's now unplayable. :(

[Lokiss]

Do you have Service Pack 3 (if you're on XP), do you have the latest video drivers?

[Derfasciti]

Yes, I have an XP. Hmm. What exactly is service pack three? As for the latest video driver, yes I do.

[scowie]

You haven't told us what video card you have (which is all important when it comes to mtw crashes). If you have a recent nvidia card, you may be able to prevent crashes by using this (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=103656) fix.

After having another look at that thread, it looks like it has helped ATI users too, so you should probably try it whatever card you have.

[Lokiss]

Yes, I have an XP. Hmm. What exactly is service pack three? As for the latest video driver, yes I do.

XP has 3 service packs, SP1 (original), SP2 and SP3. SP3 is the latest and final one, which you can download from Windows Update site, or wherever else you can find it's hosted. I didn't download it for a long time and I couldn't get M:TW not to CTD on my nvidia card (whenever I'd start a campaign), just like you said, but upgrading fixed it.

Might give it a shot.