MTW VI 2.01 with XL doesn't work when loading

[Peasant Phill]

It's been a while since I had the time to play a bit of MTW but now I have. So installed MTW + VI + VI patch + XL mod for a good old early campaign with the Volga-Bulgars.

I play a few years and then I stop, so far so good. Later, I return and start MTW. I load my latest save game but the moment it should go to the map I get a CTD. This is the case with every savegame I try.

What could be the problem and what can I do about it?

[Martok]

It's been a while since I had the time to play a bit of MTW but now I have. So installed MTW + VI + VI patch + XL mod for a good old early campaign with the Volga-Bulgars.

I play a few years and then I stop, so far so good. Later, I return and start MTW. I load my latest save game but the moment it should go to the map I get a CTD. This is the case with every savegame I try.

What could be the problem and what can I do about it?

Hey Peasant Phill! Good to see you around here again. ~:wave:


If I didn't know better, I'd say you just had a whole batch of corrupt savegame files. However, I've never heard of someone having that many at once before. Have you tried starting up a new campaign, saving, and then reloading and seeing if you still have the same problem?

[Peasant Phill]

Good to be back.

I've started a new campaign and I got the same result.
I'll make a fresh install and see if it helps.

[Martok]

Good idea. Let us know whether that helped!

[Peasant Phill]

Unfortunatly the matter has gotten worse. Now I can't even install XL mod anymore. I've tried XL 3.0 as well as XL 3.0 with Tybirius add-ons.

Somewhere during the installation of the mod an error occurs saying something in the lines of "sound\music\XLBATTLE1.WAV (invalid data).

I'll be looking for another mod.

[caravel]

From what you've posted of the error, it looks like a corrupted downloaded. Try re-downloading the mod and try again.

[Peasant Phill]

It's rather curious that I've got the same problem with 2 different downloads (XL 3.0 and XL 3.0+Tyberius add-on) from 2 different places. the only difference I get is the corrupted wav-file.

[Geezer57]

Have you tried MTW+VI w/out the XL mod added (straight from CD w/ no downloaded files), to see if something has changed with your configuration? Maybe you upgraded video card drivers since the last time you played the game?

[Peasant Phill]

I've installed pike and Musket now and it runs without a problem. So although the problem hasn't been solved, It isn't as pressing anymore.