There are a couple of recurring themes in the problems reported in this forum. As I find myself typing much of the same stuff time and again, I'm creating this to summarize the ways to work around issues that I notice this tendency on. Issues are not sorted, while solutions are sorted by increasing effort needed.
If in doubt about the exact syntax of some console command, type ?<command name> in the console, such as ?move_character.
CTD = Crash To Desktop
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Installation
The installer doesn't run.
I installed EB 1.2 but it still says 1.1 on the main menu / I ran the validation and it said I'm missing RomeTW.exe
My EB shortcut doesn't work!
Crash recovery
The game crashes more or less randomly, and my computer has a multi-core processor (if you don't know what the last bit is, please look at this anyway).
The game crashes while loading my savegame.
I saved my game right before a battle begins, and the game crashes after the battle.
I have just taken an enemy settlement, and the game crashes when I select its fate.
I've just played through a huge battle and it crashes as soon as I click to close the battle summary scroll to return to the campaign map.
The game crashes during battle.
The game crashes as soon as I end turn / The game crashes during the AI turn.
Performance
The game takes forever to load.
The game is really slow on the campaign map.
Modding EB
I'm trying to mod EDCT and any tiny change I do means the game crashes.
I'm trying to mod EDU and nothing I do seems to make any difference/my changes are overwritten.
I was modding some stuff and now the game doesn't work. Can you send me the original files?
I was modding some stuff and now the game doesn't work. Can you help me fix whatever I did wrong?
Miscellaneous
I conquered Tuat and there's a "Victory" building there saying WARNING.
The "Year in history" popups have stopped turning up.
(I've installed Vista and) I can't open the command console anymore.
I'm trying to play EB multiplayer but all games appear as having another version than me.
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