Crash to desktop

[riverfarset]

I bought the 'white label' RTW today. I proceeded to install the game and then download and install the 1.5 patch. I then proceeded to download and install EB 1.0. Once installation was complete i loaded the game and went into 'campaigns'. I decided to play as the romans and clicked on the roman icon. The load bar appeared but the game then crashed to the desktop.
I have carried out all the permanent/temporary fixes with no success. I also used the validation check. The results displayed were as follows.


You seem to have a corrupt install. There are changes to files, or some are missing.
However, these may be conscious changes you have made, to remod EB. See below for details.
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Changed file: .\data\credits.txt (expected checksum 632aad51f3a61c5da34140e4fa28800b, got b0a7954002857cc32e253a5e08b5c194)
Changed file: .\data\export_descr_advice.txt (expected checksum f29c56a6d711e3ebb70b855365500de8, got 97794093b86abe2d5ebab1920b9c3363)
Changed file: .\data\fmv\atvi_spinning_logo_640x480.wmv (expected checksum 7e15895ba7a723535f55e4deb91c085b, got e9ac1729af2fdeffe8365a567cd76b23)
Changed file: .\data\menu\splash.tga (expected checksum a57cc84af0e6c1300577336f17e0bfd6, got d1329cf835f69e6dff4b4cc0cb08d144)
Added file: .\eb10.exe
Added file: .\gamespy arcade.url
Added file: .\icon.ico
Added file: .\rome_total_war_patch_1-5.exe
Added file: .\rome_total_war_patch_1-5.zip

Any help on this matter would be much appreciated.

[Bonny]

I bought the 'white label' RTW today. I proceeded to install the game and then download and install the 1.5 patch. I then proceeded to download and install EB 1.0. Once installation was complete i loaded the game and went into 'campaigns'. I decided to play as the romans and clicked on the roman icon. The load bar appeared but the game then crashed to the desktop.
I have carried out all the permanent/temporary fixes with no success. I also used the validation check. The results displayed were as follows.

Have you patched to 1.3 before patching to 1.5?

[bovi]

I think he means RTW Gold when he says white label, so patching it shouldn't be necessary at all. The validation tool output doesn't really say anything else than that you're using Gold.

There's a checklist in the EB installation validation thread, please try all of those things. If none work, please post your system specs. Also please verify that your vanilla installation is working.