Game Crash Problem

[Throb]

Hello all, great site, found the read this 1st post very helpful, must admit, I am still reading it.
My main problem is I have had the game since early december and just recently it keeps crashing when in battle mode and the pc is resetting itself, the microsoft critical error says its a driver but cannot determine which one. I am using Windows XP pro, anyone got any ideas what could be causing it ?

[Throb]

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Anyone with any ideas at all ?

Sorry to be a pain, but I am well hooked on this game.

[Gregoshi]

Throb, please tell us more about your system - hardware and software (Windows version, DirectX, etc.)

[Griefmaker]

throb have you tried lowering the sound quality. Put it to the lowest and see how ya go, ive heard of a similar prob and thats what solved it. If nogo try lowering everything sound music graghics.

Let us know how you go

[Throb]

Thanks peeps, my sysyem specs are

Nvidia GForce2 MX/MX 400

Windows XP Pro
Version 2002
Service Pack 1

AMD Athlon XP2000+
1.67Ghz
512 MB RAM

DirectX 8

also get this msg when I click the NVidia tab on System option

An exception orcurred while trying to run shell32.dll,control_RunDLLC:\WINDOWS\system32\desk.cpl,display

Hope that makes sense, I am quite new to this pc thing, again sorry to be a pain.

[Thoros of Myr]

The error you get when clicking on the Nvidia tab is not good...usually means something is corrupt/missing in your windows installation or video driver installation. That can happen for various reasons and isint just a newbie mistake
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If a quick fix is possible:I would uninstall and re-install your video card drivers and see if that fixes any of the problems. Also try re-install of Direcy X and possibly go up to Direct X 9.0b even tho your card is of the DX7 generation.

If still no joy, then unistall MTW and make sure you delete the entire folder afterwards before re-installing it and directly after (before playing)defrag your hardrive(s).

If none of these work, well your having some bad luck my friend http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/mecry.gif You might have to re-install your OS (windows XP) and reformat your hardrive that contained the windows system files. Try the other things first



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[kiwitt]

Grab the newest drivers from www.nvidia.com
Grab DirectX9.0b from www.microsoft.com/directx

[Throb]

What Drivers from Nvidia, the Forceware driver download, version 53.03 ?

[nick_maxell]

Quote[/b] (Gregoshi @ Feb. 10 2004,20:06)]Throb, please tell us more about your system - hardware and software (Windows version, DirectX, etc.)
Another thing you could try is lowering the hardware acceleration one notch - I m using XP home and have no probs with MTW but had to do it for other games.

hope that helps

nick

[Throb]

Still No joy, the error msg has gone, got, new Nvidia drivers and directx9 installed, but the game still crashes

This a real pain, bit like me bangin on about it, I do apologise.

Also how do I control the Golden Horde after I change that text doc to say Faction major ?

[Gregoshi]

Throb, I'm going to move this to the Apothecary. You'll get better help there.